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New Zealand national cricket team

For the women's team, see New Zealand women's national cricket team.
"Black Caps" redirects here. For other uses, see Blackcaps.

New Zealand
Nickname(s)Black Caps (Official),[1] Kiwis[2]
AssociationNew Zealand Cricket
Personnel
Test captainTom Latham
One Day captainMitchell Santner
T20I captainMitchell Santner
CoachVacant
History
Test status acquired1930
International Cricket Council
ICC statusFull Member (1926)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[6] Best-ever
Test 5th 1st (6 January 2021)[3]
ODI 4th 1st (3 May 2021)[4]
T20I 5th 1st (4 May 2016)[5]
Tests
First Testv.  England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 10–13 January 1930
Last Testv.  England at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 14–17 December 2024
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total[7] 478 119/189
(170 draws)
This year[8] 0 0/0 (0 draws)
World Test Championship appearances3 (first in 2021)
Best result Champions (2021)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv.  Pakistan at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 11 February 1973
Last ODIv.  Pakistan at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui; 5 April 2025
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[9] 841 390/400
(7 ties, 44 no results)
This year[10] 14 11/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup appearances13 (first in 1975)
Best result Runners-up (2015, 2019)
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Australia at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005
Last T20Iv.  Pakistan at Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington; 26 March 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[11] 230 118/95
(10 ties, 7 no results)
This year[12] 6 4/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances9 (first in 2007)
Best result Runners-up (2021)

Test kit

ODI kit

T20I kit

As of 5 April 2025
New Zealand national cricket teams

Women's (1935–present)
Men's (1930–present)
Women's U19 (2023–present)
Men's U19 (1986–present)
Blind Men's (1998–present)

The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps (Māori: Pōtae Pango),[13] they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.[14] They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of ICC World Test Championship which they won in 2021 and they have also won ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. They have played in the ICC Cricket World Cup final twice in 2015 and 2019 but are yet to win one, although they are recognized as one of the best teams of the tournament. They have also played the final of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2021 and failed to win it too.

Tom Latham is the current captain of the team in Test cricket and Mitchell Santner is the current captain of the team in ODI and T20I cricket. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket.

The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time,[15] Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team.[16] This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

As of 25 March 2025, the team is ranked 5th in Tests, 4th in ODIs and 4th in T20Is by the ICC.[17]

As of 2022, the team has participated in all the 29 ICC Men's events taking place from 1975 onwards and have made six final appearances out of which they won two titles. In October 2000, they won the ICC Knockout Trophy(now called ICC Champions Trophy). In June 2021, they won the inaugural ICC World Test Championship 2020-21.

  1. ^ "Blackcaps". NZC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "New Zealand People". New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Jamieson takes six as New Zealand scale the rankings summit". ICC. 6 January 2021. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "New Zealand climb to top of the ODI rankings in annual update". ICC. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "New Zealand top T20I rankings for first time". ESPNcricinfo. 4 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  7. ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ "Test matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "ODI matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  12. ^ "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. ^ "Pōtae Pango – te Aka Māori Dictionary".
  14. ^ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  15. ^ "Story: Cricket".
  16. ^ Anderson, Ian (29 January 1998). "It's Clear Black Caps very dull". Waikato Times. p. 12.
  17. ^ "ICC rankings – ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings – ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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