New Zealand national cricket team record by opponent

The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.[1] They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.[2] They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. They are the joint oldest nation with Australia to play first Twenty20 International in 2005.

Though New Zealand played more than 400 Tests, they have won lower than 100 Test matches at a rate of almost 20.67%. As of November 2016, New Zealand have played 416 Test matches; they have won 86 matches, lost 169 matches, and 161 matches were drawn.[3]

New Zealand is also one of the successful ODI team in the history as well, where they have reached many tournament's semi-finals. They are really good at their home soil, none other than any other nation at their home soil. As of February 2016, New Zealand have played 711 ODI matches, winning 313 matches and losing 354; they also tied 6 matches, whilst 38 had no result.[4] They have reached six semi-finals at Cricket World Cup which is more than any other, in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, and 2011. New Zealand best world cup milestone came as runner-up in 2015. In ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand became champions in 2000. They are also became runner up in ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and semi-finalists in ICC Champions Trophy 2006 as well.

New Zealand has showed average performances in Twenty20 Internationals, with no any great threat to other T20I nations. As of February 2016, New Zealand have played 88 T20I matches and won 42 of them; 39 were lost and 5 tied and 2 no result match as well. The winning percentage is only 51.74.[5] During 5 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, New Zealand's best performance came during 2007, where they finished as semi-finalists.

As of January 2016, New Zealand have faced all nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 101 matches against them.[6] However, they have registered more wins against Sri Lanka, but the best winning percentage of 43.75, where won 14 out of 32 tests.[6] In ODI matches, New Zealand have played against 18 teams; they have played against their continent rivals, Australia most frequently, with a winning percentage of 28.92 in 127 matches.[7] Within usual major ODI nations, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka on 45 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[7] The team have competed against 13 countries in T20Is, and have played 16 matches against Sri Lanka again. Out of that, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka in 8 occasions.[8]

Key

  • M – Number of matches played
  • W – Number of matches won
  • L – Number of matches lost
  • T – Number of matches tied
  • D – Number of matches ended in a draw
  • NR – Number of matches ended with no result
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Percentage of games won to those played[n 1]
  • Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played[n 1]
  • Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played[n 1]
  • First – Year of the first match played by Pakistan against the country
  • Last – Year of the last match played by Pakistan against the country

Test cricket

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied% Won
 Afghanistan––00000–
 Australia29 March 194627 November 20155783118014.03
 Bangladesh26 December 200121 October 2013111003072.72
 England10 January 193029 May 20151019484408.91
 India6 January 195614 February 201457102126017.54
 Ireland––00000–
 Pakistan7 November 195529 November 201655102421018.18
 South Africa27 February 193211 January 2013424241409.52
 Sri Lanka11 March 198318 December 20153214810043.75
 West Indies8 February 195226 January 201445131319028.88
 Zimbabwe7 November 199226 January 2012171106064.70
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 29 November 2016.

One Day International

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Afghanistan8 March 201511000100.00
 Australia30 March 19749 December 201613337900829.13
 Bangladesh28 April 199013 March 2015251780068.00
 England18 July 197320 June 20158341362453.16
 India14 June 197531 January 20149843491546.77
 Ireland1 July 20081 July 200822000100.00
 Pakistan11 February 197331 January 20169842531244.27
 South Africa29 February 199226 August 20156522380536.66
 Sri Lanka9 June 19795 January 20169545411852.29
 West Indies18 June 197521 March 20156124300744.44
 Zimbabwe10 October 19879 February 2012382791174.32
 Canada3 March 200313 March 201133000100.00
East Africa† 7 June 197511000100.00
 Kenya21 February 200320 February 201122000100.00
 Netherlands17 February 199611000100.00
 Scotland31 May 199917 February 201533000100.00
 United Arab Emirates27 February 199611000100.00
 United States10 September 200411000100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 9 December 2016.

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Australia17 February 200528 February 20105041010.00
 Bangladesh3 February 20106 November 201333000100.00
 England18 September 200723 June 201513480033.33
 India16 September 200711 September 201275200100.00
 Ireland11 June 200911000100.00
 Kenya12 September 200711000100.00
 Netherlands29 March 201411000100.00
 Pakistan22 September 200722 January 201614680042.85
 Scotland6 June 200911000100.00
 South Africa21 October 200516 August 2015144100028.57
 Sri Lanka22 December 200610 January 201615761153.57
 West Indies16 February 20066 July 201410433055.00
 Zimbabwe4 May 20109 August 201566000100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 February 2016.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  3. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Records / New Zealand / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Records / New Zealand / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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