New Zealand national cricket team record by opponent

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, One Day International (ODI) and T20I 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 26 years until the 1955–56 season to win a Test match, when they defeated 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.

The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

New Zealand's win percentage in test cricket is 22.85%. As of March 2020, New Zealand has played 442 Test matches; out of which they have won 101, lost 175 ,while 166 matches remained as drawn.[3]

New Zealand is also one of the most successful ODI team, as they have reached many tournament's semi-finals. As of March 2020, New Zealand have played 771 ODI matches, winning 351 matches and losing 373; they also tied 7 matches, whilst 40 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 were also the runners 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. As of March 2020, New Zealand have played 131 T20I matches and won 61 of them, lost 59, 8 matches ended as a tie whilst 3 matches yielded no result. Their win percentage is 50.78.[5] During 6 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, New Zealand's best performance came during 2007 and 2016 where they finished as semi-finalists.

As of March 2020, New Zealand has faced nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 105 matches against them.[6] However, they have registered most wins against Sri Lanka that is 16 wins, but their best win percentage is 80% against Bangladesh, against whom they have won 12 out of 15 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 30.00 in 137 matches.[7] Within usual major ODI nations, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka and India on 49 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[7] The team has competed against 13 countries in T20IS. [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 against the country
  • Last – Year of the last match against the country

Test cricket

Matches played (by country)
Opponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied% Won
 Afghanistan––00000–
 Australia29 March 19463 January 20206083418013.33
 Bangladesh26 December 200112 March 2019151203080
 England10 January 193029 November 2019105114846010.47
 India6 January 195629 February 202059122126020.33
 Ireland––00000–
 Pakistan7 November 19557 December 201858122521020.68
 South Africa27 February 193229 March 2017454251608.88
 Sri Lanka11 March 198326 August 20193616911044.44
 West Indies8 February 195212 December 201747151319031.91
 Zimbabwe7 November 199210 August 2016171106064.70
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 8 March 2020.

One Day International

Matches played (by country)
Opponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Afghanistan8 March 20158 June 201922000100.00
 Australia30 March 197429 June 201913739910730.00
 Bangladesh28 April 19905 June 20193525100071.42
 England18 July 197314 July 20199143413451.14
 India14 June 19755 February 202010847551546.11
 Ireland1 July 200821 May 201744000100.00
 Pakistan11 February 197326 June 201910748551246.63
 South Africa29 February 199219 June 20197125410537.87
 Sri Lanka9 June 19791 June 20199949411854.39
 West Indies18 June 197522 June 20196528300748.27
 Zimbabwe10 October 19877 August 2015382791174.32
 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: 6 February 2020.

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)
Opponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo result% Won
 Australia17 February 200521 February 20189171016.66
 Bangladesh3 February 20108 January 201777000100.00
 England18 September 20075 November 2019217121137.50
 India16 September 20072 February 202016862056.25
 Ireland11 June 200911000100.00
 Kenya12 September 200711000100.00
 Netherlands29 March 201411000100.00
 Pakistan22 September 20074 November 2018218130038.09
 Scotland6 June 200911000100.00
 South Africa21 October 200515 August 2015154110026.66
 Sri Lanka22 December 20063 September 2019191071158.33
 West Indies16 February 20063 January 201813633162.50
 Zimbabwe4 May 20109 August 201566000100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 February 2020.

Notes
  1. 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. "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. "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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