List of New Zealand national cricket captains
This is a complete list of all of New Zealand's national cricket captains at official international level. As such it includes details of all the men who have captained at least one Test match or One Day International, all boys who have captained in at least one Youth Test or Youth ODI, and all women who have captained at least one women's Test match or women's one-day international. New Zealand became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 at the same time as India were made up to full membership, and their first-class cricket matches against other full member nations since that date have been Tests.
Men's cricket
Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand cricket team for at least one Test match. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series.
New Zealand Test match captains |
Number |
Name |
Year |
Opposition |
Location |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
1 |
Tom Lowry |
1929/30 | England | New Zealand | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1931 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 |
Curly Page |
1931/2 | South Africa | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1932/3 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1937 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
3 |
Walter Hadlee |
1945/6 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1946/7 | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1949 | England | England | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
1950/1 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
4 |
Bert Sutcliffe |
1951/2 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1953/4† | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
5 | Merv Wallace | 1952/3 | South Africa | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
6 |
Geoff Rabone |
1953/4 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1954/5 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
7 |
Harry Cave |
1955/6 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1955/6 | India | India | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
1955/6† | West Indies | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
8 |
John Reid |
1955/6 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1958 | England | England | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
1958/9 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1961/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
1962/3 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1963/4 | South Africa | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1964/5 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1964/5 | India | India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1964/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1965 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 34 | 3 | 18 | 13 |
9 | Murray Chapple | 1965/6† | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 |
Barry Sinclair |
1965/6 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1967/8† | India | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
11 |
Graham Dowling |
1967/8 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1968/9 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1969 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1969/70 | India | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1969/70 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1970/1 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1971/2† | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
12 |
Bevan Congdon |
1971/2 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1972/3 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1973 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1973/4 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1973/4 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1974/5 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
13 |
Glenn Turner |
1975/6 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1976/7 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1976/7 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1976/7 | Australia | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
14 | John Parker | 1976/7† | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 |
Mark Burgess |
1977/8 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1978 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1978/9 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1980/1† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
16 |
Geoff Howarth |
1979/80 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1980/1 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1 |
1980/1 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1981/2 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1982/3 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1983 | England | England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
1983/4 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1983/4 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1984/5 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
1984/5 | West Indies | West Indies | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 |
17 |
Jeremy Coney |
1984/5 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1985/6 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1985/6 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1986 | England | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1986/7 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
18 |
Jeff Crowe1 |
1986/7 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1987/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1987/8 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
19 |
John Wright |
1987/8† | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1988/9 | India | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1988/9 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1989/90 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1989/90 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1989/90 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
20 |
Martin Crowe1 |
1990/1 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1990/1 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1991/2 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1992/3 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1992/3 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1992/3 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1993/4† | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
21 | Ian Smith | 1990/1† | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
22 |
Ken Rutherford |
1992/3 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1993/4 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1993/4 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1993/4 | India | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1994 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1994/5 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1994/5 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1994/5 | South Africa | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1994/5 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 18 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
23 |
Lee Germon |
1995/6 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1995/6 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1995/6 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1995/6 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1996/7 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1996/7 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
24 |
Stephen Fleming |
1996/7† | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1996/7 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1997/8 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1997/8 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1997/8 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
1998/9 | India | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1999 | England | England | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
1999/2000 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1999/2000 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1999/2000 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2000/1 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2000/1 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2000/1 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2000/1 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2001/2 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2001/2 | Bangladesh | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2001/2 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2002 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2002 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002/3 | India | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003/4 | India | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2003/4 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003/4 | South Africa | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2004/5 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2004/5 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2004/5 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2004/5 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2005/6 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2005/6 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2006/7 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 80 | 28 | 27 | 25 |
25 |
Dion Nash |
1998/9 | South Africa | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
26 |
Daniel Vettori |
2007/8 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2007/8 | Bangladesh | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2007/8 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2008 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2008/9 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2008/9 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2008/9 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2008/9 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2009 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2009/10 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2009/10 | Bangladesh | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2009/10 | Australia | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2010/11 | India | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2010/11 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 32 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
27 |
Ross Taylor |
2011/12 | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2011/12 | Australia | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2011/12 | Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2011/12 | South Africa | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2012 | West Indies | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | India | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2012/13 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
28 |
Brendon McCullum |
2012/13 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2012/13 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2013 | England | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2013/14 | Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2013/14 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
2013/14 | India | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | West Indies | West Indies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2014/15 | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Grand Total | 399 | 80 | 160 | 159 |
Note:
Men's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand cricket team for at least one One Day International.
Twenty20 International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.
Youth cricket
Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match.Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.
Youth One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International.
Women's cricket
Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match.
New Zealand women's Test match captains |
Number |
Name |
Year |
Opposition |
Location |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drawn |
1 | Ruth Symons | 1934/5 | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 |
Ina Lamason |
1947/8 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1948/9 | England | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
3 |
Rona McKenzie |
1954 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1956/7 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1957/8 | England | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1960/1 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 |
Trish McKelvey |
1966 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1968/9 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1971/2 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1971/2 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1974/5 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1976/7 | India | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1978/9 | Australia | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
5 |
Debbie Hockley |
1984 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1984/5 | India | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
6 | Lesley Murdoch | 1989/90 | Australia | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Karen Plummer | 1991/2 | England | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 |
Sarah Illingworth |
1994/5 | India | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1994/5 | Australia | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1995/6 | Australia | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | England | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
9 |
Maia Lewis |
2003/4 | India | India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | England | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Grand total | 45 | 2 | 10 | 33 |
Women's One-Day International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. New Zealand's greatest ODI success was under Emily Drumm when they won the 2000/1 World Cup.
Women's Twenty20 International captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International match.
New Zealand women's Twenty20 International captains |
Number |
Name |
Year |
Played |
Won |
Tied |
Lost |
No result |
1 | Maia Lewis | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Haidee Tiffen | 2006–2009 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
3 | Aimee Watkins | 2009–2011 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
4 | Suzie Bates | 2011–present | 29 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
5 | Sophie Devine | 2014 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Grand total | 68 | 37 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
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