New Zealand national cricket team

New Zealand
New Zealand silver fern cricket crest
Test status acquired 1930
First Test match v England England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 10–13 January 1930
Captain Brendon McCullum
Coach Mike Hesson
Current ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking 6th (Test)
2nd (ODI)
5th (T20I)[1]
All-time best ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking 3rd (Test)
2nd (ODI)
3rd (T20I)
Test matches
– This year		 406
0
Last Test match v  Sri Lanka at Seddon Park, Hamilton, 18–22 December 2015
Wins/losses
– This year		 83/163
3/1
As of 27january 2016

The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. 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.

The current Test, One-day captain is Brendon McCullum. McCullum replaced Ross Taylor who replaced Daniel Vettori after Vettori stepped down following the 2011 World Cup. Vettori had replaced New Zealand's most successful captain, Stephen Fleming, who led New Zealand to 28 Test victories, more than twice as many as any other New Zealand captain. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket. The current Twenty20 captain is Kane Williamson. Williamson has recently taken over captiancy from Brendon McCullum who announced his retirement late December 2015.

The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team.[3] Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

As of January 2015, New Zealand have played 399 Test matches, winning 80, losing 160 and drawing 159.[4]

As of 8 February 2016, the New Zealand cricket team is ranked sixth in Tests, second in ODIs and fifth in T20Is by the ICC.[1] New Zealand reached the final match in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in its history after beating South Africa in the semi-final in 2015.[5]

History

Beginnings of cricket in New Zealand

The reverend Henry Williams provided history with the first report of a game of cricket in New Zealand when he wrote in his diary in December 1832 about boys in and around Paihia on Horotutu Beach playing cricket. In 1835, Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle called into the Bay of Islands on its epic circumnavigation of the Earth and Darwin witnessed a game of cricket played by freed Māori slaves and the son of a missionary at Waimate North. Darwin in The Voyage of the Beagle wrote:[6]

several young men redeemed by the missionaires from slavery were employed on the farm. In the evening I saw a party of them at cricket.

The first recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in Wellington in December 1842. The Wellington Spectator reports a game on 28 December 1842 played by a "Red" team and a "Blue" team from the Wellington Club. The first fully recorded match was reported by the Examiner in Nelson between the Surveyors and Nelson in March 1844.

The first team to tour New Zealand was Parr's all England XI in 1863–64. Between 1864 and 1914, 22 foreign teams toured New Zealand. England sent 6 teams, Australia 15 and one from Fiji.

First national team

On 15–17 February 1894 the first team representing New Zealand played New South Wales at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. New South Wales won by 160 runs. New South Wales returned again in 1895–96 and New Zealand won the solitary game by 142 runs, its first victory. The New Zealand Cricket Council was formed towards the end of 1894.

New Zealand played its first two internationals (not Tests) in 1904–05 against a star-studded Australia team containing such players as Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and Clem Hill. Rain saved New Zealand from a thrashing in the first match but not the second which New Zealand lost by an innings and 358 runs – currently the second largest defeat in New Zealand first-class history.

Inter-war period

In 1927 NZ toured England. They played 26 first class matches, mostly against county sides. They managed to beat Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Somerset, and Derbyshire. On the strength of the performances on this tour New Zealand was granted Test status.

In 1929/30 the M.C.C toured NZ and played 4 Tests all of 3 days in duration. New Zealand lost its first Test match but drew the next 3. In the second Test Stewie Dempster and Jackie Mills put on 276 for the first wicket. This is still the highest partnership for New Zealand against England. New Zealand first played South Africa in 1931–32 in a three match series but were unable to secure Test matches against any teams other than England before World War II ended all Test cricket for 7 years.

New Zealand's first Test after the war was against Australia in 1945/46. This game was not considered a "Test" at the time but it was granted Test status retrospectively by the International Cricket Council in March 1948. The New Zealand players who appeared in this match probably did not appreciate this move by the ICC as New Zealand were dismissed for 42 and 54. The New Zealand Cricket Council's unwillingness to pay Australian players a decent allowance to tour New Zealand ensured that this was the only Test Australia played against New Zealand between 1929 and 1972.

After World War II

In 1949 New Zealand sent one of its best ever sides to England. It contained Bert Sutcliffe, Martin Donnelly, John R. Reid and Jack Cowie. However, 3-day Test matches ensured that all 4 Tests were drawn. Many have regarded the 1949 tour of England among New Zealand's best ever touring performances. All four tests were high-scoring despite being draws and Martin Donnelly's 206 at Lord's hailed as one of the finest innings ever seen there.[7] Despite being winless, New Zealand did not lose a test either. Prior to this, only the legendary 1948 Australian team, led by the great Don Bradman, had achieved this.

New Zealand played its first matches against the West Indies in 1951–52, and Pakistan and India in 1955/56.

In 1954/55 New Zealand recorded the lowest ever innings total, 26 against England. The following season New Zealand achieved its first Test victory. The first 3 Tests of a 4 Test series were won easily by the West Indies but New Zealand won the fourth to notch up its first Test victory. It had taken them 45 matches and 26 years to attain.

9, 10, 12, 13 March 1956
Scorecard
v
255 all out (166.5 overs)
John R. Reid 84
Tom Dewdney 5/21 (19.5 overs)
145 all out (78.3 overs)
Hammond Furlonge 64
Harry Cave 4/22 (27.3 overs)
157 all out (80 overs)
Sammy Guillen 41
Denis Atkinson 7/53 (40 overs)
77 all out (45.1 overs)
Everton Weekes 31
Harry Cave 4/21 (13.1 overs)
New Zealand won by 190 runs
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Clyde Harris (NZL) and Terry Pearce (NZL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat

In the next 20 years New Zealand won only seven more Tests. For most of this period New Zealand lacked a class bowler to lead their attack although they had two excellent batsmen in Bert Sutcliffe and Glenn Turner and a great all-rounder in John R. Reid.

Reid captained New Zealand on a tour to South Africa in 1961–62 where the five test series was drawn 2–2. The victories in the third and fifth tests were the first overseas victories New Zealand achieved. Reid scored 1,915 runs in the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored by a touring batsman of South Africa as a result.[8]

New Zealand won their first test series in their three match 1969/70 tour of Pakistan 1–0.[4]

1970 to 2000

In 1973 Richard Hadlee debuted and the rate at which New Zealand won Tests picked up dramatically. Hadlee was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation and played 86 Tests for New Zealand before he retired in 1990. Of the 86 Tests that Hadlee played in New Zealand won 22 and lost 28. In 1977/78 New Zealand won its first Test against England, at the 48th attempt. Hadlee took 10 wickets in the match.

During the 1980s New Zealand also had the services of one of its best ever batsman, Martin Crowe and a number of good players such as John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John F. Reid, Andrew Jones, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Lance Cairns, Stephen Boock, and Ewen Chatfield, who were capable of playing the occasional match winning performance and consistently making a valuable contribution to a Test match.

The best example of New Zealand's two star players (R. Hadlee and M. Crowe) putting in match winning performances and other players making good contributions is New Zealand versus Australia, 1985 at Brisbane. In Australia's first innings Hadlee took 9–52. In New Zealand's only turn at bat, M Crowe scored 188 and John F. Reid 108. Edgar, Wright, Coney, Jeff Crowe, V. Brown, and Hadlee scored between 17 and 54*. In Australia's second innings, Hadlee took 6–71 and Chatfield 3–75. New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs.

8–12 November 1985
Scorecard
v
179 all out (76.4 overs)
Kepler Wessels 70 (186)
Richard Hadlee 9/52 (23.4 overs)
553/7 declared (161 overs)
Martin Crowe 188 (328)
Greg Matthews 3/110 (31 overs)
333 all out (116.5 overs
Allan Border 152* (301)
Richard Hadlee 6/71 (28.5 overs)
New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Tony Crafter (Aus) and Dick French (Aus)
Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (NZL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

One-day cricket also gave New Zealand a chance to compete more regularly than Test cricket with the better sides in world cricket. In one-day cricket a batsman does not need to score centuries to win games for his side and bowlers do not need to bowl the opposition out. One-day games can be won by one batsman getting a 50, a few others getting 30s, bowlers bowling economically and everyone fielding well. These were requirements New Zealand players could consistently meet and thus developed a good one-day record against all sides.

Perhaps New Zealand's most infamous one-day match was the "Under arm" match against Australia at the MCG in 1981. Requiring six runs to tie the match off the final ball, Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to "bowl" the ball underarm along the wicket to prevent New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie from hitting a six. The Australian umpires ruled the move as legal even though to this day many believe it was one of the most unsporting decisions made in cricket.

When New Zealand next played in the tri-series in Australia in 1983, Lance Cairns became a cult hero for his one-day batting. In one match against Australia, he hit six sixes at the MCG, one of the world's largest grounds. Few fans remember that New Zealand lost this game by 149 runs. However, Lance's greatest contribution to New Zealand cricket was his son Chris Cairns.

Chris Cairns made his debut one year before Hadlee retired in 1990. Cairns, one of New Zealand's best allrounders, led the 1990s bowling attack with Danny Morrison. Stephen Fleming, New Zealand's most prolific scorer, led the batting and the team into the 21st century. Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan also scored plenty of runs for New Zealand, but both retired earlier than expected.

Daniel Vettori made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1997, and when he took over from Fleming as captain in 2007 he was regarded as the best spinning allrounder in world cricket. On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler (after Chaminda Vaas) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club. Vettori decided to take an indefinite break from international short form cricket in 2011 but will continued to represent New Zealand in Test cricket and returned for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

21st century

The Black Caps logo.

New Zealand started the new millennium in the best manner possible. They won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in Kenya to claim their first, and so far, only ICC tournament. They started with a 64-run win over Zimbabwe then proceeded to beat Pakistan by 4 wickets in the semi-final. In the final against India, Chris Cairns scored an unbeaten 102 in New Zealand's run chase helping them win the tournament.

15 October 2000
Scorecard
India 
264/6 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
265/6 (49.4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 117 (130)
Scott Styris 2/53 (10 overs)
Chris Cairns 102* (113)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/27 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi  Kenya
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • New Zealand won the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy.

Shane Bond played 17 Tests for NZ between 2001 and 2007 but missed far more through injury. When fit, he added a dimension to the NZ bowling attack that had been missing since Hadlee retired.

The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

The rise of the financial power of the BCCI had an immense effect on NZ cricket and its players. The BCCI managed to convince other boards not to pick players who had joined the rival Twenty-20 Indian Cricket League. NZ Cricket lost the services of Shane Bond, Lou Vincent, Andre Adams, Hamish Marshall and Daryl Tuffey. The money to be made from Twenty-20 cricket in India may have also induced players, such as Craig McMillan and Scott Styris (from Test cricket) to retire earlier than they would have otherwise. After the demise of the Indian Cricket League Bond and Tuffey again played for New Zealand.

Vettori stood down as Test captain in 2011 leading to star batsman Ross Taylor to take his place. Taylor led New Zealand for a year which included a thrilling win in a low scoring Test match against Australia in Hobart, their first win over Australia since 1993. In 2012/13 Brendon McCullum became captain and new players such as Kane Williamson, Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham emerged as world-class performers. McCullum captained New Zealand to series wins against the West Indies and India in 2013/14 and both Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2014/15 increasing New Zealand's rankings in both Test and ODI formats. In the series against India McCullum scored 302 at Wellington to become New Zealand's first Test triple centurion.

In 2015 the New Zealand national cricket team played under the name of Aotearoa for their first match against Zimbabwe to celebrate Māori Language Week.[9]

International grounds

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within New Zealand

Result Summary (Year by Year) in the 21st Century

Result Summary (Year by Year)
Year Matches Played Matches Won Matches Lost Matches Tied No/Result Win %
20002510130243.47 %
2001238150034.78 %
20023112180140 %
20032812150144.44 %
2004251940282.60 %
2005196120133.33 %
200614950064.28 %
20073317140254.83 %
2008161031275 %
20092410110347.61 %
2010216140130 %
201117970156.25 %
2012154100128.57 %
2013197100241.17 %
201416951163.33 %
2015291990167.85 %
201611820177.27 %
2000-201636817516722350.95 %

As of 8 February 2016

∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

Current squad

This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand since the beginning of 2015. Players in bold have a central contract for 2015–16.[10] The players in italics represents the New Zealand Test squad against Sri Lanka.[11] The players underlined are players in the ODI and/or Twenty20 series.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms S/N
Captain and Middle-order or Opening batsman
Brendon McCullum 34 Right-Handed Right-arm medium Otago Test, ODI, Twenty20 42
Vice Captain and Top-order batsman or All-Rounder
Kane Williamson 25 Right-handed Right-arm off break Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 22
Opening Batsmen
Martin Guptill 29 Right-handed Right-arm off break Auckland Test, ODI, Twenty20 31
Middle-Order Batsmen
Ross Taylor 31 Right-handed Right-arm off break Central Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 3
Colin Munro 28 Left-handed Right-arm medium Auckland Test, ODI, Twenty20 82
Henry Nicholls 24 Left-handed Right-arm off break Canterbury ODI

86

Wicket-keeper or Opening Batsman
Tom Latham 23 Left-handed Right-arm medium Canterbury Test, ODI, Twenty20 48
Wicketkeepers
BJ Watling 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 47
Luke Ronchi 34 Right-handed Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20 54
All-rounders
Corey Anderson 25 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 78
Grant Elliott 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20 88
Nathan McCullum 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break Otago ODI, Twenty20 15
James Neesham 25 Left-handed Right-arm medium Otago Test, ODI, Twenty20 83
Mitchell Santner 24 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 74
Pace Bowlers
Trent Boult 26 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 18
Doug Bracewell 25 Right-handed Right-arm fast–medium Central Districts ODI, Test 34
Mitchell McClenaghan 29 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Auckland Twenty20, ODI 81
Tim Southee 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 38
Neil Wagner 29 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast Otago Test
Matt Henry 24 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Canterbury ODI, Test, Twenty20 21
Adam Milne 23 Right-handed Right-arm fast Central Districts ODI, Twenty20 20
Spin Bowlers
Ish Sodhi 23 Right-handed Leg break Northern Districts Test, Twenty20, ODI 61
Mark Craig 28 Left-handed Right-arm Off break Otago Test

Coaching staff

Tournament history

ICC Cricket World Cup

ICC Cricket World Cup record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
England Prudential World Cup 1975 Semi-finals4th4220050 %
England Prudential World Cup 1979Semi-finals4th4220050 %
England Prudential World Cup 1983Double Round-Robin stage5th6330050 %
IndiaPakistan Reliance World Cup 1987Double Round-Robin stage6th6240033.33 %
AustraliaNew Zealand Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992Semi-finals3rd9720077.78 %
IndiaPakistanSri Lanka Wills World Cup 1996Quarter-finals7th6330050 %
EnglandWalesRepublic of IrelandNetherlandsScotland ICC Cricket World Cup 1999Semi-finals4th9440150 %
KenyaSouth AfricaZimbabwe ICC Cricket World Cup 2003Super Sixes5th8530062.5 %
West Indies Cricket Board ICC Cricket World Cup 2007Semi-finals3rd10730070 %
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh ICC Cricket World Cup 2011Semi-finals4th8530062.5 %
Australia New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup 2015Runners-up2nd9810088.89 %
England ICC Cricket World Cup 2019Qualified–––––––
OverviewRunners-up (once)2nd in Australia New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup 20157948300161.53 %
Results summary (by opposition)
Team Opposition Span Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
 New Zealand v  Afghanistan 2015-2015 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  Australia 1987-2015 10 3 7 0 0 30 %
v  Bangladesh 1999-2015 4 4 0 0 0 100 %
v  Canada 2003-2011 3 3 0 0 0 100 %
v East Africa 1975-1975 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  England 1975-2015 8 5 3 0 0 62.50 %
v  India 1975-2003 7 4 3 0 0 57.14 %
v  Ireland 2007-2007 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  Kenya 2007-2011 2 2 0 0 0 100 %
v  Netherlands 1996-1996 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  Pakistan 1983-2011 8 2 6 0 0 25 %
v  Scotland 1999-2015 2 2 0 0 0 100 %
v  South Africa 1992-2015 7 5 2 0 0 71.42 %
v  Sri Lanka 1979-2015 10 4 6 0 0 40 %
v  United Arab Emirates 1996-1996 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  West Indies 1975-2015 7 4 3 0 0 57.14 %
v  Zimbabwe 1987-2011 6 5 0 0 1 100 %
 New Zealandv 17 Oppositions1975-20157948300161.53 %

As of 29 March 2015

∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

ICC Champions Trophy

ICC Champions Trophy record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
Bangladesh Wills International Cup 1998Quarter-finals5th2110050.00 %
Kenya ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000Champions1st33000100 %
Sri Lanka ICC Champions Trophy 2002First round8th2110050.00 %
England ICC Champions Trophy 2004First round5th2110050.00 %
India ICC Champions Trophy 2006Semi-finals4th4220050.00 %
South Africa ICC Champions Trophy 2009Runners-up2nd5320060.00 %
England ICC Champions Trophy 2013First round5th3110150.00 %
OverviewChampions (once)1st in Kenya ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000211280160.00 %
Results summary (by opposition)
Team Opposition Span Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
 New Zealand v  Australia 2002-2013 5 0 4 0 1 0.00 %
v  Bangladesh 2002-2002 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  England 2009-2013 2 1 1 0 0 50.00 %
v  India 2000-2000 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  Pakistan 2000-2009 3 3 0 0 0 100 %
v  South Africa 2006-2009 2 1 1 0 0 50.00 %
v  Sri Lanka 1998-2013 4 2 2 0 0 50.00 %
v  United States 2004-2004 1 1 0 0 0 100 %
v  Zimbabwe 1998-2000 2 2 0 0 0 100 %
 New Zealandv 9 Oppositions1998-2013211280160.00 %

As of 23 June 2013

∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

ICC World Twenty20

ICC World Twenty20 record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie+Won Tie+Lost N/R Win %
South Africa ICC World Twenty20 2007 Semi-finals 4th 6 3 3 0 0 0 50.00%
England ICC World Twenty20 2009 Super 8s 5th 5 2 3 0 0 0 40.00%
West Indies Cricket Board ICC World Twenty20 2010 Super 8s 5th 5 3 2 0 0 0 60.00%
Sri Lanka ICC World Twenty20 2012 Super Eight Stage 7th 5 1 2 0 2 0 40.00%
Bangladesh ICC World Twenty20 2014 Super 10 6th 4 2 2 0 0 0 50.00%
India ICC World Twenty20 2016 – – – – – – – – –
Australia ICC World Twenty20 2020 – – – – – – – – –
Overview Semi-finals (1 time) 4th in South Africa ICC World Twenty20 2007 25 11 12 0 2 0 48.00 %
Results summary (by opposition)
Team Opposition Span Played Won Lost Tie+Won Tie+Lost N/R Win %
 New Zealand v  Bangladesh 2012-2012 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  England 2007-2014 4 2 2 0 0 0 50.00 %
v  India 2007-2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  Ireland 2009-2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  Kenya 2007-2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  Netherlands 2014-2014 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  Pakistan 2007-2012 4 1 3 0 0 0 25.00 %
v  Scotland 2009-2009 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
v  South Africa 2007-2014 4 0 4 0 0 0 0.00 %
v  Sri Lanka 2007-2014 5 1 3 0 1 0 30.00 %
v  West Indies 2012-2012 1 0 0 0 1 0 50.00 %
v  Zimbabwe 2010-2010 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00 %
 New Zealandv 12 Oppositions2007-201425111202048.00 %

As of 6 April 2014

∗Tie+Won and Tie+Lost indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over").
∗The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
Malaysia 1998Semi-finalists (Bronze Medal)3/165410080 %
OverallSemi-finals (Bronze Medal)3rd5410080 %

World Championship of Cricket

World Championship of Cricket record
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie N/R Win %
Australia 1985Semi-finals4/73110150 %
OverallSemi-finals4th3110150 %

Austral-Asia Cup

Reliance ICC Rankings

Reliance ICC Test Rankings

ICC Test Championship
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  India 32 3535 110
2  Australia 40 4376 109
3  South Africa 34 3703 109
4  Pakistan 28 2977 106
5  England 45 4610 102
6  New Zealand 36 3578 99
7  Sri Lanka 35 3123 89
8  West Indies 33 2504 76
9  Bangladesh 22 1026 47
10  Zimbabwe 10 53 5
Reference: ICC Rankings, 26 January 2016
"Matches" is no. matches + no. series played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Reliance ICC ODI Rankings

Reliance ICC ODI Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 52 6570 126
2  New Zealand 57 6474 114
3  India 61 6871 113
4  South Africa 62 6921 112
5  Sri Lanka 67 6956 104
6  England 61 6143 101
7  Bangladesh 37 3571 97
8  Pakistan 59 5105 87
9  West Indies 38 3256 86
10  Afghanistan 25 1185 47
11  Ireland 15 683 46
12  Zimbabwe 55 2466 45
Reference: ICC Rankings, 14 February 2016
"Matches" is the no. matches played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Reliance ICC T20I Rankings

ICC T20I Championship
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  India 20 2439 122
2  West Indies 19 2249 118
3  England 20 2330 117
4  New Zealand 24 2787 116
5  Sri Lanka 22 2549 116
6  South Africa 25 2879 115
7  Pakistan 30 3375 113
8  Australia 20 2197 110
9  Afghanistan 19 1513 80
10  Bangladesh 16 1028 64
11  Scotland 14 876 63
12  Hong Kong 13 802 62
13  Netherlands 16 939 59
14  Zimbabwe 22 1190 54
15  Ireland 14 708 51
Insufficient matches
 Papua New Guinea 6 — 51
 Oman 7 — 27
 United Arab Emirates 9 — 22
Reference: ICC Rankings, 15 February 2016
"Matches" is the no. matches played in the 12-24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Result Summary

Test Matches

Result summary/Test matches
Opposition Played Won Lost Tied Draw W/L % Won % Lost % Drawn
 Australia 55 8 29 0 18 0.27 14.54% 52.72% 32.72%
 Bangladesh 11 8 0 0 3 - 72.72% 0.00% 27.27%
 England 101 9 48 0 44 0.18 8.91% 47.52% 43.56%
 India 54 10 18 0 26 0.55 18.51% 33.33% 48.14%
 Pakistan 53 8 24 0 21 0.33 15.09% 45.28% 39.62%
 South Africa 40 4 23 0 13 0.17 10.00% 57.50% 32.50%
 Sri Lanka 32 14 8 0 10 1.75 43.75% 25.00% 31.25%
 West Indies 45 13 13 0 19 1.00 28.88% 28.88% 42.22%
 Zimbabwe 15 9 0 0 6 - 60.00% 0.00% 40.00%
Total 406 83 163 0 160 0.50 20.44 % 40.14 % 39.40 %

As of 21 December 2015

One-Day International Matches

Opposition Played Won Lost Tie NR % Won[15]
Test Members
 Australia 127 35 86 0 6 28.92%
 Bangladesh 25 17 8 0 0 68.00%
 England 83 41 36 2 4 53.16%
 India 93 41 46 1 5 47.15%
 Pakistan 98 42 53 1 2 44.90%
 South Africa 65 22 38 0 5 36.66%
 Sri Lanka 95 45 41 1 8 52.59%
 West Indies 61 24 30 0 7 44.44%
 Zimbabwe 38 27 9 1 1 74.32%
Associate/Affiliate Members
 Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 0 100%
 Canada 3 3 0 0 0 100%
East Africa† 1 1 0 0 0 100%
 Ireland 2 2 0 0 0 100%
 Kenya 2 2 0 0 0 100%
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 0 100%
 Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 100%
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 100%
 United States 1 1 0 0 0 100%
Total 694 305 346 6 37 46.97%[16]

As of 31 January 2016

∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

T20 International Matches

Opposition Played Won Lost Tie+W Tie+L NR % Won[17]
 Australia 5 0 4 1 0 0 20.00%
 Bangladesh 3 3 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 England 13 4 8 0 0 1 33.33%
 India 4 4 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 Ireland 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 Netherlands 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 Pakistan 14 6 9 0 0 0 42.85%
 Scotland 1 1 0 0 0 0 100.00%
 South Africa 14 4 10 0 0 0 28.57%
 Sri Lanka 16 8 6 0 1 1 50.00%
 West Indies 10 4 3 1 2 0 55.00%
 Zimbabwe 6 6 0 0 0 0 100.00%
Total 89 43 39 2 3 2 51.69 %[18]

As of 26 January 2015

∗Tie+Won and Tie+Lost indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over").
∗The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

Series Results

Test Matches

Opposition Series Played Series Won Series Lost Series Drawn W/L % Won % Lost % Drawn
 Australia 21 3 12 6 0.25 14.28% 57.14% 28.57%
 Bangladesh 6 5 0 1 - 83.33% 0.00% 16.67%
 England 35 3 23 9 0.13 8.57% 65.71% 25.71%
 India 19 5 10 4 0.50 26.31% 52.63% 21.05%
 Pakistan 21 2 13 6 0.15 9.52% 61.90% 28.57%
 South Africa 14 0 11 3 0.00 0.00% 78.57% 21.42%
 Sri Lanka 14 5 4 5 1.25 35.71% 28.57% 35.71%
 West Indies 16 6 6 4 1.00 37.50% 37.50% 25.00%
 Zimbabwe 9 6 0 3 - 66.67% 0.00% 33.33%
Total 155 35 79 41 0.44 22.58 % 50.96 % 26.45 %

As of 2 June 2015

One-Day Internationals

Opposition Series Played Series Won Series Lost Series Drawn % Won
 Australia 16 3 9 4 25.00%
 Bangladesh 6 4 2 0 66.67%
 England 18 8 6 4 57.14%
 India 11 4 5 2 44.44%
 Pakistan 20 12 7 1 62.50%
 South Africa 9 2 7 0 22.22%
 Sri Lanka 15 8 3 4 72.73%
 West Indies 11 4 6 1 40.00%
 Zimbabwe 9 6 2 1 75.00%
Total 115 51 47 17 51.74 %

As of 31 January 2016

∗The One-Day International Series results only counts bilateral series and excludes multi-national tournaments.
∗The Win percentage excludes drawn series.

Twenty20 Internationals

Opposition Series Played Series Won Series Lost Series Drawn % Won
 Australia 4 0 3 1 0.00%
 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 England 5 1 4 0 20.00%
 India 2 2 0 0 100.00%
 Pakistan 4 2 1 1 50.00%
 South Africa 5 1 3 1 25.00%
 Sri Lanka 6 2 1 3 75.00%
 West Indies 5 2 1 2 66.67%
 Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 100.00%
Total 35 14 13 8 51.49 %

As of 26 January 2016

∗The Twenty20 International Series results only counts bilateral series and excludes multi-national tournaments.
∗The Win percentage excludes drawn series.

Records

World records

Notable

See also

References

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