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Cricket World Cup
2007
History - Facts - Teams - Winners
New Zealand National Cricket Team
- The New Zealand cricket team is known as the Black Caps.
- For the 1972-73 season The West Indies played their first ODI in Christchurch.
- The current Test captain is Stephen Fleming who has been the Black Caps' most successful leader having led the team to a total of 28 Test victories.
Important facts
- Richard Hadlee, one of New Zealand and the world's best all-rounders, took the world record for most Test wickets (374) vs India at Bangalore in 1988
- Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe held the highest ever 3rd-wicket partnership in Tests which at the time was the highest partnership for any wicket
- Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup (2007) fifty (off 20 balls) for New Zealand against Canada
- The New Zealand team holds the dubious honor of the record for the most consecutive Test series played without a win - 30 series between 1929-30 and 1969-70 (40 years)
- Daniel Vettori scored NZ's fastest Test century (vs Zimbabwe Harare 2005)
Current Squad
| # |
Player |
Domestic team |
# |
Player |
Domestic team |
| Captain & Spin Bowler |
Spin Bowlers |
11 |
Daniel Vettori |
Northern Districts |
39 |
Jeetan Patel |
Welllington |
| Opening Batsmen |
All rounders |
| ? |
Matthew Bell |
Wellington |
|
Grant Elliot |
Wellington |
| 47 |
Craig Cumming |
Otago |
70 |
James Franklin |
Wellington |
| 16 |
Jamie How |
Central Districts |
? |
Nathan McCullum |
Otago |
| 46 |
Michael Papps |
Canterbury |
24 |
Jacob Oram |
Central Districts |
| 77 |
Jesse Ryder |
Wellington |
56 |
Scott Styris |
Auckland |
| Middle-Order Batsmen |
Pace Bowlers |
| 50 |
Peter Fulton |
Canterbury |
27 |
Shane Bond |
Canterbury |
| 30 |
Daniel Flynn |
Northern Districts |
? |
Paul Hitchcock |
Auckland |
| 18 |
Mathew Sinclair |
Central Districts |
17 |
Mark Gillespie |
Wellington |
| 3 |
Ross Taylor |
Central Districts |
32 |
Chris Martin |
Auckland |
| 40 |
Lou Vincent |
Auckland |
49 |
Michael Mason |
Central Disctricts |
| Wicket-keepers |
| 48 |
Gareth Hopkins |
Auckland |
37 |
Kyle Mills |
Auckland |
| 42 |
Brendon McCullum |
Otago |
19 |
Iain O'Brien |
Wellington |
| 38 |
Tim Southee |
Northern Districts |
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