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