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New Zealand Test Cricketers
This is a list of New Zealand Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname. Players Statistics are correct as of 17 December 2024. Shirt Number History From the 2019 Ashes Series, names and numbers were introduced on all Test player's shirts. This is for the ICC World Test Championship that is played between the top nine cricket nations over two years. The top two nations at the end of the two years play in the Final, where the Winner is the World Test Champion. See also * List of New Zealand ODI cricketers * List of New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers * New Zealand national cricket team * List of New Zealand Test cricket records Notes External links CricinfoHowstat {{Cricket in New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Cricket
Test cricket is a Forms of cricket, format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last up to five days. It consists of four innings (two per team), with a minimum of ninety Over (cricket), overs scheduled to be bowled per day, making it the sport with the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the Batting (cricket), batting or bowl out in Bowling (cricket), bowling, otherwise the match ends in a Result (cricket), draw. It is contested by 12 teams which are the List of International Cricket Council members, full-members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The term "test match" was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context. Test cricket did not beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Cricket Team
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps (), they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of ICC World Test Championship which they won in 2021 and they have also won ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. They have played in the ICC Cricket World Cup final twice in 2015 and 2019 but are yet to win one, although they are recognized as one of the best teams of the tournament. They have also played the final of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2021 and failed to win it too. Tom Latham is the current captain of the team in Test cricket and Mitchell Santner is the current c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blair Tickner
Blair Marshall Tickner (born 13 October 1993) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in February 2019. Domestic career In November 2017, he took at hat-trick in the first innings for Central District's match against Wellington in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season. In the 2017–18 Super Smash, he was the leading wicket-taker, with twenty-one dismissals in eleven matches. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season. International career In January 2019, he was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India. He made his T20I debut against India on 10 February 2019. In February 2020, Tickner was called up to New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the third match against India. In November 2020, Tickner was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Jamieson
Kyle Alex Jamieson (born 30 December 1994) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in February 2020 against India. In May 2020, New Zealand Cricket awarded him with a central contract, ahead of the 2020–21 season. Jamieson was a key member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship, where he picked up 5 wickets in the first innings during the final, and was subsequently the Player of the Match in the final. Early life Jamieson attended Auckland Grammar school and was part of New Zealand's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In his youth, Jamieson played point guard at the New Zealand Breakers academy, but chose cricket over basketball as he was a proficient fast bowler. Career A right-arm fast-medium bowler and useful lower-order batsman, Jamieson is six feet eight inches tall, the tallest person ever to play international cricket for New Zealand. He started out as a batting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Wagner
Neil Wagner (born 13 March 1986) is a New Zealand former Test cricketer who played for New Zealand and Northern Districts cricket teams. He played for Northerns until 2007/08 and Otago between 2008 and 2018. Wagner was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. On 27 February 2024, he announced his retirement from international cricket. Early career Wagner was born at Pretoria and attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool as a high school student where he played for the 1st team alongside AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who toured Zimbabwe and Bangladesh with South African Academy sides and was twelfth man in two Test matches for South Africa. In 2008, he moved to Dunedin, New Zealand to play domestic cricket for Otago in 2008. He played a total of 190 matches for Otago and took a total of 579 wickets. In June 2009, he was awarded a place in the New Zealand Emerging Player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Smith (New Zealand Cricketer)
Nathan Gregory Smith (born 15 July 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer. Smith made his first-class debut for Otago on 30 March 2016 in the 2015–16 Plunket Shield. Prior to his first-class debut, Smith was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his Twenty20 (T20) debut for Otago on 26 December 2016 in the 2016–17 Super Smash. He made his List A debut for Otago on 25 January 2017 in the 2016–17 Ford Trophy. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season. In December 2019 he took 5 for 14 off 3.4 overs in Otago's T20 victory over Northern Districts. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. In November 2020, Smith was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team. Smith has played Hawke Cup cricket for North Otago since 2014. In February 2021 he took six wickets when North Otago defeated Nelson by an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachin Ravindra
Rachin Ravindra (born 18 November 1999) is a New Zealand international cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021. Early life Rachin Ravindra was born in Wellington on 18 November 1999 to parents from Bangalore. His father Ravi Krishnamurthy, a software architect, played club-level cricket in Bangalore before settling in New Zealand in 1997. Rachin Ravindra's first name was reported to be a portmanteau of the first names of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, but his father, while acknowledging the portmanteau, dismissed it as coincidence. His grandfather Balakrishna Adiga is an educationist and former principal of Vijaya College, Bangalore. He began his cricket journey after being influenced by Sachin Tendulkar since childhood. Rachin Ravindra began playing cricket in Wellington at the age of five, and travelled to India every year to play club cricket for Hutt Hawks Cricket Club, run by his father. He grew up playing junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bracewell (cricketer)
Michael Gordon Bracewell (born 14 February 1991) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Wellington. He is the nephew of former Test players Brendon and John Bracewell, and the cousin of current international player Doug Bracewell and comedian Melanie Bracewell . He attended Kavanagh College in Dunedin. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in March 2022. Career In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season. In March 2020, in round six of the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Bracewell took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. On 8 January 2022, in the 2021–22 Super Smash tournament, Bracewell scored 141 not out for the Wellington Firebirds against the Central Stags. It was the highest score in a Twenty20 cricket match in New Zealand. In March 2022, Bracewell was named in New Zealand's One Day Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Taylor
Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984) is a former New Zealand international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four, when he announced his retirement from international cricket at the end of 2021 he was the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test and One Day International cricket.Records and tributes aplenty as Ross Taylor calls time on international career , 31 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022. Taylor was a key member of the New Zealand team that won the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will O'Rourke
William Peter O'Rourke (born 6 August 2001) is a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he plays for the Canterbury cricket team in domestic cricket. He made his international debut for New Zealand in December 2023, having previously played for the national under-19 side. Early and personal life O'Rourke was born at Kingston upon Thames in London in 2001. His father, Paddy O'Rourke, played as a fast bowler for Wellington between the 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons and his uncle, Matthew O'Rourke, played a single senior match for Auckland in 1991–92. The family had moved to England before O'Rourke's birth and, when he was around five years old, moved back to New Zealand, settling in Auckland. He played cricket from a young age and made appearances for Auckland age-group sides from the 2017–18 season until 2019–20 before moving to the South Island to study at the University of Canterbury. Early career In December 2019, O'Rourke was named in New Zealand's squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeet Raval
Jeet Ashok Raval (born 22 September 1988) is a New Zealand cricketer. Raval is an opening batsman, who has played for New Zealand internationally and Northern Districts domestically. Originally from Ahmedabad in India, Raval played cricket for New Zealand's under-19 team and then spent eight years playing first-class cricket as an opening batsman for Auckland and Central Districts before being selected to play Test cricket for New Zealand for the first time in 2016. Raval initially struggled for form and it took 17 Test matches and 7 half-centuries before he scored his maiden Test century against Bangladesh. Early life and youth cricket Raval was born and raised in Ahmedabad in India, where he grew up playing cricket in his backyard with his cousins, ultimately being successful enough at the sport to represent the state of Gujarat at under-15 and under-17 level. Raval began as a medium-pace bowler in his first match for Gujarat, but after scoring more than 20 runs batting down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICC World Test Championship
The ICC World Test Championship, often shortened to WTC, is a biennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. It is played over two years and is the premier championship for Test cricket. The winners of the tournament are awarded the Test Mace, which was previously held by the leader of the Test Championship. South Africa are the current champions, having defeated Australia in the 2025 final at Lord's. WTC league games are organized by the host nation's cricket board, whereas the final is organized directly by the ICC. The inaugural ICC World Test Championship started with the 2019 Ashes series and finished with New Zealand lifting the trophy after defeating India in the final in June 2021. The second ICC World Test Championship started on 4 August 2021 with the England–India series and finished with Australia lifting the trophy after defeating India in the final in June 2023. The third ICC World Test Championship started on 16 June 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
