"නවසීලන්ත ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

The current [[Test cricket|Test]], [[Limited overs cricket|One-day]] and [[Twenty20]] captain is [[Kane Williamson]], who replaced [[Brendon McCullum]] who announced his retirement in late December, 2015. The national team is organised by [[New Zealand Cricket]].

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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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]].

 

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.

 

In 1927 [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927|NZ toured England]]. They played 26 first class matches, mostly against county sides. They managed to beat [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]], [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]. On the strength of the performances of this tour New Zealand was granted [[Test status]].

 

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.

 

In 1949 New Zealand sent one of its best ever sides to England. It contained [[Bert Sutcliffe]], [[Martin Donnelly (cricketer)|Martin Donnelly]], [[John Richard Reid|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.<ref name="nzhistory.net.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/cricket-in-nz/playing-england |title=New Zealand cricket Page 4 – Playing England |publisher=NZHistory |date=20 December 2012 |accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref> 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.

 

 

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.

 

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 Richard Reid|John R. Reid]].

New Zealand won their first test series in their three match 1969/70 tour of Pakistan 1–0.<ref name="stats.espncricinfo.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/series/60430.html |title=New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1969/70 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate=7 February 2015}}</ref>

 

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, playing 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.

 

 

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.

 

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.

On 4 April 1996, New Zealand achieved a unique world record, where the whole team was adjudged Man of the Match for team performance against 4 run victory over the West Indies. This is recorded as the only time where whole team achieved such an award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=1153 |title=1995-1996 West Indies v New Zealand - 4th Match - Georgetown, Guyana |publisher=HowStat |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16203/game/64524/West-Indies-vs-New-Zealand-4th-ODI |title=4th ODI, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Georgetown, Apr 3 1996 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151262.html | title=Fourth One-Day International – WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND | work=Wisden 1997 | accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref>

 

{{see also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 2000–01}}

New Zealand started the new millennium by winning 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.

 

[[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 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.

In mid-2015 New Zealand toured England,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-schedule/series/2284/new-zealand-tour-of-england-2015|title=New Zealand tour of England, 2015 schedule - Match details, time, venue - Cricbuzz|website=Cricbuzz|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> performing well, drawing the Test series 1-1, and losing the One Day series, 2–3.

 

 

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* [[Richard Hadlee]], one of New Zealand and the world's best all-rounders, took the world record for [[List of Test cricket records#Most career wickets|most Test wickets]] (374) vs India at [[Bangalore]] in 1988. He lost the record to [[Kapil Dev]]. Hadlee was the first bowler to reach 400 Test wickets vs India at [[Christchurch]] in 1990