List of New Zealand cricketers
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The following List of New Zealand cricketers lists all players who have played 20 or more full international cricket matches for New Zealand at either Test
or One Day International level.
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
or One Day International level.
Former players
| Tests and One-day Internationals played | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tests | ODIs | |||
| Jack Alabaster Jack Alabaster John Chaloner "Jack" Alabaster in Invercargill. He played 21 Tests for New Zealand from 1955-72. A spin bowler, he was often partnered at the crease for his provincial side Otago by his brother Gren.... | 21 | 0 | |||
| Geoff Allott Geoff Allott Geoffrey Ian Allott is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1996 to 2000. He retired from all cricket in 2001, following series of injuries.... | 10 | 31 | |||
| Tony Blain Tony Blain Tony Elston Blain was an understudy to Ian Smith and Adam Parore, he played in 11 Tests and 38 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, after retiring from the game he went from coaching to a commentator.... | 11 | 38 | |||
| Stephen Boock Stephen Boock Stephen Lewis Boock in Dunedin is a former cricketer who played 30 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.... | 30 | 14 | |||
| John Bracewell John Bracewell John Garry Bracewell is a New Zealand cricketer and coach. He played 41 Test matches between 1979-80 and 1990, as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He has been the coach of the New Zealand cricket team since the autumn of 2003... | 41 | 53 | |||
| Mark Burgess Mark Burgess (cricket player) Mark Gordon Burgess was a New Zealand cricketer, and a captain of the New Zealand cricket team from 1978 to 1980. He was a right-handed batsman, and bowled right-arm off break. He was raised in the Auckland suburb of Remuera and attended Remuera Intermediate School... | 50 | 26 | |||
| Lance Cairns Lance Cairns Bernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.... | 43 | 78 | |||
| Ewen Chatfield Ewen Chatfield Ewen John Chatfield is a former cricketer who played 43 Tests and 114 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. A medium-pace bowler, his chief weapon was his accuracy, giving him economical bowling figures, although he occasionally would come in for punishment in the late stages of limited overs... | 43 | 115 | |||
| Richard Collinge Richard Collinge Richard Owen Collinge was a New Zealand cricketer.-Career:Collinge bowled left arm fast medium, ending his long run with both arms stretching upwards and swinging the ball. He was New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year in 1971.He pitched the ball up and relied on late movement... | 35 | 16 | |||
| Jeremy Coney Jeremy Coney Jeremy Vernon Coney MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to... | 52 | 88 | |||
| Bevan Congdon Bevan Congdon Bevan Ernest Congdon OBE is a former New Zealand all-rounder who played 61 Test matches from 1965 to 1978. He was captain of the New Zealand Test and ODI team from 1972 to 1974. Congdon was the first New Zealand captain to record a victory over Australia... | 61 | 12 | |||
| Jeff Crowe Jeff Crowe Jeffrey John Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He is the son of Dave Crowe and elder brother of Martin Crowe. They are cousins of Oscar winning actor, Russell Crowe.... | 39 | 75 | |||
| Martin Crowe Martin Crowe Martin David Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985, and was credited as one of the "best young batsmen in the world". Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996 as a right-handed batsman... | 77 | 143 | |||
| Bob Cunis Bob Cunis Robert Smith Cunis played 20 Test matches for New Zealand as a fast bowler between 1964 and 1972, and was later coach of the New Zealand national team from 1987 to 1990. His son Stephen plays cricket for Canterbury.Test Match Special commentator Alan Gibson once commented, "This is Cunis at the... | 20 | 0 | |||
| Simon Doull Simon Doull Simon Blair Doull is a New Zealand radio personality, commentator and former international cricketer. He was a right arm medium pace swing bowler, and played in 32 Test matches and 42 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team... | 32 | 42 | |||
| Graham Dowling Graham Dowling Graham Thorne Dowling is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 39 Test matches and captained New Zealand in 19 of them. Playing as a specialist right-handed batsman, usually an opener, he achieved moderate success, averaging 31 with the bat. His finest moment came when he made a nine-hour 239... | 39 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Edgar Bruce Edgar Bruce Adrian Edgar was a cricketer from Wellington and one of the best batsmen New Zealand has ever produced. An accountant by profession, in the 1980s, he played 39 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals, altogether he played 175 first-class matches... | 39 | 64 | |||
| Trevor Franklin Trevor Franklin Trevor John Franklin has played 21 Tests and three One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He also play for Auckland cricket association... | 21 | 3 | |||
| Lee Germon Lee Germon Lee Kenneth Germon is a former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is remembered as the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era... | 12 | 37 | |||
| Mark Greatbatch Mark Greatbatch Mark John Greatbatch was a New Zealand cricketer. He scored more than 2,000 runs in his 41 Tests for New Zealand... | 41 | 84 | |||
| Dayle Hadlee Dayle Hadlee Dayle Robert Hadlee is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 11 ODIs from 1969 to 1978.... | 26 | 12 | |||
| Richard Hadlee Richard Hadlee Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was... | 86 | 115 | |||
| Brian Hastings | 31 | 12 | |||
| Matthew Horne | 35 | 50 | |||
| Geoffrey Howarth | 47 | 71 | |||
| Hedley Howarth Hedley Howarth Hedley John Howarth was a former international cricketer who played 30 Tests and nine One Day Internationals for New Zealand. The elder brother of Geoff Howarth, former New Zealand captain, he was born and died in Auckland.-Biography:Howarth was an orthodox left-arm bowler who made his first class... | 30 | 10 | |||
| Andrew Jones Andrew Jones (cricketer) Andrew Howard Jones is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 39 Tests and 87 ODIs from 1987 to 1995. He played for three provinces during his domestic career: Central Districts Stags, Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds.... | 39 | 87 | |||
| Gavin Larsen Gavin Larsen Gavin Rolf Larsen is a former New Zealand cricketer who specialised in the art of economical bowling. He was known playfully by his team mates as "The Postman", as mentioned in Danny Morrison's biography, Mad As I Wanna Be... | 8 | 121 | |||
| Rod Latham | 4 | 33 | |||
| Warren Lees Warren Lees Warren Kenneth Lees played 21 Tests and 31 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1976 and 1983, all as wicket-keeper.... | 21 | 31 | |||
| Tony MacGibbon Tony MacGibbon Anthony Roy MacGibbon, was a cricketer who played 26 Tests for New Zealand.MacGibbon was a useful lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who led the attack for his country for most of the 1950s... | 26 | 0 | |||
| Noel McGregor Noel McGregor Spencer Noel McGregor was a Test cricketer who played 25 Test matches for New Zealand between 1954 and 1965. He was the New Zealand Almanack Player of the Year in 1968.McGregor was born in Dunedin, Otago... | 25 | 0 | |||
| Ross Morgan Ross Morgan Ross Winston Morgan is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 20 Tests for New Zealand. He was a good batsman and bowler scoring 97 in his second Test against Pakistan in Christchurch in 1965. He was dropped after New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in 1972.... | 20 | 0 | |||
| Danny Morrison Danny Morrison (cricketer) Daniel Kyle Morrison is a former New Zealand cricketer . He specialised as a pace bowler with a useful outswinger. He made his test debut for New Zealand in 1987 at the age of 21 against Australia.... | 48 | 96 | |||
| Dick Motz Dick Motz Richard Charles Motz was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand cricket team between 1961 and 1969.... | 32 | 0 | |||
| Dion Nash Dion Nash Dion Joseph Nash played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming... | 32 | 81 | |||
| Shayne O'Connor Shayne O'Connor Shayne Barry O'Connor played 19 Tests and 38 One Day Internationals for New Zealand, he retired from all cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup.O'Connor also played for Central Otago in the Hawke Cup.... | 19 | 38 | |||
| John Parker | 36 | 25 | |||
| Adam Parore Adam Parore Adam Craig Parore is a former wicket-keeper and batsman for the New Zealand cricket team. He played 78 Test cricket matches for New Zealand and 179 One Day International cricket matches... | 78 | 179 | |||
| Dipak Patel Dipak Patel Dipak Narshibhai Patel played 37 Tests and 75 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand cricket team.... | 37 | 75 | |||
| Vic Pollard Vic Pollard Victor Pollard is a former dual cricket and football player who represented New Zealand at international level.-Cricket career:... | 32 | 3 | |||
| Chris Pringle Chris Pringle Christopher Pringle is a former New Zealand cricketer. A fast bowler who played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995.... | 14 | 64 | |||
| John Fulton Reid John Fulton Reid John Fulton Reid is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Auckland.Reid played in 19 Tests and 25 One Day Internationals between 1979 and 1986. His Test average was 46.28 and included six Test centuries... | 19 | 25 | |||
| John Richard Reid John Richard Reid John Richard Reid was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Tests. He was the country's first cricketing leader to achieve victory, both at home against the West Indies in 1956 and the first away win, against South Africa in 1962... | 58 | 0 | |||
| Mark Richardson Mark Richardson (cricketer) Mark Hunter Richardson is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a left-handed opening batsman. He represented New Zealand in 38 Tests from 2000 to 2004. During his cricketing career he played for Auckland, Buckinghamshire and Otago. His nickname, "Rigor", is short for Rigor mortis, given to him... | 38 | 4 | |||
| Ken Rutherford Ken Rutherford (cricketer) Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period. Aged 19, with a solitary first class season behind him, he was asked to open the batting for New Zealand against West Indies when the latter were at the... | 56 | 121 | |||
| Barry Sinclair Barry Sinclair Barry Whitley Sinclair is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a specialist batsman. Sinclair scored three of his six first-class centuries in Tests, yet failed to win a single match with New Zealand... | 21 | 0 | |||
| Ian Smith | 63 | 98 | |||
| Martin Snedden Martin Snedden Martin Colin Snedden played 25 Tests, between 1981 and 1990, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990, for New Zealand... | 25 | 93 | |||
| Craig Spearman Craig Spearman Craig Murray Spearman played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.A right-handed opening batsman, Spearman made his international debut for New Zealand in a Test Match in December 1995 against Pakistan at Christchurch... | 19 | 51 | |||
| Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe MBE was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year... | 42 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Taylor Bruce Taylor (cricketer) Bruce Richard Taylor scored 105 and took 5-86 for New Zealand on Test debut against India at Calcutta in 1964-65, the only man to have completed this feat. Taylor, who had never scored a first-class century before, came in at No... | 30 | 2 | |||
| Shane Thomson Shane Thomson Shane Alexander Thomson is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played 19 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He was dropped by the national selectors after the 1996 Cricket World Cup.... | 19 | 56 | |||
| Gary Troup Gary Troup Gary Bertram Troup is a New Zealand former cricketer and local politician who played 15 Tests and 22 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.-Cricket career:Troup made his Test debut for the New Zealand on 18 November 1976 against India... | 15 | 22 | |||
| Glenn Turner Glenn Turner Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.... | 41 | 41 | |||
| Roger Twose Roger Twose Roger Graham Twose played 16 Tests and 87 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the mid-1990s.Born in England, Twose moved to play in New Zealand in 1991-92, as it became clear he would struggle to ever force his way into the England side... | 16 | 87 | |||
| Ken Wadsworth Ken Wadsworth Kenneth John Wadsworth was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a wicket-keeper. Wadsworth scored over 1,000 runs and dismissed nearly 100 batsmen as New Zealand's regular wicket-keeper between 1969–70 and 1975–76... | 33 | 14 | |||
| Willie Watson Willie Watson (New Zealand cricketer) William Watson played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.... | 15 | 61 | |||
| John Wright John Wright (cricketer) John Geoffrey Wright is a former international cricketer representing - and captaining - New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England... | 82 | 149 | |||
| Bryan Young Bryan Young (cricketer) Bryan Andrew Young is a cricketer who has played 35 Tests and 74 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He is perhaps most well known for pocketing the ball after taking a catch while fielding in the slips.... | 35 | 74 | |||