# new zealand

#saeed-anwar#pakistan#new-zealand

Saeed Anwar 113* — Manchester Semi-Final, 1999 World Cup

Pakistan vs New Zealand

1999-06-16

On June 16, 1999, Saeed Anwar carried his bat through Pakistan's innings, scoring 113 not out off 148 balls to set up a nine-wicket win over New Zealand at Old Trafford and put Pakistan into the World Cup final. It was his second hundred in successive World Cup matches, after 103 against Zimbabwe four days earlier — a feat previously achieved only by Mark Waugh in 1996.

#glenn-mcgrath#australia#new-zealand

Glenn McGrath's Rise — From the Outback to Test Cricket, 1993

Australia vs New Zealand

1993-11-12

Glenn McGrath made his Test debut for Australia at Perth on November 12, 1993, replacing the injured Merv Hughes. He took 3 for 142 in the match — modest figures, but the start of a 124-Test, 563-wicket career that would form the spine of Australian cricket for the next 14 years.

#inzamam-ul-haq#pakistan#new-zealand

Inzamam-ul-Haq's 60 off 37 — Auckland Semi-Final Heroics, 1992

New Zealand vs Pakistan

1992-03-21

On March 21, 1992 in Auckland, a 22-year-old Inzamam-ul-Haq came in at 140 for 4 chasing 263 against tournament leaders New Zealand and smashed 60 off 37 balls to power Pakistan to a four-wicket win and into the final. Inzamam had nearly been left out of the playing XI.

#mark-greatbatch#new-zealand#1992-world-cup

Mark Greatbatch — The Original Pinch-Hitter, 1992 World Cup

New Zealand

1992-02-25

Replacing the injured John Wright at the 1992 World Cup, Mark Greatbatch was instructed by captain Martin Crowe to attack the new ball and use the fielding restrictions. The strategy worked: Greatbatch made 313 at a strike rate of 88, hit a tournament-leading 14 sixes, and created the template for the 'pinch hitter' role.

#richard-hadlee#new-zealand#india

Hadlee Passes Botham — 374th Test Wicket, Bangalore 1988

India, New Zealand

1988-11-12

On 12 November 1988 at Bangalore, Richard Hadlee took his 374th Test wicket — overtaking Ian Botham as the leading wicket-taker in Test history.

#wasim-akram#pakistan#new-zealand

Wasim Akram's Test Debut — Auckland, January 1985

New Zealand, Pakistan

1985-01-25

An 18-year-old Wasim Akram, plucked from the BCCP nets by Javed Miandad, took 10 for 128 in his second Test against New Zealand at Auckland — the start of one of the great fast-bowling careers.

#richard-hadlee#new-zealand#australia

Richard Hadlee's 9 for 52 — The Gabba 1985

Australia, New Zealand

1985-11-08

Richard Hadlee took 9 for 52 in Australia's first innings at the Gabba in November 1985, the best single-innings figures by any fast bowler in the 20th century, and followed it with 6 for 71 in the second innings to set up an innings win.

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The Underarm Bowl — Cricket's Most Infamous Moment

Australia vs New Zealand

1981-02-01

Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the last ball underarm along the ground to prevent New Zealand from hitting a six to tie, sparking outrage and eternal mockery.

#underarm#chappell#new-zealand

#Greg Chappell#Ian Chappell#twin centuries

Chappell Brothers — Twin Centuries Each at Wellington, 1974

Australia vs New Zealand

1-6 March 1974

At the Basin Reserve in March 1974, Greg Chappell made 247 not out and 133, and his elder brother Ian Chappell made 145 and 121 — the only instance in Test history of two brothers each scoring a hundred in both innings of the same match. Greg's 380 runs in the Test stood as the world record for runs by a player in one Test until Graham Gooch's 333 and 123 against India at Lord's in July 1990.

#ken barrington#edgbaston#1965

India's First Overseas Test Series Win — Dunedin, February 1968

New Zealand vs India

1968-02-20

On 20 February 1968 at Carisbrook, Dunedin, India beat New Zealand by five wickets to win their first overseas Test in 12 attempts. They went on to take the four-Test series 3-1 — India's first away series win in cricket history. Captain Pataudi played three spinners (Prasanna, Bedi and Nadkarni) on every ground and was rewarded with 22 wickets from Erapalli Prasanna alone.

#india#new zealand#1968

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Ken Barrington Dropped for 137 — Edgbaston, June 1965

England vs New Zealand

1965-05-27

At Edgbaston in May 1965, England's most prolific batsman of the era spent 437 minutes making 137 against a weak New Zealand attack. Ken Barrington was dropped for the next Test as a public warning about scoring rates — a punishment unprecedented for a Test centurion. He returned a fortnight later, made 163 against the same opposition, and was never disciplined that way again.

#john edrich#headingley#310 not out

John Edrich's 310* — Headingley, July 1965

England vs New Zealand

1965-07-09

On 9 July 1965 at Headingley, Surrey opener John Edrich became the first Englishman since Len Hutton to pass 300 in a Test innings, finishing 310 not out against New Zealand. He hit 52 fours and five sixes — 238 runs in boundaries, a Test record that has stood for more than sixty years. England declared at 546 for 4 and won by an innings.

#india#new-zealand#mankad

Mankad and Roy's 413 — World Record Opening Stand, Madras 1956

India vs New Zealand

1956-01-09

On 6-7 January 1956, Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy added 413 for India's first wicket against New Zealand at Madras — a world-record opening partnership that would stand for 52 years. Mankad made 231 (then India's highest individual Test score) and Roy 173. The stand allowed India to declare at 537 for 3 and win the match by an innings and 109 runs.

#new-zealand#west-indies#john-reid

New Zealand's First Test Win — 26 Years, 45 Tests, Then Auckland 1956

New Zealand vs West Indies

1956-03-13

On 13 March 1956 at Eden Park, New Zealand beat West Indies by 190 runs to record their first Test victory in their 45th match — 26 years after Test debut. Wicketkeeper Sam Guillen, a former West Indian himself, stumped Alf Valentine off Harry Cave to seal the result. Captain John Reid's first-innings 84 was the platform.

#new-zealand#england#auckland

New Zealand 26 All Out — Lowest Test Total in History, Auckland 1955

New Zealand vs England

1955-03-28

On 28 March 1955 at Eden Park, New Zealand were dismissed for 26 in their second innings against England — the lowest team total in the history of Test cricket. Bob Appleyard took 4 for 7 and Brian Statham 3 for 9 in 27 overs of disciplined seam and off-spin. The score eclipsed South Africa's 30 from 1924 and remains the record more than seventy years on.

#new-zealand#south-africa#bert-sutcliffe

Bert Sutcliffe's 80 Not Out — Bandaged at Ellis Park After Tangiwai, 1953

South Africa vs New Zealand

1953-12-26

On Boxing Day 1953 at Ellis Park, Bert Sutcliffe — knocked unconscious before lunch by a Neil Adcock bouncer — returned to the crease with his head wrapped in bandages and made 80 not out. As the ninth wicket fell, fast bowler Bob Blair, who had earlier learned that his fiancée had died in the Tangiwai rail disaster on Christmas Eve, walked out of the tunnel to a stunned silence and added 33 in 10 minutes. New Zealand reached 187. The story remains the most emotional in their cricket history.

#lindwall#test-debut#australia

Ray Lindwall's Test Debut — Wellington, March 1946

Australia v New Zealand

1946-03-29

Ray Lindwall — recently demobilised from the Australian Army's New Guinea campaign — took the new ball in his Test debut at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on 29 March 1946. He took 1/13 and 1/16 in a match completed in two days as New Zealand were dismissed for 42 and 54. Decades later the ICC retrospectively granted the fixture full Test status (March 1948 ratification), confirming Lindwall's first cap in the same match in which Bill O'Reilly bowled the last over of his Test career.

#wally-hammond#england#new-zealand

Wally Hammond's 336* at Auckland — World Test Record, 1933

New Zealand v England

1933-04-01

On April Fool's Day 1933, Wally Hammond walked in at 56 for 1 at Eden Park and made 336 not out from the next 492 runs of England's innings. The score broke Bradman's 334 as the highest in Test cricket, took 318 minutes, and included 10 sixes — then a Test record. He still finished the two-match series with an average of 563. The match was drawn after only two days of play.

#new-zealand#first-test#1930

New Zealand's First Test — Christchurch, January 1930

New Zealand v England

1930-01-10

On 10 January 1930 New Zealand played their first Test match, against an MCC side at Lancaster Park, Christchurch. Tom Lowry captained the home team and Stewie Dempster batted nearly four hours for 136 in the second innings. England won by eight wickets but New Zealand's elevation to Test status was the inter-war period's quiet expansion of the international game.

#new-zealand#test-status#imperial-cricket-conference

New Zealand Granted Test Status — Imperial Cricket Conference, 1929

New Zealand and Imperial Cricket Conference

1929-05-31

On 31 May 1929 the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's voted to grant New Zealand full Test status, making it the fifth Test-playing nation. The first New Zealand Test was scheduled for January 1930 against MCC at Christchurch — the formal admission of a country whose 1927 tour of England had impressed observers across the counties.

#stewie-dempster#new-zealand#test-batting

Stewie Dempster — New Zealand's Pre-Test Star, 1929

New Zealand v England

1929-12-15

In New Zealand's first home Test series in 1929-30, the 26-year-old Stewie Dempster scored 136 in the second Test at Wellington, partnered by Jackie Mills's 117 in an opening stand of 276 — the highest first-wicket partnership made in a Test by any country to that point and the founding statement of New Zealand Test batting.

#imperial-cricket-conference#icc#test-status

The Imperial Cricket Conference Expands — Test Status for India, WI, NZ, 1926-29

Imperial Cricket Conference / Member countries

1929-05-31

Across three Imperial Cricket Conference meetings between May 1926 and May 1929, Test status was granted in turn to the West Indies (1926), India (1929) and New Zealand (1929) — tripling the number of Test nations in three years and transforming international cricket from a three-country game into a six-country one.

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Ted Pooley in a Christchurch Jail — England's Wicketkeeper Misses the First Test, 1877

England in New Zealand

1877-02-13

Ted Pooley, the Surrey wicketkeeper and acknowledged best gloveman in England, missed the first Test in March 1877 because he was sitting in a Christchurch jail. He had been arrested after a betting dispute at the Carlton Hotel turned into an assault charge. By the time he was acquitted, the tour had sailed for Sydney and the first Test had been lost.

#ted-pooley#christchurch#1877

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s

Cricket in New Zealand — The Canterbury and Otago Grounds, 1860s

Canterbury, Otago and Wellington cricket clubs

1864-01-01

New Zealand cricket developed rapidly through the 1860s as the provinces of Canterbury, Otago and Wellington established permanent clubs and grounds. The Canterbury Cricket Association, founded in 1877 but preceded by informal organisations in the 1860s, and the Otago Cricket Association grew from the inter-provincial matches played from the 1860s onward; the gold rush of the 1860s in Otago brought thousands of new immigrants, many of them cricket-playing British emigrants.

#george-parr#1863-64#australia-tour

George Parr's English XII — Tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1863-64

George Parr's English XII vs Australian and New Zealand colonial sides

1864-03-01

Two years after the Stephenson tour, the All-England Eleven captain George Parr led a second English party to Australia and added New Zealand to the itinerary for the first time. The twelve professionals, again playing against odds, lost only one of their thirteen Australian fixtures and introduced overarm bowling — legalised back home midway through their voyage — to colonial spectators who had never seen it.