List of New Zealand Test cricketers

This article is about the men's cricketers. For the women's cricketers, see List of New Zealand women 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.[1][2][3]

New Zealand Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding
Cap Name Career Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ca St
1 Ted Badcock 1930–1933 7 9 2 137 64 19.57 1608 66 610 16 4/80 38.13 1 -
2 Roger Blunt 1930–1932 9 13 1 330 96 27.50 936 34 472 12 3/17 39.33 5 -
3 Stewie Dempster 1930–1933 10 15 4 723 136 65.73 5 - 10 - - - 2 -
4 George Dickinson 1930–1932 3 5 - 31 11 6.20 451 13 245 8 3/66 30.63 3 -
5 Henry Foley 1930 1 2 - 4 2 2.00 - - - - - - - -
6 Matt Henderson 1930 1 2 1 8 6 8.00 90 3 64 2 2/38 32.00 1 -
7 Ken James 1930–1933 11 13 2 52 14 4.73 - - - - - - 11 5
8 Tom Lowry 1930–1931 7 8 - 223 80 27.88 12 1 5 - - - 8 -
9 Bill Merritt 1930–1931 6 8 1 73 19 10.43 936 10 617 12 4/104 51.42 2 -
10 Curly Page 1930–1937 14 20 - 492 104 24.60 379 11 231 5 2/21 46.20 6 -
11 Alby Roberts 1930–1937 5 10 1 248 66* 27.56 459 19 209 7 4/101 29.86 4 -
12 Eddie McLeod 1930 1 2 1 18 16 18.00 12 - 5 - - - - -
13 John Mills 1930–1933 7 10 1 241 117 26.78 - - - - - - 1 -
14 Lindsay Weir 1930–1937 11 16 2 416 74* 29.71 342 7 209 7 3/38 29.86 3 -
15 Cyril Allcott 1930–1932 6 7 2 113 33 22.60 1206 41 541 6 2/102 90.17 3 -
16 Herb McGirr 1930 2 1 - 51 51 51.00 180 5 115 1 1/65 115.00 - -
17 Mal Matheson 1930–1931 2 1 - 7 7 7.00 282 9 136 2 2/7 68.00 2 -
18 Ian Cromb 1931–1932 5 8 2 123 51* 20.50 960 36 442 8 3/113 55.25 1 -
19 Jack Kerr 1931–1937 7 12 1 212 59 19.27 - - - - - - 4 -
20 Giff Vivian 1931–1937 7 10 - 421 100 42.10 1311 44 633 17 4/58 37.24 4 -
21 Don Cleverley 1932–1946 2 4 3 19 10* 19.00 222 3 130 - - - - -
22 Jack Newman 1932–1933 3 4 - 33 19 8.25 425 11 254 2 2/76 127.00 - -
23 Doug Freeman 1933 2 2 - 2 1 1.00 240 3 169 1 1/91 169.00 - -
24 Dennis Smith 1933 1 1 - 4 4 4.00 120 - 113 1 1/113 113.00 - -
25 Paul Whitelaw 1933 2 4 2 64 30 32.00 - - - - - - - -
26 Jack Dunning 1933–1937 4 6 1 38 19 7.60 830 20 493 5 2/35 98.60 2 -
27 Jack Cowie 1937–1949 9 13 4 90 45 10.00 2028 65 969 45 6/40 21.53 3 -
28 Martin Donnelly 1937–1949 7 12 1 582 206 52.91 30 - 20 - - - 7 -
29 Walter Hadlee 1937–1951 11 19 1 543 116 30.17 - - - - - - 6 -
30 Sonny Moloney 1937 3 6 - 156 64 26.00 12 1 9 - - - 3 -
31 Eric Tindill 1937–1947 5 9 1 73 37* 9.13 - - - - - - 6 1
32 Merv Wallace 1937–1953 13 21 - 439 66 20.90 6 - 5 - - - 5 -
33 Norman Gallichan 1937 1 2 - 32 30 16.00 264 11 113 3 3/99 37.67 - -
34 Mac Anderson 1946 1 2 - 5 4 2.50 - - - - - - 1 -
35 Ces Burke 1946 1 2 - 4 3 2.00 66 2 30 2 2/30 15.00 - -
36 Len Butterfield 1946 1 2 - 0 0.00 78 6 24 - - - - -
37 Don McRae 1946 1 2 - 8 8 4.00 84 3 44 - - - - -
38 Gordon Rowe 1946 1 2 - 0 0.00 - - - - - - 1 -
39 Verdun Scott 1946–1952 10 17 1 458 84 28.63 18 - 14 - - - 7 -
40 Tom Burtt 1947–1953 10 15 3 252 42 21.00 2593 119 1170 33 6/162 35.45 2 -
41 Roy Scott 1947 1 1 - 18 18 18.00 138 3 74 1 1/74 74.00 - -
42 Brun Smith 1947–1952 4 6 1 237 96 47.40 - - - - - - 1 -
43 Colin Snedden 1947 1 - - 0 - 96 5 46 - - - - -
44 Bert Sutcliffe 1947–1965 42 76 8 2727 230* 40.10 538 10 344 4 2/38 86.00 20 -
45 Don Taylor 1947–1956 3 5 - 159 77 31.80 - - - - - - 2 -
46 Harry Cave 1949–1958 19 31 5 229 22* 8.81 4074 242 1467 34 4/21 43.15 8 -
47 Frank Mooney 1949–1954 14 22 2 343 46 17.15 8 1 0 - - - 22 8
48 Geoff Rabone 1949–1955 12 20 2 562 107 31.22 1385 48 635 16 6/68 39.69 5 -
49 John Reid 1949–1965 58 108 5 3428 142 33.28 7725 444 2835 85 6/60 33.35 43 1
50 Fen Cresswell 1949–1951 3 5 3 14 12* 7.00 650 30 292 13 6/168 22.46 - -
51 John Hayes 1951–1958 15 22 7 73 19 4.87 2675 86 1217 30 4/36 40.57 3 -
52 Tony MacGibbon 1951–1958 26 46 5 814 66 19.85 5659 228 2160 70 5/64 30.86 13 -
53 Alex Moir 1951–1959 17 30 8 327 41* 14.86 2650 82 1418 28 6/155 50.64 2 -
54 Don Beard 1952–1956 4 7 2 101 31 20.20 806 37 302 9 3/22 33.56 2 -
55 Ray Emery 1952 2 4 - 46 28 11.50 46 - 52 2 2/52 26.00 - -
56 Gordon Leggat 1952–1956 9 18 2 351 61 21.94 - - - - - - - -
57 Bob Blair 1953–1964 19 34 6 189 64* 6.75 3525 114 1515 43 4/85 35.23 5 -
58 Eric Fisher 1953 1 2 - 23 14 11.50 204 6 78 1 1/78 78.00 - -
59 Ted Meuli 1953 1 2 - 38 23 19.00 - - - - - - - -
60 Lawrie Miller 1953–1958 13 25 - 346 47 13.84 2 - 1 - - - 1 -
61 Murray Chapple 1953–1966 14 27 1 497 76 19.12 248 17 84 1 1/24 84.00 10 -
62 Eric Dempster 1953–1954 5 8 2 106 47 17.67 544 17 219 2 1/24 109.50 1 -
63 Matt Poore 1953–1956 14 24 1 355 45 15.43 788 24 367 9 2/28 40.78 1 -
64 Guy Overton 1953–1954 3 6 1 8 3* 1.60 729 23 258 9 3/65 28.67 1 -
65 John Beck 1953–1956 8 15 - 394 99 26.27 - - - - - - - -
66 Bill Bell 1954 2 3 3 21 21* - 491 13 235 2 1/54 117.50 1 -
67 Ian Leggat 1954 1 1 - 0 0.00 24 - 6 - - - 2 -
68 Ian Colquhoun 1955 2 4 2 1 1* 0.50 - - - - - - 4 -
69 Noel McGregor 1955–1965 25 47 2 892 111 19.82 - - - - - - 9 -
70 Les Watt 1955 1 2 - 2 2 1.00 - - - - - - - -
71 Jack Alabaster 1955–1972 21 34 6 272 34 9.71 3992 178 1863 49 4/46 38.02 7 -
72 Zin Harris 1955–1965 9 18 1 378 101 22.24 42 2 14 - - - 6 -
73 Trevor McMahon 1955–1956 5 7 4 7 4* 2.33 - - - - - - 7 1
74 Noel Harford 1955–1958 8 15 - 229 93 15.27 - - - - - - - -
75 Eric Petrie 1955–1966 14 25 5 258 55 12.90 - - - - - - 25 -
76 John Guy 1955–1961 12 23 2 440 102 20.95 - - - - - - 2 -
77 Allen Lissette 1956 2 4 2 2 1* 1.00 288 16 124 3 2/73 41.33 1 -
78 Sammy Guillen 1956 3 [note 1] 6 - 98 41 16.33 - - - - - - 5 3
79 Ian Sinclair 1956 2 4 1 25 18* 8.33 233 9 120 1 1/79 120.00 1 -
80 Trevor Barber 1956 1 2 - 17 12 8.50 - - - - - - 1 -
81 John D'Arcy 1958 5 10 - 136 33 13.60 - - - - - - - -
82 Trevor Meale 1958 2 4 - 21 10 5.25 - - - - - - - -
83 Bill Playle 1958–1963 8 15 - 151 65 10.07 - - - - - - 4 -
84 John Sparling 1958–1964 11 20 2 229 50 12.72 708 33 327 5 1/9 65.40 3 -
85 Bruce Bolton 1959 2 3 - 59 33 19.67 - - - - - - 1 -
86 Roger Harris 1959 2 3 - 31 13 10.33 - - - - - - - -
87 Ken Hough 1959 2 3 2 62 31* 62.00 462 23 175 6 3/79 29.17 1 -
88 Gary Bartlett 1961–1968 10 18 1 263 40 15.47 1768 64 792 24 6/38 33.00 8 -
89 Paul Barton 1961–1963 7 14 - 285 109 20.36 - - - - - - 4 -
90 Frank Cameron 1961–1965 19 30 20 116 27* 11.60 4570 220 1849 62 5/34 29.82 2 -
91 Artie Dick 1961–1965 17 30 4 370 50* 14.23 - - - - - - 47 4
92 Dick Motz 1961–1969 32 56 3 612 60 11.55 7034 279 3148 100 6/63 31.48 9 -
93 Graham Dowling 1961–1972 39 77 3 2306 239 31.16 36 2 19 1 1/19 19.00 23 -
94 Barry Sinclair 1963–1968 21 40 1 1148 138 29.44 60 3 32 2 2/32 16.00 8 -
95 Bryan Yuile 1963–1969 17 33 6 481 64 17.81 2897 168 1213 34 4/43 35.68 12 -
96 Bruce Morrison 1963 1 2 - 10 10 5.00 186 5 129 2 2/129 64.50 1 -
97 Mike Shrimpton 1963–1974 10 19 - 265 46 13.95 257 1 158 5 3/35 31.60 2 -
98 Graham Gedye 1964–1965 4 8 - 193 55 24.13 - - - - - - - -
99 John Ward 1964–1968 8 12 6 75 35* 12.50 - - - - - - 16 1
100 Wynne Bradburn 1964 2 4 - 62 32 15.50 - - - - - - 2 -
101 Bob Cunis 1964–1972 20 31 8 295 51 12.83 4250 140 1887 51 6/76 37.00 1 -
102 Richard Collinge 1965–1978 35 50 13 533 68* 14.41 7689 228 3393 116 6/63 29.25 10 -
103 Bevan Congdon 1965–1978 61 114 7 3448 176 32.22 5620 197 2154 59 5/65 36.51 44 -
104 Ross Morgan 1965–1972 20 34 1 734 97 22.24 1114 38 609 5 1/16 121.80 12 -
105 Peter Truscott 1965 1 2 - 29 26 14.50 - - - - - - 1 -
106 Terry Jarvis 1965–1973 13 22 1 625 182 29.76 12 1 3 - - - 3 -
107 Vic Pollard 1965–1973 32 59 7 1266 116 24.35 4421 207 1853 40 3/3 46.33 19 -
108 Bruce Taylor 1965–1973 30 50 6 898 124 20.41 6334 206 2953 111 7/74 26.60 10 -
109 Graham Vivian 1965-1972 5 6 - 110 43 18.33 198 7 107 1 1/14 107.00 3 -
110 Grahame Bilby 1966 2 4 - 55 28 13.75 - - - - - - 3 -
111 Tom Puna 1966 3 5 3 31 18* 15.50 480 20 240 4 2/40 60.00 1 -
112 Mark Burgess 1968–1980 50 92 6 2684 119* 31.21 498 27 212 6 3/23 35.33 34 -
113 Roy Harford 1968 3 5 2 7 6 2.33 - - - - - - 11 -
114 Bruce Murray 1968–1971 13 26 1 598 90 23.92 6 1 0 1 1/0 0.00 21 -
115 Keith Thomson 1968 2 4 1 94 69 31.33 21 1 9 1 1/9 9.00 - -
116 Brian Hastings 1969–1976 31 56 6 1510 117* 30.20 22 - 9 - - - 23 -
117 Barry Milburn 1969 3 3 2 8 4* 8.00 - - - - - - 6 2
118 Glenn Turner 1969–1983 41 73 6 2991 259 44.64 12 1 5 - - - 42 -
119 Dayle Hadlee 1969–1978 26 42 5 530 56 14.32 4883 114 2389 71 4/30 33.65 8 -
120 Hedley Howarth 1969–1977 30 42 18 291 61 12.13 8833 393 3178 86 5/34 36.95 33 -
121 Ken Wadsworth 1969–1976 33 51 4 1010 80 21.49 - - - - - - 92 4
122 Murray Webb 1971–1974 3 2 - 12 12 6.00 732 6 471 4 2/114 117.75 - -
123 Richard Hadlee 1973–1990 86 134 19 3124 151* 27.17 21918 809 9611 431 9/52 22.30 39 -
124 John Parker 1973–1980 36 63 2 1498 121 24.56 40 2 24 1 1/24 24.00 30 -
125 David O'Sullivan 1973–1976 11 21 4 158 23* 9.29 2744 75 1224 18 5/148 68.00 2 -
126 Rodney Redmond 1973 1 2 - 163 107 81.50 - - - - - - - -
127 Bryan Andrews 1974 2 3 2 22 17 22.00 256 3 154 2 2/40 77.00 1 -
128 John Morrison 1974–1982 17 29 - 656 117 22.62 264 17 71 2 2/52 35.50 9 -
129 Jeremy Coney 1974–1987 52 85 14 2668 174* 37.58 2835 135 966 27 3/28 35.78 64 -
130 Lance Cairns 1974–1985 43 65 8 928 64 16.28 10628 447 4280 130 7/74 32.92 30 -
131 Ewen Chatfield 1975–1989 43 54 33 180 21* 8.57 10360 489 3958 123 6/73 32.18 7 -
132 Geoff Howarth 1975–1985 47 83 5 2531 147 32.45 614 20 271 3 1/13 90.33 29 -
133 Andy Roberts 1976 7 12 1 254 84* 23.09 440 15 182 4 1/12 45.50 4 -
134 Robert Anderson 1976–1978 9 18 - 423 92 23.50 - - - - - - 1 -
135 Warren Lees 1976–1983 21 37 4 778 152 23.58 5 - 4 - - - 52 7
136 Peter Petherick 1976–1977 6 11 4 34 13 4.86 1305 37 681 16 3/90 42.56 4 -
137 Murray Parker 1976 3 6 - 89 40 14.83 - - - - - - 2 -
138 Gary Troup 1976–1986 15 18 6 55 13* 4.58 3183 105 1454 39 6/95 37.28 2 -
139 Jock Edwards 1977–1981 8 15 - 377 55 25.13 - - - - - - 7 -
140 Stephen Boock 1978–1989 30 41 8 207 37 6.27 6598 327 2564 74 7/87 34.65 14 -
141 John Wright 1978–1993 82 148 7 5334 185 37.83 30 1 5 - - - 38 -
142 Brendon Bracewell 1978–1985 6 12 2 24 8 2.40 1036 29 585 14 3/110 41.79 1 -
143 Bruce Edgar 1978–1986 39 68 4 1958 161 30.59 18 1 3 - - - 14 -
144 John Reid 1979–1986 19 31 3 1296 180 46.29 18 1 7 - - - 9 -
145 Peter Webb 1980 2 3 - 11 5 3.67 - - - - - - 2 -
146 Paul McEwan 1980–1984 4 7 1 96 40* 16.00 36 1 13 - - - 5 -
147 John Bracewell 1980–1990 41 60 11 1001 110 20.43 8403 360 3653 102 6/32 35.81 31 -
148 Ian Smith 1980–1992 63 88 17 1815 173 25.56 18 1 5 - - - 168 8
149 Martin Snedden 1981–1990 25 30 8 327 33* 14.86 4775 194 2199 58 5/68 37.91 7 -
150 Martin Crowe 1982–1995 77 131 11 5444 299 45.37 1377 52 676 14 2/25 48.29 71 -
151 Jeff Crowe 1983–1990 39 65 4 1601 128 26.25 18 1 9 - - - 41 -
152 Evan Gray 1983–1988 10 16 - 248 50 15.50 2076 87 886 17 3/73 52.12 6 -
153 Trevor Franklin 1983–1991 21 37 1 828 101 23.00 - - - - - - 8 -
154 Derek Stirling 1984–1986 6 9 2 108 26 15.43 902 24 601 13 4/88 46.23 1 -
155 Ken Rutherford 1985–1995 56 99 8 2465 107* 27.09 256 3 161 1 1/38 161.00 32 -
156 Vaughan Brown 1985 2 3 1 51 36* 25.50 342 13 176 1 1/17 176.00 3 -
157 Stu Gillespie 1986 1 1 - 28 28 28.00 162 2 79 1 1/79 79.00 - -
158 Gary Robertson 1986 1 1 - 12 12 12.00 144 6 91 1 1/91 91.00 - -
159 Willie Watson 1986–1993 15 18 6 60 11 5.00 3486 182 1387 40 6/78 34.68 4 -
160 Tony Blain 1986–1994 11 20 3 456 78 26.82 - - - - - - 19 2
161 Dipak Patel 1987–1997 37 66 8 1200 99 20.69 6594 253 3154 75 6/50 42.05 15 -
162 Phil Horne 1987–1990 4 7 - 71 27 10.14 - - - - - - 3 -
163 Andrew Jones 1987–1995 39 74 8 2922 186 44.27 328 8 194 1 1/40 194.00 25 -
164 Danny Morrison 1987–1997 48 71 26 379 42 8.42 10064 313 5549 160 7/89 34.68 14 -
165 Mark Greatbatch 1988–1996 41 71 5 2021 146* 30.62 6 1 0 - - - 27 -
166 Robert Vance 1988–1989 4 7 - 207 68 29.57 - - - - - - - -
167 Chris Kuggeleijn 1988 2 4 - 7 7 1.75 97 2 67 1 1/50 67.00 1 -
168 Chris Cairns 1989–2004 62 104 5 3320 158 33.54 11698 414 6410 218 7/27 29.40 14 -
169 Shane Thomson 1990–1995 19 35 4 958 120* 30.90 1990 74 953 19 3/63 50.16 7 -
170 Mark Priest 1990–1998 3 4 - 56 26 14.00 377 15 158 3 2/42 52.67 - -
171 Adam Parore 1990–2002 78 128 19 2865 110 26.28 - - - - - - 197 7
172 Grant Bradburn 1990–2001 7 10 2 105 30* 13.13 867 28 460 6 3/134 76.67 6 -
173 Chris Pringle 1990–1995 14 21 4 175 30 10.29 2985 113 1389 30 7/52 46.30 3 -
174 David White 1990 2 4 - 31 18 7.75 3 - 5 - - - - -
175 Blair Hartland 1992–1994 9 18 - 303 52 16.83 - - - - - - 5 -
176 Murphy Su'a 1992–1995 13 18 5 165 44 12.69 2843 92 1377 36 5/73 38.25 8 -
177 Rod Latham 1992–1993 4 7 - 219 119 31.29 18 2 6 - - - 5 -
178 Simon Doull 1992–2000 32 50 11 570 46 14.62 6053 251 2872 98 7/65 29.31 16 -
179 Mark Haslam 1992–1995 4 2 1 4 3 4.00 493 19 245 2 1/33 122.50 2 -
180 Dion Nash 1992–2001 32 45 14 729 89* 23.52 6196 312 2649 93 6/27 28.48 13 -
181 Chris Harris 1992–2002 23 42 4 777 71 20.45 2560 106 1170 16 2/16 73.13 14 -
182 Michael Owens 1992–1994 8 12 6 16 8* 2.67 1074 42 585 17 4/99 34.41 3 -
183 Justin Vaughan 1992–1997 6 12 1 201 44 18.27 1040 41 450 11 4/27 40.91 4 -
184 Blair Pocock 1993–1997 15 29 - 665 85 22.93 24 - 20 - - - 5 -
185 Richard de Groen 1993–1994 5 10 4 45 26 7.50 1060 44 505 11 3/40 45.91 - -
186 Bryan Young 1993–1999 35 68 4 2034 267* 31.78 - - - - - - 54 -
187 Matthew Hart 1994–1995 14 24 4 353 45 17.65 3086 127 1438 29 5/77 49.59 9 -
188 Stephen Fleming 1994–2008 111 189 10 7172 274* 40.06 - - - - - - 171 -
189 Heath Davis 1994–1997 5 7 4 20 8* 6.67 1010 26 499 17 5/63 29.35 4 -
190 Gavin Larsen 1994–1996 8 13 4 127 26* 14.11 1967 109 689 24 3/57 28.71 5 -
191 Darrin Murray 1994–1995 8 16 1 303 52 20.20 - - - - - - 6 -
192 Kerry Walmsley 1995–2000 3 5 - 13 5 2.60 774 26 391 9 3/70 43.44 - -
193 Lee Germon 1995–1997 12 21 3 382 55 21.22 - - - - - - 27 2
194 Roger Twose 1995–1999 16 27 2 628 94 25.12 211 2 130 3 2/36 43.33 5 -
195 Craig Spearman 1995–2000 19 37 2 922 112 26.34 - - - - - - 21 -
196 Geoff Allott 1996–1999 10 15 7 27 8* 3.38 2023 62 1111 19 4/74 58.47 2 -
197 Nathan Astle 1996–2006 81 137 10 4702 222 37.02 5688 317 2143 51 3/27 42.01 70 -
198 Robert Kennedy 1996 4 5 1 28 22 7.00 636 17 380 6 3/28 63.33 2 -
199 Greg Loveridge 1996 1 1 1 4 4* - - - - - - - - -
200 Daniel Vettori 1997–2014 112 [note 2] 172 22 4523 140 30.15 28652 1187 12330 361 7/87 34.15 58 -
201 Matt Horne 1997–2003 35 65 2 1788 157 28.38 66 7 26 - - - 17 -
202 Shayne O'Connor 1997–2001 19 27 9 103 20 5.72 3667 149 1724 53 5/51 32.53 6 -
203 David Sewell 1997 1 1 1 1 1* - 138 3 90 - - - - -
204 Craig McMillan 1997–2005 55 91 10 3116 142 38.47 2502 101 1257 28 3/48 44.89 22 -
205 Paul Wiseman 1998–2005 25 34 8 366 36 14.08 5660 209 2903 61 5/82 47.59 11 -
206 Matthew Bell 1998–2008 18 32 2 729 107 24.30 - - - - - - 19 -
207 Gary Stead 1999 5 8 - 278 78 34.75 6 - 1 - - - 2 -
208 Mathew Sinclair 1999–2010 33 56 5 1635 214 32.05 42 2 14 - - - 31 -
209 Daryl Tuffey 2000–2010 26 36 10 427 80* 16.42 4877 220 2445 77 6/54 31.75 15 -
210 Mark Richardson 2000–2004 38 65 3 2776 145 44.77 66 - 21 1 1/16 21.00 26 -
211 Chris Martin 2000–2013 71 104 52 123 12* 2.36 14026 486 7878 233 6/26 33.81 14 -
212 Brooke Walker 2000–2002 5 8 2 118 27* 19.67 669 17 399 5 2/92 79.80 - -
213 Hamish Marshall 2000–2006 13 19 2 652 160 38.35 6 - 4 - - - 1 -
214 James Franklin 2001–2013 31 46 7 808 122* 20.71 4767 143 2786 82 6/119 33.97 12 -
215 Chris Drum 2001–2002 5 5 2 10 4 3.33 806 27 482 16 3/36 30.13 4 -
216 Shane Bond 2001–2009 18 20 7 168 41* 12.92 3372 113 1922 87 6/51 22.09 8 -
217 Lou Vincent 2001–2007 23 40 1 1332 224 34.15 6 - 2 - - - 19 -
218 Ian Butler 2002–2004 8 10 2 76 26 9.50 1368 37 884 24 6/46 36.83 4 -
219 Andre Adams 2002 1 2 - 18 11 9.00 190 5 105 6 3/44 17.50 1 -
220 Robbie Hart 2002–2003 11 19 3 260 57* 16.25 - - - - - - 29 1
221 Scott Styris 2002–2007 29 48 4 1586 170 36.04 1966 76 1023 20 3/28 51.15 23 -
222 Jacob Oram 2002–2009 33 59 10 1780 133 36.32 4964 240 1983 60 4/41 33.05 15 -
223 Richard Jones 2003 1 2 - 23 16 11.50 - - - - - - - -
224 Brendon McCullum 2004–2016 101 176 9 6453 302 38.64 175 5 88 1 1/1 88.00 198 11
225 Michael Papps 2004–2007 8 16 1 246 86 16.40 - - - - - - 11 -
226 Michael Mason 2004 1 2 - 3 3 1.50 132 5 105 - - - - -
227 Kyle Mills 2004–2009 19 30 5 289 57 11.56 2902 118 1453 44 4/16 33.02 4 -
228 Craig Cumming 2005–2008 11 19 2 441 74 25.94 - - - - - - 3 -
229 Iain O'Brien 2005–2009 22 34 5 219 31 7.55 4394 158 2429 73 6/75 33.27 7 -
230 James Marshall 2005 7 11 - 218 52 19.81 - - - - - - 5 -
231 Peter Fulton 2006–2013 17 28 1 843 136 31.22 - - - - - - 17 -
232 Jamie How 2006–2009 19 35 1 772 92 22.70 12 1 4 - - - 18 -
233 Jeetan Patel 2006–2017 24 38 8 381 47 12.70 5833 202 3078 65 5/110 47.35 13 -
234 Ross Taylor 2007–2022 112 196 24 7683 290 44.66 99 3 48 3 2/4 16.00 163 -
235 Mark Gillespie 2007–2012 5 8 1 76 27 10.85 868 24 631 22 6/113 28.68 1 -
236 Grant Elliott 2008–2009 5 9 1 86 25 10.75 282 9 140 4 2/8 35.00 2 -
237 Tim Southee 2008–2024 107 156 11 2245 77* 15.48 23490 889 11832 391 7/64 30.26 86 -
238 Daniel Flynn 2008–2013 24 45 5 1038 95 25.95 6 1 0 - - - 10 -
239 Aaron Redmond 2008 7 14 1 299 83 23.00 73 2 62 3 2/47 20.66 5 -
240 Gareth Hopkins 2008–2012 4 7 1 71 15 11.82 - - - - - - 9 -
241 Jesse Ryder 2008–2011 18 33 2 1269 201 40.93 492 23 280 5 2/7 56.00 12 -
242 Tim McIntosh 2008–2011 17 33 2 854 136 27.54 - - - - - 10 -
243 Martin Guptill 2009–2016 47 89 1 2586 189 29.38 428 3 298 8 3/11 37.25 50 -
244 BJ Watling 2009–2021 75 117 16 3790 205 37.52 - - - - - - 267 8
245 Peter Ingram 2010 2 4 - 61 42 15.25 - - - - - - - -
246 Brent Arnel 2010–2012 6 12 4 45 8* 5.62 1008 37 566 9 4/95 62.88 3 -
247 Hamish Bennett 2010 1 1 - 4 4 4.00 90 2 47 - - - - -
248 Kane Williamson 2010– 105 186 17 9276 251 54.88 2151 48 1207 30 4/44 40.23 90 -
249 Andy McKay 2010 1 2 1 25 20* 25.00 186 5 120 1 1/120 120.00 - -
250 Reece Young 2011 5 10 3 169 57 24.14 - - - - - - 8 -
251 Doug Bracewell 2011– 28 45 4 568 47 13.85 5164 157 2873 74 6/40 38.82 11 -
252 Dean Brownlie 2011–2013 14 25 1 711 109 29.62 66 - 52 1 1/13 52.00 17 -
253 Trent Boult 2011– 78 94 46 759 52* 15.81 17417 656 8717 317 6/30 27.49 43 -
254 Rob Nicol 2012 2 4 - 28 19 7.00 17 1 13 - - - 2 -
255 Kruger van Wyk 2012 9 17 1 341 71 21.31 - - - - - - 23 1
256 Neil Wagner 2012– 64 84 24 875 66* 14.58 13725 473 7169 260 7/39 27.57 19 -
257 Todd Astle 2012–2020 5 6 1 98 35 19.60 667 16 368 7 3/39 52.57 3 -
258 Colin Munro 2013 1 2 - 15 15 7.50 108 4 40 2 2/40 20.00 - -
259 Bruce Martin 2013 5 6 1 74 41 14.80 1518 77 646 12 4/43 53.83 - -
260 Hamish Rutherford 2013–2015 16 29 1 755 171 26.96 6 - 2 - - - 6 -
261 Corey Anderson 2013–2016 13 22 1 683 116 32.52 1302 34 659 16 3/47 41.18 7 -
262 Ish Sodhi 2013– 21 31 4 561 65 20.77 4043 91 2500 58 6/86 43.10 11 -
263 Tom Latham 2014– 88 158 6 5834 264* 38.38 - - - - - - 101 0
264 James Neesham 2014–2017 12 22 1 709 137* 33.76 1076 18 675 14 3/42 48.21 12 -
265 Mark Craig 2014–2016 15 25 9 589 67 36.81 3669 100 2326 50 7/94 46.52 14 -
266 Matt Henry 2015– 30 42 6 649 72 18.02 6750 230 3581 120 7/23 29.84 13 -
267 Luke Ronchi 2015–2016 4 8 0 319 88 39.87 - - - - - - 5 -
268 Mitchell Santner 2015– 30 43 2 1066 126 26.00 5346 178 2526 74 7/53 34.13 22 -
269 Henry Nicholls 2016– 56 87 7 2973 200* 37.16 - - - - - - 36 -
270 Colin de Grandhomme 2016– 29 44 7 1432 120* 38.70 4054 163 1615 49 6/41 32.95 19 -
271 Jeet Raval 2016– 24 39 1 1143 132 30.07 84 1 34 1 1/33 34.00 21 -
272 Neil Broom 2017 2 3 0 32 20 10.66 - - - - - - 0 -
273 Tom Blundell 2017– 40 69 7 2138 138 34.48 18 0 13 - - - 103 16
274 Ajaz Patel 2018– 21 31 12 189 35 9.94 4582 134 2487 85 10/119 29.25 10 -
275 Will Somerville 2018– 6 10 2 115 40* 14.37 1466 34 724 15 4/75 48.26 0 -
276 Daryl Mitchell 2019– 31 52 5 2059 190 43.80 703 27 375 3 1/7 125.00 48 -
277 Lockie Ferguson 2019 1 2 2 1 1* - 66 1 47 - - - 0 -
278 Glenn Phillips 2020– 15 27 5 728 87 33.09 1602 23 963 31 5/45 31.06 16 -
279 Kyle Jamieson 2020– 19 26 4 432 51* 19.63 3558 187 1579 80 6/48 19.73 5 -
280 Will Young 2020– 20 36 2 1063 89 31.26 - - - - - - 18 -
281 Devon Conway 2021– 27 51 1 1836 200 36.72 - - - - - - 11 -
282 Rachin Ravindra 2021– 15 30 2 1057 240 37.75 879 28 446 10 3/33 44.60 7 -
283 Michael Bracewell 2022– 8 14 1 259 74* 19.92 1551 38 1003 24 4/75 41.79 12 -
284 Scott Kuggeleijn 2023– 3 6 0 92 44 15.33 354 4 294 6 2/75 49.00 1 -
285 Blair Tickner 2023– 3 3 2 13 8 13.00 635 10 435 12 4/110 36.25 1 -
286 William O'Rourke 2024– 10 18 12 18 5* 3.00 1424 52 893 36 5/34 24.80 5 -
287 Ben Sears 2024– 1 2 2 0 0* - 198 5 161 5 4/90 32.20 1 -
288 Nathan Smith 2024– 2 4 0 80 42 20.00 344 1 339 7 4/86 48.42 0 -

Shirt Number History

From the 2019 Ashes Series, names and numbers were introduced on all Test player's shirts.[4] 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.[5]

S/N Current Player Past Player(s)
1 Jeet Raval
2 Will O'Rourke
3 Ross Taylor (2019–2022)
4 Michael Bracewell
8 Rachin Ravindra
10 Nathan Smith Neil Wagner (2019-2023)
12 Kyle Jamieson
13 Blair Tickner
14 Ben Sears
18 Trent Boult
21 Matt Henry
22 Kane Williamson
23 Glenn Phillips
24 Ajaz Patel
28 William Somerville
32 Will Young
34 Doug Bracewell
38 Tim Southee
47 BJ Watling
48 Tom Latham
61 Ish Sodhi
66 Tom Blundell
68 Scott Kuggeleijn
74 Mitchell Santner
75 Daryl Mitchell
77 Colin de Grandhomme
86 Henry Nicholls
87 Lockie Ferguson
88 Devon Conway

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Sammy Guillen also played Test cricket for the West Indies. Only his record for New Zealand is shown above.
  2. ^ Daniel Vettori has also played Test cricket for the ICC World XI. Only his record for New Zealand is shown above.


  1. ^ List of New Zealand Test Cricketers
  2. ^ "New Zealand Test Batting Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "New Zealand Test Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ "New look revealed for Test shirts". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Test, ODI leagues approved by ICC Board". ESPNcricinfo. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2023.