List of New Zealand Test cricket records explained

Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level.[1] A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).[2] The following is a list of records by the New Zealand Test cricket team. It is based on the List of Test cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the New Zealand Test cricket team, and any cricketers who have played for that team.

New Zealand took part in their first recognised Test cricket match against England in the 1929/30 season, and the records listed here date from that time. New Zealand won the inaugural ICC World Test Championship, beating India in the final by 8 wickets. They are ranked number two in Tests, number one in ODIs and number four in T20Is.

Key

The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for New Zealand only, and are correct .

Key
scope=col Symbolscope=col Meaning
scope=row Player or umpire is currently active in Test cricket
scope=row Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
scope=row style=background:#cee0f2; ♠Test cricket record
scope=row dInnings was declared (e.g. 8/758d)
scope=row DateStarting date of the Test match
scope=row InningsNumber of innings played
scope=row MatchesNumber of matches played
scope=row OppositionThe team New Zealand was playing against
scope=row PeriodThe time period when the player was active in Test cricket
scope=row PlayerThe player involved in the record
scope=row VenueTest cricket ground where the match was played

Team records

Overall record

WonLostDrawnTiedWin %
475118187170024.84
Last Updated: 3 November 2024[3]

Team wins, losses, draws and ties

, New Zealand have played 475 Test matches resulting in 118 victories, 187 defeats and 170 draws for an overall winning percentage of 24.84.[3]

OpponentFirst MatchMatchesWonLostDrawTied% Won
1946 62 8 36 18 0 18.18
2001 19 14 2 3 0 87.50
1930 112 13 52 47 0 20.00
1955 65 16 22 27 0 42.10
1955 62 14 25 23 0 35.89
1932 49 7 26 16 0 21.21
1983 40 18 11 11 0 62.06
1952 49 17 13 19 0 56.66
1992 17 11 0 6 0 100.00
Total475118187170024.84
[4]

First Test series wins

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
YTP YTP
1986
20012004
1986
2024
YTP YTP
1970
-
1984
19802002
19981992
Last updated: 27 October 2024[5]

First Test match wins

Opponent Home Away
Venue Year Venue Year
YTP YTP YTP YTP
1985
Hamilton20012004
1983
1969
YTP YTP YTP YTP
1969
1961
1984
2002
1992
Last updated: 16 February 2024[6]

Team scoring records

Most runs in an innings

The highest innings score by the Blackcaps is 715/6d in first Test of the 2018–19 series against Bangladesh 2019. [7] [8]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center;
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
Last updated: 5 January 2021[9]

Highest successful run chases

New Zealand's highest fourth innings total is 451 all out in an unsuccessful run chase against England at Christchurch in March 2002. England had set a target of 549. New Zealand's highest successful run chase occurred against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1994. Pakistan had set New Zealand a target of 324.[10]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Targetscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 324Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 317Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 285Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 278Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 267Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Last updated: 16 February 2024[11]

Fewest runs in an innings

The lowest innings total scored in Test cricket came in the second Test of England's tour of New Zealand in March 1955. Trailing England by 46, New Zealand was bowled out in their second innings for 26 runs.[12] [13]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="background:#cee0f2; text-align:center;" 26♠Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 42Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 45Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 47Lord's, London, England
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 54Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Last updated: 23 June 2020[14]

Most runs conceded in an innings

The highest innings total scored against New Zealand is by West Indies when they scored 660/5d in the second Test of the West Indies tour of New Zealand in 1995 at Basin Reserve.

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center;
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia
Last updated: 23 August 2020[15]

Fewest runs conceded in an innings

The lowest innings total scored against New Zealand is 46 by India where New Zealand tour of India in 2024[13]

scope=col Rankscope=col Scorescope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 46M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 51McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 58Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 59Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 64Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Last updated: 3 December 2017[16]

Result records

A Test match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their two innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If one side scores more runs in a single innings than the total runs scored by the other side in both their innings, it is known as a win by innings and runs. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[17]

Greatest win margins (by innings)

The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The largest victory for New Zealand, which is the 8th largest, is their win against Zimbabwe in the Only Test of the 2011–12 tour at the McLean Park, where the hosts won by an innings and 301 runs.[18]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 301 runsMcLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 294 runsHarare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:centerInnings and 276 runsHagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:centerInnings and 185 runsSeddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 176 runsHagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
Last updated: 19 February 2022[19]

Greatest win margins (by runs)

The greatest winning margin by runs in Test cricket was England's victory over Australia by 675 runs in the first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series. The largest victory recorded by New Zealand, which is the 8th largest victory, was recorded against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test of the 2018-19 tour at the Hagley Oval, where the hosts won by 423 runs.[20]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 423 runsHagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
2281 runsBay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 254 runsQueens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 240 runsSeddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 204 runsKensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Last updated: 7 February 2024

Greatest win margins (by 10 wickets)

New Zealand have won a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 5 occasions.[19]

scope=col Rankscope=col Number of Victoriesscope=col Oppositionscope=col Most Recent Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1align=center 3Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=22align=center rowspan=21
Last updated: 3 December 2017

Narrowest win margins (by runs)

New Zealand's narrowest win was by 1 run (the second such victory in Test history, after West Indies), against England in a match in February 2023. England made 435 runs in first innings. In response, New Zealand were dismissed for 209 and were asked to follow-on. In the second innings, New Zealand scored 483 runs to set a target of 257 runs to win for England, which they fell one run short of.

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=2 6scope=row style=text-align:center; Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Last updated: 28 February 2023[21]

Narrowest win margins (by wickets)

New Zealand's narrowest win by wickets came in the first Test of the West Indies cricket team in New Zealand in 1979-80 in February 1980. Played at the Carisbrook, the hosts won the match by a margin of one wicket, one of only fourteen one-wicket victories in Test cricket.[22]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1align=center 1 wicketCarisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center 2align=center 2 wickets
align=center 3align=center 3 wicketsChittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
align=center rowspan=24align=center rowspan=24 wicketsBasin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Last updated: 20 June 2020[23]

Greatest loss margins (by innings)

The Oval in London played host the greatest defeat by an innings in Test cricket.[18] The final Test of the 1938 Ashes saw England defeat the tourists by an innings and 579 runs, to the draw the series at one match all.[24] New Zealand's biggest defeat came during the Pakistan tour in 2002 when they lost by an innings and 324 runs at Lahore Stadium, Lahore.[25]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" Innings and 324 runsLahore Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 322 runsBasin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 222 runsBellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 215 runsEden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Innings and 198 runsVidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Greatest loss margins (by runs)

The first Test of the 1928–29 Ashes series saw Australia defeated by England by 675 runs, the greatest losing margin by runs in Test cricket.[20] New Zealand's biggest defeat by runs was against South Africa in the first Test of the 2007 tour at New Wanderers Stadium.

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 372 runsWankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 2scope=row style="text-align:center;" 358 runsNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 299 runsEden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 297 runs
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 272 runs
Last updated: 6 December 2021

Greatest loss margins (by 10 wickets)

New Zealand have lost a Test match by a margin of 10 wickets on 13 occasions with most recent being during the 2nd test of the New Zealand cricket team in the West Indies in 2014.

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1align=center 5Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
align=center 2align=center 3Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=23align=center rowspan=22Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center 5align=center 1Galle International Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Narrowest loss margins (by runs)

The narrowest loss of New Zealand in terms of runs is by 30 runs against South Africa in the first test of the New Zealand's tour of South Africa in 1961.[26]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 30 runsKingsmead, Durban, South Africa
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center 33 runsSeddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center 38 runsTrent Bridge, Nottingham, England
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 60 runsBrabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center 62 runsEden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)

The narrowest loss of New Zealand in terms of wickets is by 3 wickets against Australia in the third test of New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2015–16.[26]

scope=col Rankscope=col Marginscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
1scope=row style=text-align:center 3 wicketAdelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia
2scope=row style=text-align:center rowspan=54 wicketsBagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, Pakistan
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Individual records

Batting records

Most career runs

A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22yards of the pitch.[27] India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in Test cricket with 15,921. Second is Ricky Ponting of Australia with 13,378 ahead of Jacques Kallis from South Africa in third with 13,289.[28]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 9,035Kane Williamsonalign=center 103align=center 1822010–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 7,683Ross Tayloralign=center 112align=center 1962007–2022
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 7,172align=center 111align=center 1891994–2008
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 6,453align=center 101align=center 1762004–2016
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 5,711Tom Latham†align=center 86align=center 1542014–2024
align=center 6scope=row style=text-align:center; 5,444Martin Crowealign=center 77align=center 1311982–1995
align=center 7scope=row style=text-align:center; 5,334John Wrightalign=center 82align=center 1481978–1993
align=center 8scope=row style=text-align:center; 4,702Nathan Astlealign=center 81align=center 1371996–2006
align=center 9scope=row style=text-align:center; 4,523Daniel Vettorialign=center 112align=center 1721997–2014
align=center 10scope=row style=text-align:center; 3,790BJ Watlingalign=center 75align=center 1172009–2021
Last updated: 01 December 2024[29]

Fastest runs getter

RunsBatsmanMatchInningsRecord DateReference
1,000111927 December 2022[30]
2,00024441 November 1992[31]
3,00039713 January 2015[32]
4,000488920 February 2016[33]
5,0006111025 March 2017[34]
6,0007112628 February 2019[35]
7,000831443 January 2021[36]
8,0009416417 March 2023[37]
9,00010318230 November 2024[38]
Last updated: 01 December 2024

Most runs in each batting position

Batting positionBatsmanInningsRunsAverageTest Career SpanRef
Opener149 5,599 38.88 2014–2024[39]
Number 3Kane Williamson160 8,263 57.38 2011–2024[40]
Number 4Ross Taylor174 7,087 47.24 2007–2022[41]
Number 5Nathan Astle87 3,181 37.87 1996–2006[42]
Number 6Craig McMillan51 1,899 41.28 1997–2005[43]
Number 7BJ Watling59 1,780 35.60 2021–2021[44]
Number 8Daniel Vettori67 2,227 39.77 1997–2014[45]
Number 989 1,245 15.00 2008–2024[46]
Number 1050 594 18.56 2013–2024[47]
Number 11Trent Boult81 644 16.10 2012–2022[48]
Last updated: 26 October 2024.

Most runs against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Periodscope=col Ref
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6YTP
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,277align=center 19align=center 361980–1993[49]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 822align=center 8align=center 122013–2023[50]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,518align=center 23align=center 431978–1992[51]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,224align=center 10align=center 192009–2014[52]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" colspan=6YTP
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,519align=center 14align=center 252011–2023[53]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,072align=center 15align=center 271994–2007[54]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,467Kane Williamson†14252012–2024[55]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1,136align=center 14align=center 232008–2020[56]
scope=row style="text-align:center;" 813align=center 11align=center 171996–2005[57]
Last updated: 30 September 2024.

Highest individual score

The second test of the Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2013–14 saw Brendon McCullum score his first and New Zealand's only triple century and record New Zealand's highest Individual score.[58]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 302Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 299
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 290WACA Ground, Perth, Australia
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 274*P Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 267*Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest individual score – progression of record

scope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Opponentscope=col Venuescope=col Season
45*Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand 1929–30
136Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
206Lord's, London, England1949
230Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, India 1955–56
239Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand 1967−68
259Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 1972
299Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand 1990−91
3022013–14
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Highest individual score against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Ref
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 290WACA Ground, Perth, Australia[59]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 252Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand[60]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 222Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[61]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 302Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand[62]
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 238Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand[63]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 262Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa[64]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 299Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand [65]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 259Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana [66]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 173*Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe[67]
Last updated: 11 January 2022.

Highest career average

A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[68]

scope=col Rankscope=col Averagescope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Not outscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 54.48Kane Williamsonalign=center 180align=center 8,881align=center 172010–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 46.28John F. Reidalign=center 31align=center 1,296align=center 31979–1986
align=center 3scope=row style="text-align:center;" 45.95Rachin Ravindraalign=center 22align=center 919align=center 22019–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 45.36Martin Crowealign=center 131align=center 5,444align=center 111982–1995
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 44.77Mark Richardsonalign=center 65align=center 2,776align=center 32000–2004
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 26 October 2024[69]

Highest average in each batting position

Batting positionBatsmanInningsRunsAverageCareer SpanRef
OpenerGlenn Turner67 2,828 45.61 1969–1983[70]
Number 3Kane Williamson160 8,263 57.38 2010–2024[71]
Number 4Martin Crowe106 4,841 49.40 1982–1995[72]
Number 544 1,887 43.88 2007–2016[73]
Number 648 1,772 45.43 1974–1987[74]
Number 7Chris Cairns41 1,766 43.07 1989–2004[75]
Number 8Daniel Vettori67 2,227 39.77 1997–2014[76]
Number 9Ian Smith36 797 28.46 1980–1992[77]
Number 1050 594 18.56 2013–2024[78]
Number 11Trent Boult75 589 15.91 2011–2022[79]
Last updated: 30 September 2024. Qualification: Min 20 innings batted at position

Most half-centuries

A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.

Sachin Tendulkar of India has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68. He is followed by the West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 66, India's Rahul Dravid and Allan Border of Australia on 63 and in fifth with 62 fifties to his name, Australia's Ricky Ponting.[80]

scope=col Rankscope=col Half centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=! scope=row style=text-align:center; 46align=center 189align=center 7,1721994–2008
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center;37align=center 182align=center 9,0352010–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center;35align=center 196align=center 7,6832007–2022
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 31align=center 176align=center 6,453 2004–2016
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center;30Tom Latham†align=center 154align=center 5,7112014–2024
Last updated: 01 December 2024[81]

Most centuries

A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings.

Tendulkar has also scored the most centuries in Test cricket with 51. South Africa's Jacques Kallis is next on 45 and Ricky Ponting with 41 hundreds is in third.[82]

scope=col Rankscope=col Centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=! scope=row style=text-align:center; 32align=center 180align=center 8,8812010–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 19align=center 196align=center 7,6832007–2022
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 17align=center 131align=center 5,4441982–1995
align=center 413Tom Latham†align=center 148align=center 5,5332014–2024
align=center rowspan=2 512John Wright1485,334 1978–1993
Brendon McCullumalign=center 176align=center 6,4532004–2016
Last updated: 20 October 2024[83]

Most double centuries

A double century is a score of 200 or more runs in a single innings.

Bradman holds the Test record for the most double centuries scored with twelve, one ahead of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara who finished his career with eleven. In third is Brian Lara of the West Indies with nine. England's Wally Hammond, Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka and Virat Kohli of India scored seven double centuries.[84]

scope=col Rankscope=col Double centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center rowspan=116Kane Williamson†align=center 180align=center 8,881 2010–2024
align=center 24Brendon McCullum1766,4532004–2016
align=center rowspan=23scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=23align=center 189align=center 7,1721994–2008
align=center 196align=center 7,6832007–2022
align=center rowspan=35scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=32align=center 73align=center 2,9911969–1983
align=center 56align=center 1,6351999–2010
align=center 148align=center 5,5332014–2024
Last updated: 20 October 2024[85]

Most triple centuries

A triple century is a score of 300 or more runs in a single innings.

India's Virender Sehwag, Australia's Don Bradman and West Indies's Chris Gayle and Brian Lara have each scored two triple centuries.[86] Brendon McCullum is the only New Zealand Player who has scored a single Test triple century .

scope=col Rankscope=col Triple centuriesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 1align=center 176align=center 6,453 2004–2016
Last updated: 20 June 2020[87]

Most Sixes

scope=col Rankscope=col Sixesscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 107♠align=center 176align=center 6,453 2004–2016
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 93Tim Southee†align=center 148align=center 2,1802008–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 87Chris Cairnsalign=center 104align=center 3,3201989–2004
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 55align=center 196align=center 7,6832007–2022
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 54align=center 91align=center 3,1161997–2005
Last updated: 20 October 2024[88]

Most Fours

scope=col Rankscope=col Foursscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Runsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 982align=center 180align=center 8,8812010–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 932align=center 196align=center 7,6832007–2022
align=center 3scope=row style="text-align:center;" 917align=center 189align=center 7,1721994–2008
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 776align=center 176align=center 6,4532004–2016
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 659align=center 131align=center 5,4441982–1995
Last updated: 30 September 2024[89]

Most runs in a series

The 1930 Ashes series in England saw Don Bradman set the record for the most runs scored in a single series, falling just 26 short of 1,000 runs. He is followed by Wally Hammond with 905 runs scored in the 1928–29 Ashes series. Glenn Turner with 672 in the 1972 tour of West Indies is the highest New Zealander on the list.[90]

scope=col Rankscope=col Runsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Oppositionscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 672align=center rowspan=35align=center 8
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 611align=center 9
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 54610
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 538align=center 3align=center 6
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 535align=center 2align=center 4
Last updated: 30 June 2022[91]

Most ducks

A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[92] Chris Martin has scored the second-highest number of ducks in Test cricket behind Courtney Walsh.[93]

scope=col Rankscope=col Ducksscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 36align=center 71align=center 1042000–2013
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 24align=center 48align=center 711987–1997
320Tim Southee1051512008–2024
4scope=row style=text-align:center; 19Daniel Vettori1121721997–2014
align=center 517Neil Wagneralign=center 64align=center 842012–2024
Last updated: 30 October 2024[94]

Bowling records

Most career wickets

A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.

Shane Warne held the record for the most Test wickets with 708 until December 2007 when Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan passed Warne's milestone.[95] Muralitharan, who continued to play until 2010, finished with 800 wickets to his name. James Anderson of England is third on the list taking 632 wickets holds the record for most wickets by a fast bowler in Test cricket.[96] [97] New Zealand's Richard Hadlee is the highest ranked New Zealand bowler taking 431 wickets.

scope=col Rankscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 431align=center 86align=center 150align=center 22.291973–1990
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 385Tim Southeealign=center 104align=center 196align=center 29.842008–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 361Daniel Vettorialign=center 112align=center 185align=center 34.151997–2014
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 317align=center 78align=center 149align=center 27.492011–2022
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 260align=center 64align=center 122align=center 27.572012–2024
align=center 6scope=row style=text-align:center; 233align=center 71align=center 126align=center 33.812000–2013
align=center 7scope=row style=text-align:center; 218Chris Cairnsalign=center 62align=center 104align=center 29.401989–2004
align=center 8scope=row style=text-align:center; 160align=center 48align=center 76align=center 34.681987–1997
align=center 9scope=row style=text-align:center; 130Lance Cairnsalign=center 43align=center 72align=center 32.921974–1985
align=center 10scope=row style=text-align:center; 123Ewen Chatfieldalign=center 43align=center 73align=center 32.171975–1989
Last updated: 26 October 2024[98]

Most career wickets against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Averagescope=col Periodscope=col Ref
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=7YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 130align=center 23align=center 41align=center 20.561973–1990[99]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 51align=center 9align=center 17align=center 16.052001–2010[100]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 97align=center 21align=center 35align=center 24.731973–1990[101]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 65align=center 14align=center 24align=center 22.961976–1990[102]
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=7YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 51align=center 12align=center 20align=center 28.391973–1989[103]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 55align=center 14align=center 24align=center 26.722000–2013[104]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 66align=center 14align=center 26align=center 19.832012–2024[105]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 51align=center 10align=center 19align=center 22.031980–1987[106]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 39align=center 8align=center 16align=center 24.201996–2000[107]
Last updated: 27 September 2024

Fastest wicket taker

WicketsBowlerMatchRecord DateReference
50926 November 2021[108]
1002516 February 1979[109]
150346 March 1981[110]
2004425 August 1983[111]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"250539 February 1985[112]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3006121 February 1986[113]
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3506912 March 1987[114]
400802 February 1990[115]
Last updated: 20 June 2020

Best figures in an innings

Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[116] There have been three occasions in Test cricket where a bowler has taken all ten wickets in a single innings – Jim Laker of England took 10/53 against Australia in 1956, India's Anil Kumble in 1999 returned figures of 10/74 against Pakistan and New Zealand's Ajaz Patel in 2021, returning figures of 10/119 against India. Richard Hadlee is one of 15 bowlers who have taken nine wickets in a Test match innings.[117]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
align=center rowspan=23scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Last updated: 19 February 2022[118]

Best figures in an innings against each team

scope=col Oppositionscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Reference
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 9/52Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia[119]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/53Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand[120]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/74Headingley, Leeds, England[121]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 10/119Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India[122]
scope=row style=text-align:center; colspan=5YTP
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/52Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan[123]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/23Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand[124]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/130Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand[125]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 7/27Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand[126]
scope=row style=text-align:center; 6/26McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand[127]
Last updated: 19 January 2022

Best figures in a match

A bowler's bowling figures in a match is the sum of the wickets taken and the runs conceded over both innings.

No bowler in the history of Test cricket has taken all 20 wickets in a match. The closest to do so was English spin bowler Jim Laker. During the fourth Test of the 1956 Ashes series, Laker took 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second to finish with match figures of 19/90. Richard Hadlee's figures of 15/123 taken during the first match of the New Zealand tour of Australia in 1985, is the 10th best in Test cricket history.[128]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Last updated: 26 October 2024[129]

Best career average

A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.Nineteenth century English medium pacer George Lohmann holds the record for the best career average in Test cricket with 10.75. J. J. Ferris, one of fifteen cricketers to have played Test cricket for more than one team,[130] is second behind Lohmann with an overall career average of 12.70 runs per wicket.[131]

scope=col Rankscope=col Averagescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 19.73align=center 80align=center 1,579align=center 3,5582020–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 21.53align=center 45align=center 969align=center 2,0281937–1949
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 22.09align=center 87align=center 1,922align=center 3,3722001–2009
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 22.29align=center 431align=center 9,611align=center 21,9181973–1990
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 26.60Bruce Tayloralign=center 111align=center 2,953align=center 6,3341965-1973
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 4 February 2024[132]

Best career economy rate

A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[92] English bowler William Attewell, who played 10 matches for England between 1884 and 1892, holds the Test record for the best career economy rate with 1.31. New Zealand's Jeremy Coney, with a rate of 2.04 runs per over conceded over his 52-match Test career, is 43rd on the list.[133]

scope=col Rankscope=col Economy ratescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.04align=center 27align=center 966align=center 2,8351974–1987
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.15align=center 86align=center 3,178align=center 8,8331969–1977
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.16align=center 34align=center 1,467align=center 4,0741949–1958
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.20align=center 85align=center 2,835align=center 7,7251949–1965
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 2.26align=center 51align=center 2,143align=center 7,7251996–2006
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 20 June 2020[134]

Best career strike rate

A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[92] As with the career average above, the top bowler with the best Test career strike rate is George Lohmann with strike rate of 34.1 balls per wicket. New Zealand's Shane Bond is at third position in this list.[135]

scope=col Rankscope=col Strike ratescope=col Playerscope=col Wicketsscope=col Runsscope=col Ballsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 38.7align=center 87align=center 1,922align=center 3,3722001–2009
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 44.5align=center 80align=center 1,579align=center 3,5582020–2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 45.0align=center 45align=center 969align=center 2,0281937–1949
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 50.8align=center 431align=center 9,611align=center 21,9181973–1990
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 52.8align=center 260align=center 7,169align=center 13,7252012–2024
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 7 February 2024[136]

Most five-wicket hauls in an innings

A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[137] Richard Hadlee is third on the list of most five-wicket hauls behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan and Australia's Shane Warne in Test cricket.[138]

scope=col Rankscope=col Five-wicket haulsscope=col Playerscope=col Inningsscope=col Ballsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 36align=center 150align=center 21,918align=center 4311973–1990
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 20align=center 185align=center 28,652align=center 3611997–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 15align=center 195align=center 23,034align=center 3842008–2024
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 13align=center 104align=center 11,698align=center 2181989–2004
510align=center 76align=center 10,064align=center 1601987–1997
Last updated: 19 October 2024[139]

Most ten-wicket hauls in a match

A ten-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking ten or more wickets in a match over two innings.Richard Hadlee is third on the all-time list of the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket, having taken the most of any fast bowler with 9 ten-wicket hauls. Only spin bowlers Muralitharan and Warne have taken more with 22 and 10 respectively.[140]

scope=col Rankscope=col Ten-wicket haulsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Ballsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 9align=center 86align=center 21,918align=center 4311973–1990
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 3align=center 112align=center 28,652align=center 3611997-2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 2align=center 21align=center 4,582align=center 852018-2024
align=center rowspan=154scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=151align=center 9align=center 2,028align=center 451937–1949
align=center 43align=center 10,360align=center 1231975–1989
align=center 15align=center 3,183align=center 391976–1986
align=center 43align=center 10,628align=center 1301974–1985
align=center 41align=center 8,403align=center 1021980–1990
align=center 14align=center 2,985align=center 301990–1995
align=center 62align=center 11,698align=center 2181989–2004
align=center 32align=center 6,196align=center 93 1992–2001
align=center 71align=center 14,026align=center 2332000–2013
align=center 18align=center 3,372align=center 87 2001–2009
align=center 104align=center 23,082align=center 3852008–2024
align=center 78align=center 17,417align=center 3172011–2022
align=center 15align=center 3,669align=center 502014–2016
align=center 19align=center 3,558align=center 802020–2024
align=center 29align=center 5,242align=center 672015–2024
Last updated: 3 November 2024[141]

Worst figures in an innings

The worst figures in a single innings in Test cricket came in the third Test between the West Indies at home to Pakistan in 1958. Pakistan's Khan Mohammad returned figures of 0/259 from his 54 overs in the second innings of the match.[142] [143] The worst figures by a New Zealander is 0/181 that came off the bowling of Matthew Hart in the second test of the West Indies tour of New Zealand in 1995.[144]

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oversscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 46Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 44
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center;align=center 35
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center;align=center 31Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 32Trent Bridge, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Last updated: 20 June 2020[145]

Worst figures in a match

The worst figures in a match in Test cricket were taken by South Africa's Imran Tahir in the second Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in November 2012. He returned figures of 0/180 from his 23 overs in the first innings and 0/80 off 14 in the third innings for a total of 0/260 from 37 overs.[146] He claimed the record in his final over when two runs came from it – enough for him to pass the previous record of 0/259, set 54 years prior.[147]

The worst figures by a New Zealander is by Matthew Hart in the second test of the West Indies tour of New Zealand in 1995.

scope=col Rankscope=col Figuresscope=col Playerscope=col Oversscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 46Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 44
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; align=center 38Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2align=center 35Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
61Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Last updated:20 June 2020[148]

Most wickets in a series

England's seventh Test tour of South Africa in 1913–14 saw the record set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a Test series. English paceman Sydney Barnes played in four of the five matches and achieved a total of 49 wickets to his name.

scope=col Rankscope=col Wicketsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Oppositionscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 333
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 274
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 233
align=center rowspan=24scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=222align=center rowspan=25align=center rowspan=2
Last updated: 20 June 2020[149]

Hat-trick

In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.In Test cricket history there have been just 44 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Fred Spofforth for Australia against England in 1879. In 1912, Australian Jimmy Matthews achieved the feat twice in one game against South Africa. The only other players to achieve two hat-tricks are Australia's Hugh Trumble, against England in 1902 and 1904, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, in separate games against Sri Lanka in 1999, and England's Stuart Broad.

No.BowlerForAgainstInn.TestDismissalsVenueDateRef.
11 1/3 9 October 1976 [150]
21 1/2 20 October 2004[151]

Wicket-keeping records

The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[152]

Most career dismissals

A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[153] [154] while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[155] New Zealand's BJ Watling is the highest New Zealander in taking most dismissals in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[156]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Catchesscope=col Stumpingscope=col Dis/Innscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 265align=center 75align=center 127align=center 257align=center 8align=center 2.0862009–2021
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 201align=center 78align=center 121align=center 194align=center 7align=center 1.6611990–2002
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 179align=center 101align=center 95align=center 168align=center 11align=center 1.8842004–2016
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 176align=center 63align=center 109align=center 168align=center 8align=center 1.6141980–1992
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 106Tom Blundellalign=center 36align=center 57align=center 91align=center 15align=center 1.8592017-2024
Last updated: 27 October 2024[157]

Most career catches

Watling is seventh in taking most catches in Test cricket as a designated wicket-keeper.[158]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 257align=center 75align=center 1272009–2021
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 194align=center 78align=center 1211990–2002
align=center rowspan=23scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2168align=center 101align=center 952004–2016
align=center 63align=center 1091980–1992
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 92align=center 33align=center 591969–1976
Last updated: 27 October 2024[159]

Most career stumpings

Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. New Zealand wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum is equal 43rd on 11.[160]

scope=col Rankscope=col Stumpingsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 15Tom Blundellalign=center 36align=center 572017–2024
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 11align=center 101align=center 952004–2016
align=center rowspan=33scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=38align=center 14align=center 231949–1954
align=center 63align=center 1091980–1992
align=center 75align=center 1272009–2021
Last updated: 27 October 2024[161]

Most dismissals in an innings

Four wicket-keepers have taken seven dismissals in a single innings in a Test match—Wasim Bari of Pakistan in 1979, Englishman Bob Taylor in 1980, New Zealand's Ian Smith in 1991 and most recently West Indian gloveman Ridley Jacobs against Australia in 2000.[162]

The feat of taking 6 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 24 wicket-keepers on 32 occasions with Watling being the only New Zealander.[163]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 7Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=26Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=194scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=195Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
Headingley, Leeds, England
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Sabina Park, Kingston, West Indies
Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
P. Sara Oval, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Last updated: 20 June 2020[164]

Most dismissals in a match

Three wicket-keepers have made 11 dismissals in a Test match, Englishman Jack Russell in 1995, South African AB de Villiers in 2013 and most recently India's Rishabh Pant against Australia in 2018.[165]

The feat of making 10 dismissals in a match has been achieved by 4 wicket-keepers on 4 occasions.[166] The most dismissals made by New Zealand wicket-keeper is nine, once by Brendon McCullum in 2009 and twice by BJ Watling in 2014 and 2015.

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center rowspan=31scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=39McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
University Oval, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center rowspan=64scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=68Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Bay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Last updated: 13 June 2021[167]

Most dismissals in a series

Brad Haddin holds the Test cricket record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He took 29 catches during the 2013 Ashes series. New Zealand's record is held by Artie Dick when he made 23 dismissals during the New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62.[168]

scope=col Rankscope=col Dismissalsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Oppositionscope=col Series
align=center 1scope=row style="text-align:center;" 23align=center 5align=center 9
align=center rowspan=32scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=316align=center rowspan=33align=center rowspan=25
align=center 6
align=center rowspan=25scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=215align=center rowspan=22align=center rowspan=24
Last updated: 20 June 2020[169]

Fielding records

Most career catches

Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[170] [171]

India's Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket by a non-wicket-keeper with 210, followed by Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka on 205 and South African Jacques Kallis with 200. Stephen Fleming is the highest ranked New Zealander in seventh, securing 171 catches in his Test career.[172]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Ct/Innscope=col Period
align=center 1171align=center 111align=center 199align=center 0.8591994–2008
align=center 2163align=center 112align=center 212align=center 0.7682007–2022
390align=center 102align=center 194align=center 0.4632010–2024
Tom Lathamalign=center 85align=center 165align=center 0.5452014–2024
align=center 581Tim Southeealign=center 102align=center 196align=center 0.4132008–2024
Last updated: 27 September 2024[173]

Most catches in a series

The 1920–21 Ashes series, in which Australia whitewashed England 5–0 for the first time,[174] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a Test series. Australian all-rounder Jack Gregory took 15 catches in the series as well as 23 wickets.[175] Greg Chappell, a fellow Australian all-rounder, and India's K. L. Rahul are equal second behind Gregory with 14 catches taken during the 1974–75 Ashes series and during the 2018 Indian tour of England respectively. Four players have taken 13 catches in a series on six occasions with both Bob Simpson and Brian Lara having done so twice and Rahul Dravid and Alastair Cook once. Stephen Fleming is the highest ranked New Zealander in this list.[176]

scope=col Rankscope=col Catchesscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Inningsscope=col Oppositionscope=col Series
align=center rowspan=21scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=210align=center 2align=center 4
align=center 4align=center 8
align=center rowspan=33scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=39align=center rowspan=33align=center rowspan=35
Last updated: 20 June 2020[177]

All-round records

1000 runs and 100 wickets

A total of 71 players have achieved the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in their Test career.[178]

scope=col Rankscope=col Playerscope=col Average Differencescope=col Periodscope=col Matchesscope=col Runsscope=col Bat Avgscope=col Wicketsscope=col Bowl Avg
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 4.861973-1990 align=center 86 align=center 3124 align=center 27.16 align=center 431 align=center 22.29
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 4.131989-2004 align=center 62 align=center 3320 align=center 33.53 align=center 218 align=center 29.40
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; -4.001997-2014 align=center 112 align=center 4523 align=center 30.15 align=center 361 align=center 34.15
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; -11.622008-2022 align=center 84 align=center 1747 align=center 16.32 align=center 335 align=center 27.95
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; -15.381980-1990 align=center 41 align=center 1001 align=center 20.42 align=center 102 align=center 35.81
Last updated: 19 February 2022[179]

250 runs and 20 wickets in a series

A total of 18 players on 24 occasions have achieved the double of 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series.[180]

scope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Runsscope=col Wicketsscope=col Oppositionscope=col Series
align=center 4 align=center 301 align=center 21
Last updated: 22 August 2020[181]

Other records

Most career matches

See also: List of cricketers who have played 100 Tests. India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Test matches played with 200, with former captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being joint second with each having represented Australia on 168 occasions. Daniel Vettori and Ross Taylor are the highest ranked New Zealanders in this list.[182]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Runsscope=col Wktsscope=col Period
align=center rowspan=21scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2112align=center 7,683align=center 32007–2022
align=center 4,523align=center 3611997–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 111align=center 7,172align=center -1994–2008
align=center 4104Tim Southeealign=center 2,185align=center 3852008–2024
align=center 5102Kane Williamsonalign=center 8,881align=center 302010–2024
Last updated: 27 October 2024[183]

Most consecutive career matches

Former English captain Alastair Cook holds the record for the most consecutive Test matches played with 159. He broke Allan Border's long standing record of 153 matches in June 2018.[184] The recently retired New Zealand wicket-keeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who is fifth on the list with 101 matches, is the highest ranked cricketer who never missed a Test match during his playing career.[185]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 1012004–2016
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 77*Tom Latham†2014-2024
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 72Stephen Fleming1999–2008
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 581949–1965
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 511996–2002
Last updated: 8 February 2024

Most matches as captain

See also: List of New Zealand national cricket captains. Graeme Smith, who led the South African cricket team from 2003 to 2014, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in Test cricket with 109.Stephen Fleming who led the side for nine years from 1997 to 2006 is third on the list with 80 matches.[186]

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Playerscope=col Wonscope=col Lostscope=col Tiedscope=col Drawscope=col %Wscope=col %Lscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 8028270253533.751997–2006
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 402210855252016-2022
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 34318138.8252.941956–1965
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 326161018.75502007–2011
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 311111935.4835.482013-2016
Last updated: 28 December 2022[187]

Most matches won as a captain

scope=col Rankscope=col Wonscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Lostscope=col Tiedscope=col Drawscope=col %Wscope=col %Lscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 2880270253533.751997–2006
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 224010855252016-2022
align=center rowspan=23scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2113071236.6623.331980–1985
3111935.4835.482013-2016
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 632161018.75502007–2011
Last updated: 28 December 2022[188]

Most man of the match awards

scope=col Rankscope=col M.O.M. Awardsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Period
align=center rowspan=21scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=211Kane Williamsonalign=center 942010–2023
Daniel Vettorialign=center 1121997–2014
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 9Richard Hadleealign=center 86 1973–1990
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 8Ross Tayloralign=center 1122007–2022
align=center rowspan=25scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=27John Wrightalign=center 821978–1993
Stephen Flemingalign=center 1111994–2008
Last updated: 13 March 2023[189]

Most man of the series awards

scope=col Rankscope=col M.O.S. Awardsscope=col Playerscope=col Matchesscope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 8Richard Hadleealign=center 86 1973–1990
24Kane Willaimson1022010–2024
33Daniel Vettorialign=center 1121997–2014
42Shane Bond182001–2009
Devon Conwayalign=center 242021–2024
Matt Henryalign=center 262015–2024
Neil Wagner642012–2024
Trent Boult782011–2022
Tim Southee1042008–2024
Last updated: 27 October 2024[190]

Youngest players on debut

The youngest player to play in a Test match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 227 days. Making his debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe on 24 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[191] The youngest New Zealander to play Test cricket was Daniel Vettori who at the age of 18 years and 10 days debuted in the second Test of the series against England in February 1997.[192]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; The Oval, London, England
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; The Oval, London, England
Last updated: 3 December 2017[193]

Oldest players on debut

England left-arm slow bowler James Southerton is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the very first inaugural test against Australia in 1876 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne, Australia, he was aged 49 years and 119 days. Herb McGirr is the oldest New Zealand Test debutant when he made his debut during the 1930 England series at the Eden Park.[194]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center;
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Last updated: 20 June 2020[195]

Oldest players

England all-rounder Wilfred Rhodes is the oldest player to appear in a Test match. Playing in the fourth Test against the West Indies in 1930 at Sabina Park, in Kingston, Jamaica, he was aged 52 years and 165 days on the final day's play. The oldest New Zealand Test player is Jack Alabaster who was aged 41 years and 242 days when he represented New Zealand for the final time in the 1972 tour of West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval.[196]

scope=col Rankscope=col Agescope=col Playerscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Date
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; Lord's, London, England
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Last updated: 28 January 2021[197]

Partnership records

In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.

Highest partnerships by wicket

A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.

scope=col Wicketscope=col Runsscope=col First batsmanscope=col Second batsmanscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 413Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 297Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 467Basin Reserve, Wellington, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 369Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 236Nottingham, EnglandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 365*Basin Reserve, Wellington, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 261Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 256Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South AfricaScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 136Eden Park, Auckland, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; 151Scorecard
Last updated: 20 June 2020[198]

Highest partnerships by runs

The highest Test partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Sri Lankan pairing of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene who put together a third wicket partnership of 624 runs during the first Test against South Africa in July 2006. This broke the record of 576 runs set by their compatriots Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama against India in 1997. New Zealand's Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe hold the third highest Test partnership with 467 made in 1991 against Sri Lanka.[199]

scope=col Wicketscope=col Runsscope=col First batsmanscope=col Second batsmanscope=col Oppositionscope=col Venuescope=col Datescope=col Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Scorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center; Basin Reserve, Wellington, New ZealandScorecard
align=center scope=row style=text-align:center;
Last updated: 17 March 2023[200]

Highest overall partnership runs by a pair

RankRunsInningsPlayersHighestAverage100/50Career span
align=center 1scope-"row" 3,88276 265 58.81 10/19 2011-2021
align=center 23,17672 165 44.11 10/14 2014–2024
align=center 31,95158 106 33.63 2/15 1996-2006
align=center 41,80328 467 64.39 4/6 1987-1993
align=center 51,76060 100 31.42 1/12 1978-1986
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 10 March 2023[201]

Umpiring records

Most matches umpired

An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket. Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires.

Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most Test matches umpired with 130. The current active Dar set the record in December 2019 overtaking Steve Bucknor from the West Indies mark of 128 matches.[202] They are followed by South Africa's Rudi Koertzen who officiated in 108.

scope=col Rankscope=col Matchesscope=col Umpirescope=col Period
align=center 1scope=row style=text-align:center; 842000-2015
align=center rowspan=22scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2402001–2013
2014–2022
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 391989–2002
5scope=row style=text-align:center;261986–1995
Last updated: 19 February 2022[203]

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