New Zealand national cricket team | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-23

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00:01:29 1 History
00:01:38 1.1 Beginnings of cricket in New Zealand
00:03:05 1.2 First national team
00:04:06 1.3 Inter-war period
00:05:45 1.4 After World War II
00:07:52 1.5 1970 to 2000
00:12:22 1.6 21st century
00:15:22 2 International grounds
00:15:32 3 Current squad
00:15:54 4 Coaching staff
00:16:25 5 Team colours
00:19:30 6 Tournament history
00:19:39 6.1 ICC Cricket World Cup
00:19:58 6.2 ICC Champions Trophy
00:20:16 6.3 ICC World Twenty20
00:20:46 6.4 Commonwealth Games
00:20:55 6.5 World Championship of Cricket
00:21:05 6.6 Austral-Asia Cup
00:21:23 7 Result Summary
00:21:32 7.1 Test Matches
00:21:40 7.2 One-Day International Matches
00:21:50 7.3 T20 International Matches
00:22:00 8 Series Results
00:22:09 8.1 Test Matches
00:22:21 8.2 One-Day Internationals
00:22:41 8.3 Twenty20 Internationals
00:23:05 9 Records
00:23:14 9.1 World records
00:27:28 9.2 Notable
00:29:48 10 See also



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The New Zealand national cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch,  becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current Test, One-day and Twenty20  captain is Kane Williamson, who replaced Brendon McCullum who announced his retirement in late December, 2015. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket.
The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team. Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
As of 7 December 2018, New Zealand have played 429 Test matches, winning 94, losing 171 and drawing 164.
The team is ranked 4th in Tests, 3rd in ODIs and 6th in T20Is by the ICC. New Zealand reached the final match in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in its history, after beating South Africa in the semi-final in 2015.