The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records 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 as of March 2021[update].
Key
Symbol
Meaning
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Player or umpire is currently active in ODI cricket
As of September 2023[update], New Zealand has played 811 ODI matches resulting in 372 victories, 389 defeats, 7 ties and 43 no results for an overall winning percentage of 48.89.[4]
In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. First such event occurred when West Indies toured England in 1976. New Zealand have recorded 15 such series victories.[8]
The highest innings total scored in ODIs came in the match between England and Australia in June 2018. Playing in the third ODI at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, the hosts posted a total of 481/6.[9] The Only ODI against Ireland in July 2008 during 2008 tour of England saw New Zealand set their highest innings total of 402/2.[10]
An ODI match is won when one side has scored more runs than the total runs scored by the opposing side during their 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 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.[24]
Greatest win margins (by runs)
The greatest winning margin by runs in ODIs was New Zealand's victory over Ireland by 290 runs in the only ODI of the 2008 England tour.[25]
The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest victory recorded by New Zealand is during the Bangladesh's tour in 2007 when they won by 10 wickets with 264 balls remaining.[27]
A total of 55 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with West Indies winning by such margins a record 10 times.[28] New Zealand have won an ODI match by this margin on nine occasions.[26]
South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 438/9 in response to Australia's 434/9.[29] New Zealand's highest innings total while chasing is 348/6 in a successful run chase against India during the India tour of New Zealand in 2020.[30]
The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with New Zealand winning five times.[33]
The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs was England's victory over Canada by 8 wickets with 277 balls remaining in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. The largest defeat suffered by New Zealand was against New Zealand in New Zealand when they lost by 10 wickets with 264 balls remaining.[27]
New Zealand have lost an ODI match by a margin of 10 wickets on three occasions with most recent being during the fourth match of the West Indies tour of New Zealand in March 1987.
The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in ODIs is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 36 times with both South Africa winning seven times. New Zealand has suffered loss by this margin six times.[33]
A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[24]
There have been 37 ties in ODIs history with New Zealand involved in seven such games.[4]
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 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[37]
India's Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in ODIs with 18,246. Second is Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 14,234 ahead of Ricky Ponting from Australia in third with 13,704. Ross Taylor is the leading New Zealand on this list.[38]
Last updated: 14 October 2023. 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.
Tendulkar holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998. Guptill scored 1489 runs in 2015, the most for a New Zealand batsmen in a year.[128]
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori with 297 wickets has taken the most wickets for his team in ODIs. He lies in the 13th position in the overall list of leading ODI wicket-takers.[135]
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[160]
Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 8/19 against Zimbabwe in December 2001 at Colombo (SSC). Tim Southee holds the New Zealand record for best bowling figures when he took 7/33 against England during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[161]
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan holds the record for the best career average in ODIs with 18.54. Joel Garner, West New Zealandcricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams, is second behind Rashid with an overall career average of 18.84 runs per wicket. Shane Bond is the highest ranked New Zealand when the qualification of 2000 balls bowled is followed.[181]
Qualification: 2,000 balls. Last updated: 28 October 2023[182]
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.[132]
West Indies' Joel Garner, holds the ODI record for the best career economy rate with 3.09. New Zealand's Richard Hadlee, with a rate of 3.30 runs per over conceded over his 115-match ODI career, has the fifth best economy rate among all the bowlers.[183]
Qualification: 2,000 balls, Last updated: 1 July 2020[184]
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.[132]
The top bowler with the best ODI career strike rate is South Africa's Lungi Ngidi with strike rate of 23.2 balls per wicket. New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan is the highest ranked New Zealand in this list when a qualification of 2000 balls is applied.[185]
A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.[189]Trent Boult , with six hauls, is the highest ranked New Zealand on the list of most five-wicket hauls which is headed by Pakistan's Waqar Younis with 13 such hauls.[190]
The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 30 balls are delivered by the player, is West Indies player Phil Simmons economy of 0.30 during his spell of 3 runs for 4 wickets in 10 overs against Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground in the 1991-92 Australian Tri-Series. Ewen Chatfield holds the New Zealand record during his spell in first ODI against Sri Lanka at Carisbrook, Dunedin.[192]
Qualification: 30 balls bowled. Last updated: 1 July 2020[193]
Best strike rates in an inning
The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is shared by Sunil Dhaniram of Canada, Paul Collingwood of England and Virender Sehwag of India when they achieved a strike rate of 4.2 balls pr wicket. Chris Harris during his spell of 4/7 achieved the best strike rate for a New Zealand bowler.[194]
The worst figures in an ODI came in the 5th One Day International between South Africa at home to Australia in 2006. Australia's Mick Lewis returned figures of 0/113 from his 10 overs in the second innings of the match.[196][197] The worst figures by a New Zealand is 0/105 that came off the bowling of Tim Southee in the third game against India at Christchurch in March 2009.[198]
Mick Lewis also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in an ODI during the aforementioned match. The top two New Zealand record in ODIs are held by Tim Southee and Martin Snedden.[199]
Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 69 wickets in 1997 in 36 ODIs. Chris Pringle is the highest New Zealand on the list having taken 46 wickets in 1994.[201]
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 ODIs history there have been just 49 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Jalal-ud-Din for Pakistan against Australia in 1982.
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.[209]
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,[210][211] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat 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.[212]
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum is sixth in taking most dismissals in ODIs as a designated wicket-keeper with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Australian Adam Gilchrist heading the list.[213]
Ten wicket-keepers on 15 occasions have taken six dismissals in a single innings in an ODI. Adam Gilchrist of Australia alone has done it six times.[219]
The feat of taking 5 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 49 wicket-keepers on 87 occasions including four New Zealanders.[220]
Gilchrist also holds the ODIs record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He made 27 dismissals during the 1998-99 Carlton & United Series. New Zealand record is held by Tom Latham when he made 21 dismissals during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[222]
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[a] 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.[225][226]
India's Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most ODI matches played with 463, with former captains Mahela Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya being second and third having represented Sri Lanka on 443 and 441 occasions, respectively. Former New Zealand skippers Daniel Vettori and Stpehen Fleming are top two most experienced New Zealand plpayers having represented their national teams on 291 and 279 occasions, respectively.[240]
Tendulkar also holds the record for the most consecutive ODI matches played with 185. He broke Richie Richardson's long standing record of 132 matches.[242]
Ricky Ponting, who led the Australian cricket team from 2002 to 2012, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in ODIs with 230 (including 1 as captain of ICC World XI team).Stephen Fleming has led New Zealand in 218 matches, second highest behind Ponting.[243]
The youngest player to play in an ODI match is claimed to be Hasan Raza at the age of 14 years and 233 days. Making his debut for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 30 October 1996, there is some doubt as to the validity of Raza's age at the time.[247]
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.
The highest ODI partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the West Indian pairing of Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels who put together a second wicket partnership of 372 runs during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe in February 2015. This broke the record of 331 runs set by Indian pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand in 1999[254]
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: 11 October 2022[256]
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.
Rudi Koertzen of South Africa holds the record for the most ODI matches umpired with 209. The current active Aleem Dar is currently at 208 matches. They are followed by New Zealand's Billy Bowden who officiated in 200 matches.[257]
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