List of New Zealand national cricket captains

This is a complete list of all of New Zealand's national cricket captains at official international level. As such it includes details of all the men who have captained at least one Test match or One Day International, all boys who have captained in at least one Youth Test or Youth ODI, and all women who have captained at least one women's Test match or women's one-day international. New Zealand became a full member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (now the International Cricket Council) on 31 May 1926 at the same time as India were made up to full membership, and their first-class cricket matches against other full member nations since that date have been Tests.

Men's cricket

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Test match captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand national cricket team for at least one Test match. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or was appointed for a minor proportion in a series.

The table of results is complete up to the second Test against South Africa in February 2024.

New Zealand Test match captains[1]
NumberPortraitNameYear(s)OppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawnWin %
1 Tom Lowry1929–30  EnglandNew Zealand4013
1931  EnglandEngland3012
Total70250.00
2 Curly Page1931–32  South AfricaNew Zealand2020
1932–33  EnglandNew Zealand2002
1937  EnglandEngland3012
Total70340.00
3 Walter Hadlee1945–46  AustraliaNew Zealand1010
1946–47  EnglandNew Zealand1001
1949  EnglandEngland4004
1950–51  EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total80260.00
4 Bert Sutcliffe1951–52  West IndiesNew Zealand2011
1953–54†  South AfricaSouth Africa2020
Total40310.00
5 Merv Wallace1952–53  South AfricaNew Zealand20110.00
6 Geoff Rabone1953–54  South AfricaSouth Africa3021
1954–55  EnglandNew Zealand2020
Total50410.00
7 Harry Cave1955–56  PakistanPakistan3021
1955–56  IndiaIndia5023
1955–56†  West IndiesNew Zealand1010
Total90540.00
8 John R. Reid1955–56  West IndiesNew Zealand3120
1958  EnglandEngland5041
1958–59  EnglandNew Zealand2011
1961–62  South AfricaSouth Africa5221
1962–63  EnglandNew Zealand3030
1963–64  South AfricaNew Zealand3003
1964–65  PakistanNew Zealand3003
1964–65  IndiaIndia4013
1964–65  PakistanPakistan3021
1965  EnglandEngland3030
Total34318138.82
9Murray Chapple1965/6†  EnglandNew Zealand10010.00
10 Barry Sinclair1965–66  EnglandNew Zealand2002
1967–68†  IndiaNew Zealand1010
Total30120.00
11Graham Dowling1967–68  IndiaNew Zealand3120
1968–69  West IndiesNew Zealand3111
1969  EnglandEngland3021
1969–70  IndiaIndia3111
1969–70  PakistanPakistan3102
1970–71  EnglandNew Zealand2011
1971–72†  West IndiesWest Indies2002
Total1947821.05
12Bevan Congdon1971–72  West IndiesWest Indies3003
1972–73  PakistanNew Zealand3012
1973  EnglandEngland3021
1973–74  AustraliaAustralia3021
1973–74  AustraliaNew Zealand3111
1974–75  EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total171795.88
13Glenn Turner1975–76  IndiaNew Zealand3111
1976–77  PakistanPakistan2020
1976–77  IndiaIndia3021
1976–77  AustraliaNew Zealand2011
Total1016310.00
14 John Parker1976/7†  PakistanPakistan10010.00
15 Mark Burgess1977–78  EnglandNew Zealand3111
1978  EnglandEngland3030
1978–79  PakistanNew Zealand3012
1980–81†  AustraliaAustralia1010
Total1016310.00
16 Geoff Howarth1979–80  West IndiesNew Zealand3102
1980–81  AustraliaAustralia2011
1980–81  IndiaNew Zealand3102
1981–82  AustraliaNew Zealand3111
1982–83  Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
1983  EnglandEngland4130
1983–84  EnglandNew Zealand3102
1983–84  Sri LankaSri Lanka3201
1984–85  PakistanNew Zealand3201
1984–85  West IndiesWest Indies4022
Total301171236.67
17 Jeremy Coney1984–85  PakistanPakistan3021
1985–86  AustraliaAustralia3210
1985–86  AustraliaNew Zealand3102
1986  EnglandEngland3102
1986–87  West IndiesNew Zealand3111
Total1554633.33
18Jeff Crowe11986–87  Sri LankaSri Lanka1001
1987–88  AustraliaAustralia3012
1987–88  EnglandNew Zealand2002
Total60150.00
19 John Wright1987–88†  EnglandNew Zealand1001
1988–89  IndiaIndia3120
1988–89  PakistanNew Zealand2002
1989–90  AustraliaAustralia1001
1989–90  IndiaNew Zealand3102
1989–90  AustraliaNew Zealand1100
1990  EnglandEngland3012
Total1433821.42
20 Martin Crowe11990–91  PakistanPakistan3030
1990–91  Sri LankaNew Zealand2002
1991–92  EnglandNew Zealand3021
1992–93  ZimbabweZimbabwe2101
1992–93  Sri LankaSri Lanka2011
1992–93  AustraliaNew Zealand3111
1993–94  AustraliaAustralia1001
Total1627712.50
21Ian Smith1990–91†  Sri LankaNew Zealand10010.00
22Ken Rutherford1992–93  PakistanNew Zealand1010
1993–94†  AustraliaAustralia2020
1993–94  PakistanNew Zealand3120
1993–94  IndiaNew Zealand1001
1994  EnglandEngland3012
1994–95  South AfricaSouth Africa3120
1994–95  West IndiesNew Zealand2011
1994–95  South AfricaNew Zealand1010
1994–95  Sri LankaNew Zealand2011
Total18211511.11
23 Lee Germon1995–96  IndiaIndia3012
1995–96  PakistanNew Zealand1010
1995–96  ZimbabweNew Zealand2002
1995–96  West IndiesWest Indies2011
1996–97  PakistanPakistan2110
1996–97  EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total121568.33
24 Stephen Fleming1996–97†  EnglandNew Zealand1010
1996–97  Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
1997–98  ZimbabweZimbabwe2002
1997–98  AustraliaAustralia3021
1997–98  ZimbabweNew Zealand2200
1998  Sri LankaSri Lanka3120
1998–99  IndiaNew Zealand2101
1999  EnglandEngland4211
1999–2000  IndiaIndia3012
1999–2000  West IndiesNew Zealand2200
1999–2000  AustraliaNew Zealand3030
2000–01  ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2000–01  South AfricaSouth Africa3021
2000–01  ZimbabweNew Zealand1001
2000–01  PakistanNew Zealand3111
2001–02  AustraliaAustralia3003
2001–02  BangladeshNew Zealand2200
2001–02  EnglandNew Zealand3111
2002  PakistanPakistan1010
2002  West IndiesWest Indies2101
2002–03  IndiaNew Zealand2200
2003  Sri LankaSri Lanka2002
2003–04  IndiaIndia2002
2003–04  PakistanNew Zealand2011
2003–04  South AfricaNew Zealand3111
2004  EnglandEngland3030
2004–05  BangladeshBangladesh2200
2004–05  AustraliaAustralia2020
2004–05  AustraliaNew Zealand3021
2004–05  Sri LankaNew Zealand2101
2005  ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2005–06  West IndiesNew Zealand3201
2005–06  South AfricaSouth Africa3021
2006–07  Sri LankaNew Zealand2110
Total8028272535.00
25Dion Nash1998–99  South AfricaNew Zealand30120.00
26 Daniel Vettori2007–08  South AfricaSouth Africa2020
2007–08  BangladeshNew Zealand2200
2007–08  EnglandNew Zealand3120
2008  EnglandEngland3021
2008–09  BangladeshBangladesh2101
2008–09  AustraliaAustralia2020
2008–09  West IndiesNew Zealand2002
2008–09  IndiaNew Zealand3012
2009  Sri LankaSri Lanka2020
2009–10  PakistanNew Zealand3111
2009–10  BangladeshNew Zealand1100
2009–10  AustraliaNew Zealand2020
2010–11  IndiaIndia3012
2010–11  PakistanNew Zealand2011
Total326161018.75
27 Ross Taylor2011–12  ZimbabweZimbabwe1100
2011–12  AustraliaAustralia2110
2011–12  ZimbabweNew Zealand1100
2011–12  South AfricaNew Zealand3012
2012  West IndiesWest Indies2020
2012  IndiaIndia2020
2012–13  Sri LankaSri Lanka2110
2016–17  IndiaIndia1010
Total1448228.57
28 Brendon McCullum2012–13  South AfricaSouth Africa2020
2012–13  EnglandNew Zealand3003
2013  EnglandEngland2020
2013–14  BangladeshBangladesh2002
2013–14  West IndiesNew Zealand3201
2013–14  IndiaNew Zealand2101
2014  West IndiesWest Indies3210
2014–15  PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3111
2014–15  Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
2015  EnglandEngland2110
2015–16  AustraliaAustralia3021
2015–16  Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
2015–16  AustraliaNew Zealand2020
Total311111935.48
29 Kane Williamson2016  ZimbabweZimbabwe2200
2016  South AfricaSouth Africa2011
2016–17  IndiaIndia2020
2016–17  PakistanNew Zealand2200
2016–17  BangladeshNew Zealand2200
2016–17  South AfricaNew Zealand3012
2017–18  West IndiesNew Zealand2200
2017–18  EnglandNew Zealand2101
2018–19  PakistanUnited Arab Emirates3210
2018–19  Sri LankaNew Zealand2101
2018–19  BangladeshNew Zealand2200
2019  Sri LankaSri Lanka2110
2019–20  EnglandNew Zealand2101
2019–20  AustraliaAustralia2020
2019–20  IndiaNew Zealand2200
2020–21  West IndiesNew Zealand1100
2020–21  PakistanNew Zealand2200
2021  EnglandEngland1001
2021  IndiaEngland1100
2021–22  IndiaIndia11
2022  EnglandEngland33-
Total412211857.89
30Tom Latham2019–20  AustraliaAustralia1010
2020–21  West IndiesNew Zealand1100
2021  EnglandEngland1100
2021–22  IndiaIndia1010
2021–22  BangladeshNew Zealand2110
2021–22  South AfricaNew Zealand1110
Total946044.44
31 Tim Southee2022–23  PakistanPakistan2002
2022–23  EnglandNew Zealand2110
2022–23  Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
2022–23  BangladeshBangladesh2110
2023–24  South AfricaNew Zealand2200
Total1062260.00
Grand Total[2]46811518317024.57

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Men's One-Day International captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand national cricket team for at least one One Day International.

New Zealand ODI captains[3]
NumberNameYear(s)PlayedWonLostTiedNo resultWin %
1Bevan Congdon1973–19757130325.00
2Glenn Turner1975–19767520071.42
3Mark Burgess1978–19808260025.00
4Geoff Howarth1980–19856031260354.39
5John Wright1983–19903116150051.61
6Jeremy Coney1984–1987258160133.33
7Jeff Crowe1986–1988164120025.00
8Martin Crowe1990–19934421220148.84
9Andrew Jones1992202000.00
10Ken Rutherford1993–19943710241228.57
11Gavin Larsen19943120033.33
12Lee Germon1995–19973615192041.67
13Stephen Fleming1997–20072189810611347.80
14Dion Nash19997330150.00
15Craig McMillan2001–20028260025.00
16Chris Cairns2002–20037160014.29
17Daniel Vettori2004–20118241331754.67
18Brendon McCullum2009–20166236221361.02
19Ross Taylor2010–2012206120233.33
20Kane Williamson2012–present9146401450.55
21Kyle Mills2013–20144120133.33
22Tom Latham2017–20234428150163.63
23Tim Southee2018101000.00
24Mitchell Santner202211000100.00
Grand total801369382643

Twenty20 International captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand national cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International.

New Zealand Twenty20 International captains[4]
No.NameYear(s)PlayedWonTiedLostNR
1Stephen Fleming2005–200652120
2Daniel Vettori2007–201028132130
3Brendon McCullum2008–201528130141
4Ross Taylor2010–2012136241
5Kane Williamson2012–present56281261
6Kyle Mills201321010
7Tim Southee2017–20212012260
8Mitchell Santner202131011
9Tom Latham202152030
Grand total160788704

Women's cricket

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Test match captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's Test match.

New Zealand women's Test match captains
NumberNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1Ruth Symons1934/5EnglandNew Zealand1010
2Ina Lamason1947/8AustraliaNew Zealand1010
1948/9EnglandNew Zealand1010
Total2020
3Rona McKenzie1954EnglandEngland3012
1956/7AustraliaAustralia1010
1957/8EnglandNew Zealand2002
1960/1AustraliaNew Zealand1001
Total7025
4Trish McKelvey1966EnglandEngland3003
1968/9EnglandNew Zealand3021
1971/2AustraliaAustralia1100
1971/2South AfricaSouth Africa3102
1974/5AustraliaNew Zealand1001
1976/7IndiaNew Zealand1001
1978/9AustraliaAustralia3012
Total152310
5Debbie Hockley1984EnglandEngland3003
1984/5IndiaIndia3003
Total6006
6Lesley Murdoch1989/90AustraliaNew Zealand3012
7Karen Plummer1991/2EnglandNew Zealand3012
8Sarah Illingworth1994/5IndiaNew Zealand1001
1994/5AustraliaNew Zealand1001
1995/6AustraliaAustralia1001
1996EnglandEngland3003
Total6006
9Maia Lewis2003/4IndiaIndia1001
2004EnglandEngland1001
Total2002
Grand total4521033

Women's One-Day International captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international. New Zealand's greatest ODI success was under Emily Drumm when they won the 2000/1 World Cup.

New Zealand women's ODI captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo result
1Bev Brentnall197353020
2Trish McKelvey1977/8-1981/2157170
3Debbie Hockley1984-1998/927120150
4Ingrid Jagersma1984/511000
5Lesley Murdoch1985/6-1989/90158061
6Karen Plummer1991/231020
7Sarah Illingworth1992/3-199629180101
8Maia Lewis1996/7-2004/545191241
9Emily Drumm1999/2000-2002/341280121
10Catherine Campbell2000/122000
11Haidee Tiffen2004–200945240210
12Aimee Watkins2008–20112230181
13Amy Satterthwaite201033000
14Suzie Bates2011–present76400351
Grand total32916921526

Women's Twenty20 International captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand women's cricket team for at least one Twenty20 International match.

New Zealand women's Twenty20 International captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo result
1Maia Lewis200411000
2Haidee Tiffen2006–200983140
3Aimee Watkins2009–201129190100
4Suzie Bates2011–present67421240
5Sophie Devine201442011
Grand total106642391

Youth cricket

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Test match captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.

New Zealand Under-19 Test match captains
NumberNameYearOppositionLocationPlayedWonLostDrawn
1David Hartshorn1985/6AustraliaAustralia3003
2John Murtagh1986/7AustraliaNew Zealand3021
3Lee Germon1987/8IndiaNew Zealand1100
1988/9AustraliaAustralia3021
Total4121
4Chris Cairns1989EnglandEngland3102
5Llorne Howell1990/1EnglandNew Zealand3201
1991/2IndiaIndia2011
Total5212
6Stephen Fleming1992/3AustraliaNew Zealand2101
7Richard Jones1993/4PakistanPakistan3003
8Stephen Lynch1994/5PakistanNew Zealand3003
9Craig McMillan1995/6AustraliaAustralia3120
1996EnglandEngland3102
Total6222
10Jarrod Englefield1998/9EnglandNew Zealand3111
11Brendon McCullum2000/1South AfricaNew Zealand3201
12Andrew de Boorder2007IndiaNew Zealand3111
13George Worker2008EnglandEngland1010
14Kane Williamson2008EnglandEngland1001
Grand total43111022

Youth One-Day International captains

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This is a list of cricketers who have captained the New Zealand Under-19 cricket team for at least one Under-19 One Day International.

New Zealand Under-19 ODI captains
NumberNameYearPlayedWonTiedLostNo result
1David Hartshorn1985/630030
2John Murtagh1986/730030
3Lee Germon1987/8-1988/9102080
4Chris Cairns1988/9-198920020
5David Mills198920020
6Llorne Howell1990/1-1991/253020
7Stephen Fleming1992/331020
8Richard Jones1993/431020
9Stephen Lynch1994/532010
10Craig McMillan1995/6-199653020
11Jarrod Englefield1997/8-1998/9106040
12James Franklin1999/200051040
13Brendon McCullum2000/131011
14Ross Taylor2001/263021
15Daniel Flynn2003/462040
16Marc Ellison200663030
17Andrew de Boorder200731020
18Kane Williamson2008104132
19Craig Cachopa201064020
20Will Young2012114070
21Tim Seifert201331020
22Leo Carter201341030
23Robert O'Donnell201463030
24Josh Finnie201694050
25Rachin Ravindra201610010
26Kaylum Boshier201873040
Grand total136531782

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "New Zealand Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Records | Test matches | Team records | Results summary | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "New Zealand ODI Captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Cricinfo Statsguru – Twenty20 Internationals – Team records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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