New Zealand Record at Champions Trophy

New Zealand has bagged Champions Trophy in 2000, the only ICC trophy they have ever won. After that now they are eying third consecutive semifinal entry in 2013

2013 Schedule and Results

Best Results

    Winner: 2000
    Semifinalist: 2006, 2009

Interesting Facts

    NZ never played West Indies.
    NZ won all three matches against Pakistan.
    NZ failed to win any match against Australia in 5 games, losing 4 of them.
    6 occasions saw them bowled out.
    17 appearances make Vettori the most experienced New Zealand player in CT. Kyle Mills (15), Brendum McCullum (14), Fleming, Nathan Astle (13), James Franklin, Shane Bond (10) have also played 10 or more matches.

New Zealand Performance in all Editions
1998:

    Captain: Hansie Cronje, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    1. QF: SL def NZ by 5 wkts

2000:

    Captain: Pollock, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    1. QF: NZ def Zim by 64 runs, MOM: RG Twose
    2. SF: NZ def Pak by 4 wkts, MOM: SB O’Connor
    3. Final: NZ def Ind by 4 wkts, MOM: Chris Cairns

2002:

    Captain: Pollock, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    Group A: Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh
    1. Aus def NZ by 164 runs
    2. NZ def Ban by 167 runs, MOM: Bond

2004:

    Captain: Smith, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    Group A: Australia, New Zealand, USA
    1. NZ def USA by 210 runs. MOM: Nathan Astle
    2. Aus def NZ by 7 wkts

2006:

    Captain: Smith, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    1. NZ def SA by 87 runs, MOM: Stephen Fleming
    2. SL def NZ by 7 wkts
    3. NZ def Pak by 51 runs, MOM: Stephen Fleming
    4. SF: Aus def New Zealand by 34 runs

2009:

    Captain: Smith, Wicket Keeper: Mark Boucher
    Group B: New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa
    1. SA def NZ by 5 wkts
    2. NZ def SL by 38 runs, MOM: Daniel Vettori
    3. NZ def Eng by 4 wkts, MOM: Elliott
    SF: NZ def Pak by 5 wkts, MOM: Daniel Vettori
    Final: Aus def NZ by 6 wkts

2013

    NZ def SL by 1 wicket, MOM: Nathan McCullum
    NZ vs Aus – No result
    Eng def NZ by 10 runs

New Zealand Match Results at Champions Trophy

Team M W L NR
Australia 5 0 4 1
India 1 1 0 0
Zimbabwe 2 2 0 0
England 2 1 1 0
USA 1 1 0 0
Sri Lanka 4 2 2 0
Pakistan 3 3 0 0
Bangladesh 1 1 0 0
South Africa 2 1 1 0
8 21 12 8 1

Captains:

    Stephen Fleming 13 matches (8 won, 5 lost)
    Vettori 4 matches (3 won, 1 lost)
    Brendum McCullum 4 matches (1 won, 2 lost, 1 NR)

Team Records
Highest Scores: 347/4 (USA), 315/7 (SL)
Lowest Scores: 132 (Aus), 165 (SL)
Biggest Wins: 210 runs (USA), 167 runs (Ban), 5 wkts (Zim, Pak), 137 balls (Eng)
Smallest wins: 38 runs (SL), 1 wkt (SL), 0 ball (NZ)
100+ Partnerships: 9 (2 for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 1 each for 1st, 6th and 7th)
Biggest Partnerships by Wickets:

    1st 125 BB McCullum, Ryder (SL), 2009
    2nd 66 Fleming, Sinclair (Ban), 2002
    3rd 163 Astle, Styris (USA), 2004
    4th 125 Fleming, Adam Parore (Zim), 1998
    5th 136* Astle, McMillan (USA), 2004
    6th 122 Cairns, Harris (Ind), 2000
    7th 103 Oram, Vettori (Aus), 2006
    8th 35 Harris, B McCullum (Aus), 2004
    9th 68 B McCullum, Vettori (Aus), 2004
    10th 50 Mills, Bond (Aus), 2002

Batting Records

    Best Batsman: Fleming (441 in 13 innings), Astle (344 in 13 innings)
    Centuries: 2 (Astle, Cairns)
    50s: 19 (3 Fleming, McMillan, 2 Guptill, Styris, Twose, Parore)
    Best in one edition: 203 (Twose in 2000)

Bowling Records

    Highest wickets: Mills (28), Vettori (18), Bond (17), Oram (15), McClenaghan (11)
    Best Performances: 5/36 (Oram), 5/46 (SB O’Connor)
    Most Expensive: 0/82 (Bond), 3/69 (Mills)
    Most wickets in a series: 11 McClenaghan 2013, 10 Mills, 2006, 9 Mills, 2009, 8 McClenaghan, 2013

MOMs: 11
Fleming and Vettori won it twice.

    2013: Nathan McCullum (SL)
    2009: Daniel Vettori (SL, Pak), Elliott (Eng)
    2006: Stephen Fleming (SA, Pak)
    2004: Nathan Astle (USA)
    2002: Bond (Ban)
    2000: RG Twose (Zim), SB O’Connor (Pak), Chris Cairns (Ind)
    1998: None

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