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
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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