List of New Zealand national cricket captains

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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.

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Test match captains

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.

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New Zealand Test match captains[1]
Number Portrait Name Year(s) Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn Win %
1 Tom Lowry 1929–30 EnglandNew Zealand4013
1931 EnglandEngland3012
Total7025 0.00
2 Curly Page 1931–32 South AfricaNew Zealand2020
1932–33 EnglandNew Zealand2002
1937 EnglandEngland3012
Total7034 0.00
3 Walter Hadlee 1945–46 AustraliaNew Zealand1010
1946–47 EnglandNew Zealand1001
1949 EnglandEngland4004
1950–51 EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total8026 0.00
4 Bert Sutcliffe 1951–52 West IndiesNew Zealand2011
1953–54† South AfricaSouth Africa2020
Total4031 0.00
5Merv Wallace1952–53 South AfricaNew Zealand2011 0.00
6 Geoff Rabone 1953–54 South AfricaSouth Africa3021
1954–55 EnglandNew Zealand2020
Total5041 0.00
7 Harry Cave 1955–56 PakistanPakistan3021
1955–56 IndiaIndia5023
1955–56† West IndiesNew Zealand1010
Total9054 0.00
8 John R. Reid 1955–56 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
Total3431813 8.82
9Murray Chapple1965/6† EnglandNew Zealand1001 0.00
10 Barry Sinclair 1965–66 EnglandNew Zealand2002
1967–68† IndiaNew Zealand1010
Total3012 0.00
11 Graham Dowling 1967–68 IndiaNew Zealand3120
1968–69 West IndiesNew Zealand3111
1969 EnglandEngland3021
1969–70 IndiaIndia3111
1969–70 PakistanPakistan3102
1970–71 EnglandNew Zealand2011
1971–72† West IndiesWest Indies2002
Total19478 21.05
12 Bevan Congdon 1971–72 West IndiesWest Indies3003
1972–73 PakistanNew Zealand3012
1973 EnglandEngland3021
1973–74 AustraliaAustralia3021
1973–74 AustraliaNew Zealand3111
1974–75 EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total17179 5.88
13 Glenn Turner 1975–76 IndiaNew Zealand3111
1976–77 PakistanPakistan2020
1976–77 IndiaIndia3021
1976–77 AustraliaNew Zealand2011
Total10163 10.00
14John Parker1976/7† PakistanPakistan1001 0.00
15 Mark Burgess 1977–78 EnglandNew Zealand3111
1978 EnglandEngland3030
1978–79 PakistanNew Zealand3012
1980–81† AustraliaAustralia1010
Total10163 10.00
16 Geoff Howarth 1979–80 West IndiesNew Zealand3102
1980–81 AustraliaAustralia201 1
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
Total3011712 36.67
17 Jeremy Coney 1984–85 PakistanPakistan3021
1985–86 AustraliaAustralia3210
1985–86 AustraliaNew Zealand3102
1986 EnglandEngland3102
1986–87 West IndiesNew Zealand3111
Total15546 33.33
18 Jeff Crowe1 1986–87 Sri LankaSri Lanka1001
1987–88 AustraliaAustralia3012
1987–88 EnglandNew Zealand2002
Total6015 0.00
19 John Wright 1987–88† EnglandNew Zealand1001
1988–89 IndiaIndia3120
1988–89 PakistanNew Zealand2002
1989–90 AustraliaAustralia1001
1989–90 IndiaNew Zealand3102
1989–90 AustraliaNew Zealand1100
1990 EnglandEngland3012
Total14338 21.42
20 Martin Crowe1 1990–91 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
Total16277 12.50
21Ian Smith1990–91† Sri LankaNew Zealand1001 0.00
22 Ken Rutherford 1992–93 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
Total182115 11.11
23 Lee Germon 1995–96 IndiaIndia3012
1995–96 PakistanNew Zealand1010
1995–96 ZimbabweNew Zealand2002
1995–96 West IndiesWest Indies2011
1996–97 PakistanPakistan2110
1996–97 EnglandNew Zealand2011
Total12156 8.33
24 Stephen Fleming 1996–97† 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
Total80282725 35.00
25Dion Nash1998–99 South AfricaNew Zealand3012 0.00
26 Daniel Vettori 2007–08 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
Total3261610 18.75
27 Ross Taylor 2011–12 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
Total14482 28.57
28 Brendon McCullum 2012–13 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
Total3111119 35.48
29 Kane Williamson 2016 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-
Total4122118 57.89
30 Tom Latham 2019–20 AustraliaAustralia1010
2020–21 West IndiesNew Zealand1100
2021  EnglandEngland1100
2021–22  IndiaIndia1010
2021–22 BangladeshNew Zealand2110
2021–22  South AfricaNew Zealand1110
2024 IndiaIndia2200
Total11660 50
31 Tim Southee 2022–23 PakistanPakistan2002
2022–23 EnglandNew Zealand2110
2022–23 Sri LankaNew Zealand2200
2022–23 BangladeshBangladesh2110
2023–24 South AfricaNew Zealand2200
2024  Australia New Zealand 2 0 2 0
2024  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0
Total14662 42.85
Grand Total[2]468115183170 24.57
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Men's One-Day International captains

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

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New Zealand ODI captains[3]
Number Name Year(s) Played Won Lost Tied No result Win %
1Bevan Congdon1973–1975713 03 25.00
2Glenn Turner1975–1976752 00 71.42
3Mark Burgess1978–1980826 00 25.00
4Geoff Howarth1980–1985603126 03 54.39
5John Wright1983–1990311615 00 51.61
6Jeremy Coney1984–198725816 01 33.33
7Jeff Crowe1986–198816412 00 25.00
8Martin Crowe1990–1993442122 01 48.84
9Andrew Jones1992202 00 0.00
10Ken Rutherford1993–1994371024 12 28.57
11Gavin Larsen1994312 00 33.33
12Lee Germon1995–1997361519 20 41.67
13Stephen Fleming1997–200721898106 113 47.80
14Dion Nash1999733 01 50.00
15Craig McMillan2001–2002826 00 25.00
16Chris Cairns2002–2003716 00 14.29
17Daniel Vettori2004–2011824133 17 54.67
18Brendon McCullum2009–2016623622 13 61.02
19Ross Taylor2010–201220612 02 33.33
20Kane Williamson2012–present914640 14 50.55
21Kyle Mills2013–2014412 01 33.33
22 Tom Latham2017–2023442815 01 63.63
23 Tim Southee2018101 00 0.00
24 Mitchell Santner 2022 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
Grand total801369382 643
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Twenty20 International captains

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

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New Zealand Twenty20 International captains[4]
No. Name Year(s) Played Won Tied Lost NR
1Stephen Fleming2005–200652120
2Daniel Vettori2007–201028132130
3Brendon McCullum2008–201528130141
4Ross Taylor2010–2012136241
5Kane Williamson2012–202475391341
6Kyle Mills201321010
7Tim Southee2017–20232917390
8Mitchell Santner2021–20242514092
9Tom Latham2021–2023136151
10Michael Bracewell202452021
Grand total22311310937
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Captains in Men's ICC tournaments

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NZ Captains in ICC Tournaments
Tournament Name Format Played Won Lost Tied/NR Stand Winning rate
1975 Cricket World CupGlenn Turner60 overs4210Semi Finals50%
1979 Cricket World CupMark Burgess60 overs3210Semi-Final50%
1983 Cricket World CupGeoff Howarth60 overs6330Group stage50%
1987 Cricket World CupMike Gatting50 overs6240Group stage33.33%
1992 Cricket World CupJeff Crowe 50 overs9720Semi Finals77.7%
1996 Cricket World Cup Martin Crowe50 overs6330Quarter-Finals50%
1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy Stephen Fleming50 overs1010Quarter-Finals0%
1999 Cricket World CupStephen Fleming50 overs8431Semi Finals50%
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy Stephen Fleming 50 overs3300Champions100%
2002 ICC Champions Trophy Stephen Fleming 50 overs2110Group Stage50%
2003 Cricket World CupStephen Fleming50 overs9540Super Six55.55
2004 ICC Champions Trophy Stephen Fleming50 overs2110Group Stage50%
2006 ICC Champions Trophy Stephen Fleming50 overs4220Semi Finals50%
2007 Cricket World CupStephen Fleming50 overs10730Semi Finals70%
2007 World Twenty20 Daniel Vettori20 overs6330Semi Finals50%
2009 World Twenty20 Daniel Vettori20 overs5230Super 840%
2009 ICC Champions Trophy Daniel Vettori50 overs5320Runners-up50%
2010 World Twenty20 Daniel Vettori20 overs5320Super 860%
2011 Cricket World CupDaniel Vettori50 overs8530Semi Finals62.5%
2012 World Twenty20 Ross Taylor20 overs5122Super 820%
2013 ICC Champions Trophy Brendon McCullum50 overs3111Group Stage20%
2014 World Twenty20 Brendon McCullum20 overs4220Super 1050%
2015 Cricket World CupBrendon McCullum50 overs9810Runners-up88.88%
2016 World Twenty20 Kane Williamson20 overs5410Semi Finals80%
2017 ICC Champions Trophy Kane Williamson50 overs3021Group Stage0%
2019 Cricket World CupKane Williamson50 overs11641Runners-up54.54%
2021 ICC World Test Championship FinalKane WilliamsonUnlimited1100Champions100%
2021 World Twenty20 Kane Williamson20 overs7520Runners-up71%
2022 Men's T20 World CupKane Williamson20 overs6321Semi Finals50%
2023 Cricket World CupKane Williamson50 overs10550Semi Finals50%
2024 Men's T20 World CupKane Williamson20 overs4220Group Stage50%
2025 ICC Champions Trophy Mitchell Santner50 overs5320Runners-up60%
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Women's cricket

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Test match captains

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

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New Zealand women's Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1Ruth Symons1934/5EnglandNew Zealand1010
2 Ina Lamason 1947/8AustraliaNew Zealand1010
1948/9EnglandNew Zealand1010
Total2020
3 Rona McKenzie 1954EnglandEngland3012
1956/7AustraliaAustralia1010
1957/8EnglandNew Zealand2002
1960/1AustraliaNew Zealand1001
Total7025
4 Trish McKelvey 1966EnglandEngland3003
1968/9EnglandNew Zealand3021
1971/2AustraliaAustralia1100
1971/2South AfricaSouth Africa3102
1974/5AustraliaNew Zealand1001
1976/7IndiaNew Zealand1001
1978/9AustraliaAustralia3012
Total152310
5 Debbie Hockley 1984EnglandEngland3003
1984/5IndiaIndia3003
Total6006
6Lesley Murdoch1989/90AustraliaNew Zealand3012
7Karen Plummer1991/2EnglandNew Zealand3012
8 Sarah Illingworth 1994/5IndiaNew Zealand1001
1994/5AustraliaNew Zealand1001
1995/6AustraliaAustralia1001
1996EnglandEngland3003
Total6006
9 Maia Lewis 2003/4IndiaIndia1001
2004EnglandEngland1001
Total2002
Grand total4521033
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Women's One-Day International captains

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.

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New Zealand women's ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Bev Brentnall197353020
2Trish McKelvey1978-1982157170
3Debbie Hockley1984-199927120150
4Ingrid Jagersma198511000
5Lesley Murdoch1986-1990158061
6Karen Plummer199231020
7Sarah Illingworth1993-199629180101
8Maia Lewis1997-200545191241
9Emily Drumm2000-200341280121
10Catherine Campbell200022000
11Haidee Tiffen2004–200945240210
12Aimee Watkins2008–20112230181
13Amy Satterthwaite2010–2022135080
14Suzie Bates2011–201876400351
15Sophie Devine2020–202449171292
16Amelia Kerr202420020
Grand total39018831918
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Women's Twenty20 International captains

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

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New Zealand women's Twenty20 International captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No result
1Maia Lewis200411000
2Haidee Tiffen2006–200983140
3Aimee Watkins2009–201129190100
4Suzie Bates2012–202466391260
5Sophie Devine2014–202464301312
6Amy Satterthwaite2018–2021126051
7Amelia Kerr2023–202421010
Grand total182993773
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Youth cricket

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Test match captains

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.

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New Zealand Under-19 Test match captains
Number Name Year Opposition Location Played Won Lost Drawn
1David Hartshorn1985/6AustraliaAustralia3003
2John Murtagh1986/7AustraliaNew Zealand3021
3 Lee Germon 1987/8IndiaNew Zealand1100
1988/9AustraliaAustralia3021
Total4121
4Chris Cairns1989EnglandEngland3102
5 Llorne Howell 1990/1EnglandNew Zealand3201
1991/2IndiaIndia2011
Total5212
6Stephen Fleming1992/3AustraliaNew Zealand2101
7Richard Jones1993/4PakistanPakistan3003
8Stephen Lynch1994/5PakistanNew Zealand3003
9 Craig McMillan 1995/6AustraliaAustralia3120
1996EnglandEngland3102
Total6222
10Jarrod Englefield1998/9EnglandNew Zealand3111
11Brendon McCullum2000/1South AfricaNew Zealand3201
12Andrew de Boorder2007IndiaNew Zealand3111
13George Worker2008EnglandEngland1010
14Kane Williamson2008EnglandEngland1001
Grand total43111022
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Youth One-Day International captains

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.

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New Zealand Under-19 ODI captains
Number Name Year Played Won Tied Lost No 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
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