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Jul 29, 2002 · March 7, 1967 is not enshrined in New Zealand cricket history as a day of any special significance - but a case could be made that it was where the belief started to emerge that was to later...
- Lynn Mcconnell
The first recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in Wellington in December 1842. The Wellington Spectator reports a game on 28 December 1842 played by a "Red" team and a "Blue" team from the Wellington Club. The first fully recorded match was reported by the Examiner in Nelson between the Surveyors and Nelson in March 1844.
In 1930 New Zealand became the fifth test-playing nation (after England, Australia, South Africa and India) when it played its first test against England at Lancaster Park (later Jade Stadium, now AMI Stadium), Christchurch.
This is a list of New Zealand Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap.
New Zealand became a test-playing nation in 1930, but achieving success on the international cricket stage was far from easy. The country had to wait 26 years to record a test-match victory, and a further two decades to gain wins over traditional rivals England and Australia.
The New Zealand men’s team had their first test cricket victory in 1956 – over the West Indies at Eden Park. After that things began to look up. During the 1960s and 1970s the New Zealand men won nine test matches.
13 March 1956. New Zealand players celebrate their first test victory, 1956 (NZ Herald/newspix.co.nz) New Zealand was already 3–0 down in the series going into the fourth and final test at Eden Park in Auckland.
