Cricket in New Zealand

Cricket in New Zealand
Cricket in New Zealand
Country	New Zealand
Governing body	New Zealand Cricket
National teams	New Zealand Men; New Zealand Women; New Zealand U-19 Men; New Zealand U-19 Women; New Zealand A Men
Nickname	Black Caps
First played	1832
Registered players	148,215 (2013–14); 170,000+ (2015–16)
National competitions
	List First Class Cricket Plunket Shield; ; Non-First Class Cricket Hawke Cup; ; List A Cricket The Ford Trophy; Hallyburton Johnstone Shield; ; T20 Cricket Men's Super Smash; Women's Super Smash; ; ;
International competitions
	List Men’s national team ICC World Test Championship: Champions (2019-2021); Cricket World Cup: Runners-up (2015, 2019); ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Runners-up (2021); ICC Champions Trophy: Champions (2000); Commonwealth Games: Bronze Medal (1998); ; Men’s U-19 national team Under-19 Cricket World Cup: Runners-up (1998); ; Women's national team Women's Cricket World Cup: Champions(2000); ICC Women's World Twenty20: Champions (2024); Commonwealth Games: Bronze Medal (2022); ; Women's U-19 national team Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup: Semi-final (2023); ; ;

Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.