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 recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in Wellington in December 1842. In the evening I saw a party of them at cricket. Several young men redeemed by the missionaires from slavery were employed on the farm. Darwin in The Voyage of the Beagle wrote: In 1835, Charles Darwin and HMS Beagle called into the Bay of Islands on its epic circumnavigation of the Earth and Darwin witnessed a game of cricket played by freed MДЃori slaves and the son of a missionary at Waimate North. The reverend Henry Williams provided history with the first report of a game of cricket in New Zealand, when he wrote in his diary in December 1832 about boys in and around Paihia on Horotutu Beach playing cricket. See also: History of cricket in New Zealand to 1890 Then in June 2021 they won the inaugural WTC by defeating India and five months later they reached their maiden T20 WC Final by defeating England. In the next edition they reached their second successive Final by defeating India. They defeated South Africa to reach their maiden CWC Final in 2015. In October 2000 they won the KnockOut Trophy by defeating India which was their maiden ICC Title. The team has participated in all the 28 ICC Men's events taking place from 1975 onwards and have made six final appearances which includes two ODI WC Finals, one T20 WC Final. The team is ranked 3rd in Tests, 1st in ODIs and 4th in T20Is by the ICC. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.ДЄs of 2 March 2022, New Zealand have played 1390 international matches, out of which they have won 541, lost 622, tied 15 and drew 168 matches while 44 matches ended up as no result. The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Blackcaps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket. The current captain in all formats of the game is Kane Williamson, who replaced Brendon McCullum after the latter's retirement in December 2015. They played their first ODI in the 1972вЂ“73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata 21 November 2021

Australia at Eden Park, Auckland 17 February 2005 Netherlands at Seddon Park, Hamilton 5 April 2022 Pakistan at Lancaster Park, Christchurch 11 February 1973 England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham 10вЂ“14 June 2022 England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch 10вЂ“13 January 1930 For the women's team, see New Zealand women's national cricket team.

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