New Zealand T20I records

T20I records here start in 2005, when ball-by-ball data begins; earlier matches are not included.

Highest T20I totals

  1. 254/5 (20 ov) v Scotland, 2022
  2. 243/6 (20 ov) v Australia, 2018
  3. 243/5 (20 ov) v West Indies, 2018

Lowest completed T20I totals

  1. 60 (16.5 ov) v Bangladesh, 2021
  2. 66 (12.1 ov) v India, 2023
  3. 80 (15.5 ov) v Pakistan, 2010

Biggest wins by runs

  1. 119 runs v West Indies, 2018
  2. 115 runs v Pakistan, 2025
  3. 102 runs v Scotland, 2022

Biggest wins by wickets

  1. 10 wickets v United Arab Emirates, 2026
  2. 10 wickets v Pakistan, 2016
  3. 10 wickets v Zimbabwe, 2011

Highest individual scores

  1. 137 Finn Allen (62 b) v Pakistan, 2024
  2. 123 Brendon McCullum (58 b) v Bangladesh, 2012
  3. 116* Brendon McCullum (56 b) v Australia, 2010

Best bowling figures

  1. 5/18 Tim Southee v Pakistan, 2010
  2. 5/21 Lockie Ferguson v West Indies, 2020
  3. 5/22 James Neesham v Pakistan, 2025

Most T20I runs for New Zealand

Top 25, every match in our records

#BatterInnsRunsHSAvgSR50/1004s6s
1Martin Guptill117350310531.85135.820/2305173
2Kane Williamson8825269533.24124.018/024158
3Glenn Phillips83222610831.80142.812/2162107
4Tim Seifert8222149730.75146.116/0206107
5Brendon McCullum70214012335.67136.213/219991
6Ross Taylor9319096326.15122.57/012171
7Daryl Mitchell8718327226.94140.38/012472
8Devon Conway6117959935.20129.313/017352
9Colin Munro61172410931.35156.411/3132107
10Finn Allen59166213729.68171.27/3146115
11Mark Chapman73165010427.05142.69/114073
12James Neesham7711054820.09145.20/08555
13Mitchell Santner8810877720.51130.62/08842
14Rachin Ravindra457596921.08135.54/06032
15Tim Robinson2866510626.60136.82/15826
16Tom Latham265976527.14109.54/05111
17Scott Styris295786621.41119.71/04025
18Colin de Grandhomme385055915.78138.43/02730
19Corey Anderson244859424.25138.22/03026
20Jacob Oram304746620.61139.42/03822
21James Franklin314636020.13118.42/02823
22Jesse Ryder214576222.85127.73/04718
23Michael Bracewell304346120.67134.42/03617
24Will Young193445618.11101.82/03510
25Rob Nicol193275817.21110.52/03311

Most T20I wickets for New Zealand

Top 25, every match in our records

#BowlerInnsOversWktsEconAvgBestDot %
1Ish Sodhi134463.21648.1723.084/1233%
2Tim Southee122454.51628.0222.515/1841%
3Mitchell Santner1304621427.1723.334/1139%
4Trent Boult59223.3787.7922.314/1346%
5Lockie Ferguson51176.5737.2817.635/2149%
6Adam Milne53188.5648.4024.785/2643%
7James Neesham73168.1639.2424.675/2234%
8Jacob Duffy45152.2618.0520.104/1447%
9Nathan McCullum59187.1586.8322.034/1636%
10Matt Henry38135.5508.5323.183/2644%
11Kyle Mills42149.3438.2128.563/2642%
12Daniel Vettori34131.1385.7019.684/2041%
13Michael Bracewell37100.5357.3421.143/538%
14Ben Sears2686.3338.0621.123/1441%
15Mitchell McClenaghan2898.2307.7125.273/1743%
16Kyle Jamieson32111.5309.5935.773/841%
17Rachin Ravindra2464256.8817.604/2743%
18Shane Edward Bond2077.3257.0121.723/1849%
19Ian Butler1859.4238.0620.913/1941%
20Zak Foulkes2170.3228.9928.823/2043%
21James Franklin2654.3207.6520.854/1539%
22Doug Bracewell1851.4209.1023.503/2540%
23Blair Tickner1856.5199.4328.214/2735%
24Jacob Oram3291198.7141.743/3334%
25Scott Styris2151.3186.7819.393/536%

New Zealand T20I win percentage by year

Share of T20Is won each year

T20I: win % by year
20052026
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YearPWLWin %
20261981142%
20252212655%
20242011855%
20232110948%
20222215668%
202122121055%
2020114636%
2019127558%
2018133923%
201785363%
2016108280%
201542250%
2014106460%
201373343%
20121761035%
2011220100%
2010138562%
2009126650%
200851420%
200783538%
200632167%
200521150%

New Zealand best death over bowlers

Overs 16–20 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#BowlerInnsOversWktsEconDot %Balls per boundary
1Tim Southee104151.2719.2928%5.4
2Trent Boult5066.3358.4533%5.3
3Ish Sodhi5760.1339.2932%5.2
4James Neesham39492711.2229%3.9
5Mitchell Santner5049.2267.8435%7.8
6Lockie Ferguson3844.5248.2339%5.4
7Jacob Duffy3144.2228.7134%5.9
8Adam Milne4245.5229.7330%5.0
9Matt Henry2833.52210.3731%4.3
10Shane Edward Bond1417.3136.8038%8.8

New Zealand best powerplay bowlers

Overs 1–6 · ranked by wickets, then economy · minimum 10 overs

#BowlerInnsOversWktsEconDot %Balls per boundary
1Tim Southee118228647.3247%5.5
2Jacob Duffy4489317.6651%4.9
3Trent Boult59119297.4352%5.2
4Kyle Mills4198287.7948%5.2
5Lockie Ferguson4872257.0750%6.0
6Adam Milne5190247.8150%4.6
7Mitchell Santner6681236.9051%5.9
8Matt Henry3778177.4951%5.3
9Michael Bracewell1927126.2251%7.4
10Mitchell McClenaghan2546.2127.9047%4.7

New Zealand best powerplay batsmen

Overs 1–6 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#BatterRunsBallsSR4s6sOuts
1Martin Guptill20621594129.42179753
2Tim Seifert1262862146.41375933
3Finn Allen1129694162.71157144
4Brendon McCullum931741125.61163225
5Colin Munro789498158.4804321
6Kane Williamson787714110.2105715
7Devon Conway704626112.5821722
8Tim Robinson417307135.8431514
9Daryl Mitchell270216125.02288
10Glenn Phillips26029289.026711

New Zealand best death over batsmen

Overs 16–20 · ranked by runs · minimum 60 balls

#BatterRunsBallsSR4s6sOuts
1Ross Taylor700451155.2443229
2Mitchell Santner630403156.3483128
3James Neesham601382157.3383632
4Daryl Mitchell556313177.6442623
5Glenn Phillips533284187.7353523
6Mark Chapman355221160.6282017
7Kane Williamson348203171.4371421
8Brendon McCullum325167194.6272012
9Jacob Oram290168172.6201918
10Michael Bracewell247156158.322811

New Zealand T20I squad

Players who played for New Zealand T20I in the last 12 months (since 21 Jul 2025), by role

Batters 13

Wicketkeepers 4

All-rounders 2

  • Mitchell Santner25 matches · 366 runs, SR 154.4 · 20 wkts, econ 7.93Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
  • James Neesham19 matches · 150 runs, SR 113.6 · 17 wkts, econ 9.84Left-hand bat · Right-arm medium-fast

Bowlers 15

  • Jacob Duffy22 matches · 26 wkts, econ 9.40Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
  • Matt Henry18 matches · 19 wkts, econ 8.95Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
  • Kyle Jamieson17 matches · 17 wkts, econ 10.07Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
  • Ish Sodhi16 matches · 19 wkts, econ 9.69Right-hand bat · Right-arm leg-break
  • Zak Foulkes12 matches · 9 wkts, econ 9.58Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium
  • Cole McConchie9 matches · 5 wkts, econ 8.83Right-hand bat · Right-arm off-break
  • Lockie Ferguson9 matches · 10 wkts, econ 8.20Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
  • Ben Sears8 matches · 11 wkts, econ 7.40Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium-fast
  • Adam Milne2 matches · 3 wkts, econ 6.00Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
  • Nathan Smith2 matches · 3 wkts, econ 9.40Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium-fast
  • William O’Rourke2 matches · 2 wkts, econ 6.43Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast
  • Benjamin Lister1 match · 0 wkts, econ 5.75Right-hand bat · Left-arm medium
  • Jayden Lennox1 match · 1 wkts, econ 9.33Left-hand bat · Slow left-arm orthodox
  • Kris Clarke1 match · 1 wkts, econ 10.00Right-hand bat · Right-arm medium-fast
  • Matthew Fisher1 match · 0 wkts, econ 13.25Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium

New Zealand T20I bowling attack

Share of overs by type of bowler since 21 Jul 2025, T20Is only

T20I: every match since 2005

TypeOversWktsEconAvg
Right-arm pace53%8628.3524.54
Left-arm pace11%1667.9624.72
Off-spin9%1367.4123.30
Leg-spin10%1748.1822.72
Left-arm orthodox16%2336.8522.11
Left-arm wrist-spin0%28.8022.00

New Zealand recent T20I results

  • Bangladesh102 (14.2)
    New Zealand104/4 (11.4)
    New Zealand won by 6 wickets (D/L)
  • New Zealand182/6 (20)
    Bangladesh183/4 (18)
    Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
  • South Africa187/4 (20)
    New Zealand154/8 (20)
    South Africa won by 33 runs
  • South Africa164/5 (20)
    New Zealand145 (18.5)
    South Africa won by 19 runs
  • South Africa136/9 (20)
    New Zealand137/2 (16.2)
    New Zealand won by 8 wickets
  • New Zealand175/6 (20)
    South Africa107 (15.3)
    New Zealand won by 68 runs
  • New Zealand91 (14.3)
    South Africa93/3 (16.4)
    South Africa won by 7 wickets
  • · Final
    India255/5 (20)
    New Zealand159 (19)
    India won by 96 runs
  • · Semi Final
    South Africa169/8 (20)
    New Zealand173/1 (12.5)
    New Zealand won by 9 wickets
  • · Group 2
    New Zealand159/7 (20)
    England161/6 (19.3)
    England won by 4 wickets

New Zealand head to head records

Record against every opponent, most played first

New Zealand grounds

Where they have played most often

GroundPWWin %
Eden ParkAuckland331339%
Bay OvalMount Maunganui19947%
Sky StadiumWellington181056%
Seddon ParkHamilton141179%
Hagley OvalChristchurch13646%
Dubai International Cricket Stadium12542%
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium10330%
Harare Sports ClubHarare88100%
Shere Bangla National StadiumDhaka7457%
McLean ParkNapier6233%
Gaddafi StadiumLahore5240%
KingsmeadDurban5240%
Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumRawalpindi5240%
Saxton OvalNelson5360%
Sydney Cricket GroundSydney5240%

New Zealand season by season (22)

Each season links to its squad, best batsmen, best bowlers and death bowling

SeasonPWLWin %
T20I 20261981142%
T20I 20252212655%
T20I 20242011855%
T20I 20232110948%
T20I 20222215668%
T20I 202122121055%
T20I 2020114636%
T20I 2019127558%
T20I 2018133923%
T20I 201785363%
T20I 2016108280%
T20I 201542250%
T20I 2014106460%
T20I 201373343%
T20I 20121761035%
T20I 2011220100%
T20I 2010138562%
T20I 2009126650%
T20I 200851420%
T20I 200783538%
T20I 200632167%
T20I 200521150%

New Zealand T20I: quick answers

Who has scored the most T20I runs for New Zealand?

Martin Guptill, with 3,503 runs in 117 innings at a strike rate of 135.8.

Who has taken the most T20I wickets for New Zealand?

Ish Sodhi, with 164 wickets at an economy of 8.17.

What is New Zealand's highest T20I total?

254/5 against Scotland in 2022.

What is New Zealand's lowest T20I total?

60 against Bangladesh in 2021.

What is the highest T20I score for New Zealand?

137 by Finn Allen against Pakistan in 2024.

What are the best T20I bowling figures for New Zealand?

5/18 by Tim Southee against Pakistan in 2010.

What is New Zealand's biggest T20I win?

By 119 runs against West Indies in 2018.