New Zealand women's national cricket team

New Zealand Women appear in 255 of the women's internationals in the records used here: 119 One Day Internationals and 136 Twenty20 Internationals. The earliest of them is dated 5 March 2007 and the most recent 27 June 2026.

Of the 245 matches that produced a winner, New Zealand Women won 120 and lost 125, a win rate of 49.0%. Across the 19 national sides on this site that is the 12th highest overall win rate, although the sides are measured over very different eras and formats.

The latest recorded result is a T20I against England Women on 27 June 2026: England won by 9 wickets.

In One Day Internationals, New Zealand Women have played 119 recorded matches, winning 49 and losing 64, with 1 tie and 5 without a result. The first of these is dated 5 March 2007 and the last 16 May 2026, a win rate of 43.4% in decided matches. Among the 11 sides with enough ODI matches recorded to compare, that is 5th. Their innings in these matches average 209.9 runs, against 208.6 for opponents. Batting first New Zealand Women have won 22 and lost 41 (34.9%); chasing, 27 won and 23 lost (54.0%).

In Twenty20 Internationals, New Zealand Women have played 136 recorded matches, winning 71 and losing 61, with 1 tie and 3 without a result. The first of these is dated 18 June 2009 and the last 27 June 2026, a win rate of 53.8% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough T20I matches recorded to compare, that is 9th. Their innings in these matches average 131.9 runs, against 124.6 for opponents. Batting first New Zealand Women have won 40 and lost 32 (55.6%); chasing, 31 won and 29 lost (51.7%).

Since the start of 2024 New Zealand Women have played 70 recorded matches across all formats, winning 28 and losing 38. That win rate of 42.4% is below the overall figure of 49.0%.

New Zealand Wowomen's first recorded year is 2007, with 1 match. The busiest calendar year is 2022 with 32 matches, and the year with most wins is 2022, with 20 wins and 9 defeats from 32 matches. The heaviest year for defeats is 2024, with 22.

Year by year, the most recent calendar years read as follows: 2019, 4 won and 5 lost from 9; 2020, 6 won and 11 lost from 17; 2021, 4 won and 15 lost from 20; 2022, 20 won and 9 lost from 32; 2023, 10 won and 10 lost from 22; 2024, 8 won and 22 lost from 30; 2025, 4 won and 8 lost from 16; 2026, 16 won and 8 lost from 24.

Earlier calendar years: 2007, 0-1 from 1; 2009, 1-0 from 1; 2010, 1-2 from 3; 2012, 3-7 from 10; 2013, 0-3 from 3; 2014, 4-1 from 5; 2015, 2-2 from 4; 2016, 12-4 from 16; 2017, 11-7 from 18; 2018, 14-10 from 24.

By decade the recorded record is 2000s, 1 wins and 1 defeats from 2 matches; 2010s, 51 wins and 41 defeats from 92 matches; 2020s, 68 wins and 83 defeats from 161 matches.

In One Day Internationals, New Zealand Wowomen's highest ODI total in the records is 418, made against Ireland Women at The Vineyard on 10 June 2018; the lowest completed innings is 79 against India Women on 15 July 2017. The widest recorded ODI wins are by 306 runs against Ireland Women on 10 June 2018 and by 10 wickets against Sri Lanka Women on 5 November 2015. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 179 by AC Kerr against South Africa Women on 1 April 2026 and the best bowling is 7 for 34 by AC Kerr against Zimbabwe Women on 8 March 2026. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 5, between 24 October 2016 and 26 February 2017. The longest losing run is 11, from 22 February 2019 to 26 February 2021.

In Twenty20 Internationals, New Zealand Wowomen's highest T20I total in the records is 216/1, made against South Africa Women at The Cooper Associates County Ground on 20 June 2018; the lowest completed innings is 67 against South Africa Women on 13 February 2023. The widest recorded T20I wins are by 132 runs against Bangladesh Women on 2 December 2022 and by 10 wickets against Ireland Women on 6 June 2018. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 124 by SW Bates against South Africa Women on 20 June 2018 and the best bowling is 4 for 6 by LMM Tahuhu against Bangladesh Women on 2 December 2022. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 11, between 19 February 2017 and 20 June 2018. The longest losing run is 10, from 27 March 2024 to 24 September 2024.

The leading ODI run scorer for New Zealand Women in the records is SW Bates with 3,389 runs from 107 matches at an average of 36.44, ahead of SFM Devine (3,085) and AE Satterthwaite (2,895). The most successful bowler is AC Kerr with 118 wickets at 29.42, followed by LMM Tahuhu (99) and JM Kerr (70).

The leading T20I run scorer for New Zealand Women in the records is SW Bates with 3,207 runs from 123 matches at an average of 30.25, ahead of SFM Devine (3,023) and AC Kerr (2,049). The most successful bowler is AC Kerr with 111 wickets at 20.54, followed by SFM Devine (90) and LMM Tahuhu (82).

In One Day Internationals, New Zealand Women players have passed 100 on 29 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 112 occasions; the most centuries are SFM Devine (8), AE Satterthwaite (6) and SW Bates (6). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 9 times, most often LM Kasperek (2), AC Kerr (2) and HR Huddleston (1). The most recorded appearances are SW Bates (107), SFM Devine (91), AC Kerr (88) and ML Green (88).

In Twenty20 Internationals, New Zealand Women players have passed 100 on 4 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 65 occasions; the most centuries are AC Kerr (2), SW Bates (1) and SFM Devine (1). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 0 times. The most recorded appearances are SW Bates (123), ML Green (113), SFM Devine (113) and AC Kerr (103).

In One Day Internationals, the highest total New Zealand Women have chased down is 350, against South Africa Women on 1 April 2026, one of 27 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 191, against India Women on 22 February 2022, among 22 wins batting first.

In Twenty20 Internationals, the highest total New Zealand Women have chased down is 174, against South Africa Women on 14 October 2023, one of 31 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 91, against Bangladesh Women on 29 February 2020, among 40 wins batting first.

The One Day Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Australia Women on 5 March 2007 (Australia won by 6 wickets); match 10 was against Sri Lanka Women on 3 November 2015 (New Zealand won by 96 runs); match 25 was against Sri Lanka Women on 24 June 2017 (New Zealand won by 9 wickets); match 50 was against Australia Women on 3 October 2020 (Australia won by 7 wickets); match 100 was against Australia Women on 21 December 2024 (Australia won by 65 runs (D/L method)).

The Twenty20 Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against India Women on 18 June 2009 (New Zealand won by 52 runs); match 10 was against Sri Lanka Women on 30 September 2012 (New Zealand won by 8 wickets); match 25 was against Australia Women on 22 February 2017 (New Zealand won by 47 runs); match 50 was against South Africa Women on 6 February 2020 (New Zealand won by 5 wickets); match 100 was against England Women on 29 March 2024 (England won by 5 wickets).

The side New Zealand Women have met most often in the records is England Women: 53 matches, 9 won and 44 lost, the latest on 27 June 2026.

Other regular opponents are Australia Women (9 won, 40 lost from 50), South Africa Women (20 won, 15 lost from 36), Sri Lanka Women (16 won, 5 lost from 24), India Women (13 won, 11 lost from 24) and West Indies Women (15 won, 7 lost from 23).

Against opponents met at least five times, the strongest record is against Sri Lanka Women (76.2% of decided matches won) and the weakest against England Women (17.0%).

Against the other sides met at least three times the recorded results are Pakistan Women (17 won, 3 lost from 22, last met 18 October 2025), Bangladesh Women (8 won, 0 lost from 10, last met 10 October 2025), Ireland Women (6 won, 0 lost from 6, last met 19 June 2026) and Zimbabwe Women (6 won, 0 lost from 6, last met 11 March 2026).

The grounds used most often are Seddon Park, Hamilton (16 matches, 9 won and 6 lost), Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (14 matches, 5 won and 9 lost), County Ground, New Road, Worcester (12 matches, 4 won and 8 lost) and Basin Reserve, Wellington (11 matches, 4 won and 7 lost).

Further grounds with the most recorded matches are University Oval, Dunedin (11, 6-4), Hagley Oval, Christchurch (10, 6-3), John Davies Oval, Queenstown (9, 8-1) and Sharjah Cricket Stadium (9, 7-2).

By competition, the largest groups of recorded matches are ICC Wowomen's World Cup (23 matches, 7 won, 14 lost), ICC Wowomen's T20 World Cup (23 matches, 13 won, 10 lost), New Zealand Women tour of England (21 matches, 4 won, 17 lost), ICC Wowomen's Championship (19 matches, 12 won, 7 lost) and England Women tour of New Zealand (14 matches, 3 won, 11 lost).

Smaller groups of matches are New Zealand Women tour of Australia (12, 1-11), South Africa Women tour of New Zealand (12, 9-3), Australia Women tour of New Zealand (11, 1-9), Rose Bowl (10, 2-8), Wowomen's World T20 (10, 8-2), India Women tour of New Zealand (9, 8-1) and New Zealand Women tour of West Indies (8, 5-2).

Across the last 10 recorded matches, most recent first, the sequence is L W W L L L W L W L (W won, L lost, T tied, D drawn, N no result): 4 wins and 6 defeats.

In order, those matches were England Women on 27 June 2026 (T20I, England won by 9 wickets); Scotland Women on 23 June 2026 (T20I, New Zealand won by 6 wickets); Ireland Women on 19 June 2026 (T20I, New Zealand won by 4 runs); Sri Lanka Women on 16 June 2026 (T20I, Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets); West Indies Women on 13 June 2026 (T20I, West Indies won by 7 wickets).

Every count on this page comes from the recorded matches only. For New Zealand Women the earliest dates are ODI 2007 and T20I 2009, so no figure here is an all-time total.

Of the 255 matches counted for New Zealand Women, 120 were won, 125 were lost and 10 ended tied, drawn or without a result; the win rate in the tables leaves that last group out.

New Zealand won the toss in 141 of 255 recorded matches (55.3%) and chose to field 71 times and to bat 70 times. They went on to win 0 of the 137 of those matches that produced a winner (0.0%).

New Zealand Women batters hit 4,107 fours and 379 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.0 balls; 47.0% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 47%, bowled 23%, lbw 11%, run out 11% and stumped 6% of the 1,664 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 62%, bowled 20%, lbw 10%, caught and bowled 4% and stumped 4% of the 1,531 times.