This article describes thehistory of New Zealand cricket from the 1970–71 season until 2000 .
New Zealand's outstanding player in this period was the great fast bowler and all-rounderRichard Hadlee .
ThePlunket Shield was replaced in 1974 by the Shell Trophy afterShell Oil became the principal sponsor ofNew Zealand cricket .
Plunket Shield winners [ edit ] Shell Trophy winners [ edit ] International tours of New Zealand [ edit ] [ 1st Test] atLancaster Park , Christchurch – England won by 8 wickets [ 2nd Test] atEden Park , Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] atBasin Reserve , Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] atCarisbrook , Dunedin – Pakistan won by an innings and 166 runs [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by 5 wickets [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – Australia won by 297 runs [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – England won by an innings and 83 runs [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – India won by 8 wickets [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by an innings and 33 runs [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – Australia won by 10 wickets [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 72 runs [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – England won by 174 runs [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – Pakistan won by 128 runs [ 2nd Test] atMcLean Park , Napier – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ edit ] [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 62 runs [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn 1st Test at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn2nd Test at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by 5 wickets3rd Test at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – Australia won by 8 wickets[ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by an innings and 25 runs [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 6 wickets [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by an innings and 99 runs [ 3rd Test] at Carisbrook, Dunedin – New Zealand won by 2 wickets [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by 8 wickets [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – West Indies won by 10 wickets [ 3rd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by 5 wickets [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Carisbrook, Dunedin – game abandoned: heavy rain prevented the toss and any play; called off on the third day [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 9 wickets [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by 10 wickets [ 2nd Test] at McLean Park, Napier – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 2nd Test] atTrust Bank Park , Hamilton – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – England won by an innings and 4 runs [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – England won by 168 runs [ 3rd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – Australia won by an innings and 60 runs [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by 5 wickets [ 1st Test] at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton – Pakistan won by 33 runs [ 1st Test] at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – Pakistan won by 5 wickets [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – Pakistan won by an innings and 12 runs [ 3rd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – New Zealand won by 5 wickets [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – South Africa won by 93 runs [ 1st Test] at McLean Park, Napier –Sri Lanka won by 241 runs [ 2nd Test] at Carisbrook, Dunedin – match drawn [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – West Indies won by an innings and 322 runs [ 1st Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – Pakistan won by 161 runs [ 1st Test] at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – England won by an innings and 68 runs [ 3rd Test] at Lancaster Park, Christchurch – England won by 4 wickets [ 1st Test] at Carisbrook, Dunedin – New Zealand won by an innings and 36 runs [ 2nd Test] at Trust Bank Park, Hamilton – New Zealand won by 120 runs Bangladesh toured New Zealand in November and December 1997 and played fourfirst-class and fourList A matches. Bangladesh had not yet been granted full international status, so there were no Tests.
[ 1st Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 10 wickets [ 2nd Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – New Zealand won by an innings and 13 runs [ 1st Test] at Carisbrook, Dunedin – game abandoned: no toss was made; abandoned due to persistent rain [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by 4 wickets [ 3rd Test] at WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton – match drawn [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – match drawn [ 2nd Test] atJade Stadium , Christchurch – match drawn [ 3rd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – South Africa won by 8 wickets [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at Eden Park, Auckland – Australia won by 62 runs [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – Australia won by 6 wickets [ 3rd Test] at WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton – Australia won by 6 wickets [ edit ] [ 1st Test] at WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton – New Zealand won by 9 wickets [ 2nd Test] at Basin Reserve, Wellington – New Zealand won by an innings and 105 runs
Bill Frindall ,The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877–1978 , Wisden, 1979Don Neely & Richard Payne,Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985 , Moa, Auckland, 1986
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