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World Record
- Richard Hadlee, one of New Zealand's best all-rounders took the world record for most Test wickets (374) vs India Bangalore 1988. He lost the record to Kapil Dev. Hadlee was the first bowler to reach 400 Test wickets vs India Christchurch 1990
- Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe hold the highest ever 3rd-wicket partnership in Tests which at the time was the highest partnership for any wicket. http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/PARTNERSHIPS/PARTNERSHIP_RECORDS_TESTS.html.
- Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge together scored 151 runs for the highest ever 10th-wicket partnership against Pakistan in 1973. http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/PARTNERSHIPS/PARTNERSHIP_RECORDS_TESTS.html. This
- Nathan Astle scored Test cricket's fastest ever double century versus England Christchurch 2002 http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/FASTEST_TEST_100S_50S.html. He scored 200 off 153 balls with the second hundred coming off just 39 deliveries. He was eventually out for 222 ? the dreaded double Nelson. He knocked the first hundred off 114 balls. Astle smashed the previous record by 59 balls. (Previously held by Adam Gilchrist Australia vs South Africa Johannesburg 2002).
- Geoff Allott holds the record for the longest time taken to score a duck http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/SLOW_BATTING.html. South Africa Auckland 1999. He faced 77 balls in 101 minutes for his zero score.
- Danny Morrison held another "unwanted" record for the most ducks in Test cricket ? (24). He lost the record to Courtney Walsh.
- Chris Cairns and his father Lance Cairns are one of the two father-son combination to each claim 100 Test wickets, the Pollocks being the other.
- Chris Cairns holds the record for the most Test sixes http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TRIVIA/BAT_MOST_SIXES_CAREER.html. He passed Viv Richards record of 84 (vs England Lords London 2004) and currently (2005) has hit 87.
- Chris Harris is the only New Zealand cricketer to have taken 200 wickets in ODI's. (vs England Lords London 2004). He is only the second player in ODI's to complete the 4000 run / 200 wicket double. (The other is Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya).
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