New Zealand vs West Indies Head to Head Stats & Records in Test Cricket

New Zealand vs West Indies Head to Head in Test Cricket

New Zealand and West Indies have played 52 Tests, the first in 1952 and the latest beginning 18 December 2025. New Zealand have won 19 and West Indies 13, with 20 drawn. New Zealand's highest innings total in the fixture is 609, West Indies' 660. The lowest completed innings are 74 and 77. All Tests are listed above. Updated 9 September, 2026.

Twenty of these Tests have been drawn, which tells you something about the eras in which they were played. They started playing each other in 1952, and New Zealand needed seventeen years to win one - the breakthrough coming in 1969, in the match where Seymour Nurse made 258 at Christchurch in his final Test innings and still finished on the losing side.

Glenn Turner's 259 at Georgetown in 1972 is the highest score in the fixture, made across nearly thirteen hours. Kane Williamson's 251 at Hamilton in December 2020 and Devon Conway's 227 at Mount Maunganui in 2025 are the modern equivalents.

West Indies' 660 for 5 declared at the Basin Reserve in 1995 remains the highest total either has made, and Courtney Walsh took 7 for 37 in the same match. Chris Cairns' 7 for 27 at Hamilton in 1999, when West Indies were bowled out for 97, is the best return by a New Zealander here.