Bangladesh vs New Zealand Head to Head Stats and Matches
Covers 78 matches between Bangladesh and New Zealand from Feb 2003 to May 2026 (Tests, ODIs and T20Is with ball-by-ball records).
Is the Bangladesh vs New Zealand head to head as one-sided as it looks? On the totals, yes: New Zealand own 54 wins from the 78 meetings logged since Feb 2003, Bangladesh 19. Move the games to Mirpur, though, and the picture changes.
Bangladesh have also finished strongly in ODIs, taking the last two, the second by 55 runs in Chattogram on 23 Apr 2026. The latest meeting of all, a T20I in Mirpur on 2 May 2026, went to New Zealand by 6 wickets on DLS. Read on for the record in each format, the players who shaped it and where the games were won.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand Head to Head by Format
New Zealand lead all three formats comfortably. Their Test tally is 10 wins against 2, with 3 draws, from 15. Both Bangladesh wins are recent: by 8 wickets at Mount Maunganui on 1 Jan 2022, and by 150 runs at Sylhet in Nov 2023, the largest Test win by runs alone for either side here. New Zealand’s heaviest wins are their 5 by an innings, led by an innings and 137 runs at Wellington in Jan 2008.
New Zealand have won 28 ODIs and Bangladesh 12, with one of the 41 producing no result. New Zealand’s widest ODI win was 164 runs at Wellington in Mar 2021. Bangladesh answered with a 9-wicket win at Napier on 23 Dec 2023, after dismissing New Zealand for 98.
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) has piled up 857 Test runs against New Zealand, the most of anyone, edging Kane Williamson (New Zealand) on 822. Williamson’s average of 82.20 and his 4 hundreds are the best in that table. Tom Latham (New Zealand) hit the top score, 252 at Christchurch in Jan 2022, and is level with Martin Guptill (New Zealand) on 5 player of the match awards.
Neil Wagner (New Zealand) took 39 Test wickets at 21.05. Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) is top of the ODI bowling with 33 and also scored 217 in the Wellington Test of Jan 2017. Ross Taylor (New Zealand) made 872 ODI runs at 58.13. In T20Is, Tim Southee (New Zealand) has 19 wickets at 13.16, while Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh) holds the best figures, 5/22.
Grounds, Toss and the Chase
Venue explains a lot. At Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National Stadium, home to 21 of these games, Bangladesh have won 10 to New Zealand’s 8. In New Zealand the story is very different. New Zealand have won every one of these games played at Hagley Oval, University Oval, Seddon Park and the Basin Reserve.
The toss has carried real weight. Sides that called correctly finished on top in 9 of 12 Tests that produced a winner and in 28 of 40 such ODIs. ODI chases succeeded 24 times, against 16 wins for whoever batted first, and first innings have averaged 238. Compare with Bangladesh’s record against India and Pakistan.
Questions about Bangladesh vs New Zealand
Who has won more matches, Bangladesh or New Zealand?
New Zealand, by a long way: 54 wins from 78 meetings logged since Feb 2003, against 19 for Bangladesh. Three Test draws and 2 no results complete the count.
Has Bangladesh ever beaten New Zealand in a Test?
Yes, twice in the record book’s data. Bangladesh won at Mount Maunganui in Jan 2022, by 8 wickets, and at Sylhet in Nov 2023, by 150 runs.
Which batter leads the ODI run list for Bangladesh vs New Zealand?
Ross Taylor of New Zealand, with 872 from 21 innings at 58.13. Mahmudullah is the top Bangladeshi, second with 783.
Who owns the top ODI score in this match-up?
Soumya Sarkar’s 169 for Bangladesh, from 151 balls at Saxton Oval, Nelson in Dec 2023. New Zealand’s 341/7 at Christchurch in Dec 2016 is the top team total.
How did the last Bangladesh vs New Zealand game end?
New Zealand took the T20I at Mirpur on 2 May 2026 by 6 wickets under DLS. Bangladesh had won the T20I before it, at Chattogram on 27 Apr 2026, also by 6 wickets.