Daniel is the youngest player to represent New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996/1997 at the age of 18. He has captained the Black Caps on occasions such as when regular captain, Stephen Fleming, was unable to. He is currently the vice-captain for the side as well as Warwickshire.

Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984 in Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand cricketer. He has captained the New Zealand Under-19 side in youth internationals. Taylor has highest first-class scores of 132* in the State Shield domestic one-day competition in 2003-2004, and 217 in the State Championship in 2007-2008.

He made his debut for the New Zealand team in international cricket on 1 March 2006, in a one-day match against the West Indies. He became the second male player of Samoan heritage to play for New Zealand after Murphy Su'a.Taylor's full name is Luteru Ross Poutua Taylor; however, some sources have inaccurately recorded his name as Ross Luteru Taylor. This is because Taylor grew up answering to both Luteru and Ross when playing cricket, and did not realise he needed to write down his full name for the official New Zealand Cricket records when he was asked to fill in a questionnaire at a first-class match early in his career.Tayl

Scott Bernard Styris (born Brisbane, Australia 10 July 1975) is a New Zealand cricketer. An allrounder, Styris is an aggressive right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.Educated at Hamilton Boys' High School, Styris has represented Auckland and Northern Districts since 1994/95. He was originally just a seam bowler and only started to concentrate on his batting after a knee injury. Nicknamed "The Pig" or "Pigga", he has become a crowd favourite, especially at Eden Park.Styris has played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.Scott Styris was bought by the Deccan Chargers for the IPL 2008 season. He went for $175,000 in the player auction on February, 20 2008. He will be representing Deccan Chargers for 3 years in IPL from 2008 to 2010.

Jacob David Philip Oram (born 28 July 1978, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His abilities with both bat and ball has made him a regular fixture in the current New Zealand Test and one-day sides. He usually bats around 6 or 7 for New Zealand. Oram's bowling has been more successful in the shorter format: he has reached as high as 5 in the ICC ODI Player Rankings as a bowler. Standing at 1.98m (6ft 6 in), he was a schoolboy representative as a soccer goalkeeper. He has also played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup.

He plays for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He played the first three league matches in the Indian Premier League before leaving for national duty. He made his mark by playing a major role with both bat and ball in Chennai's first three victories.

James Edward Charles Franklin born November 7, 1980 in Wellington is a New Zealand cricketer.A left-arm medium-fast bowler who can swing the ball, James Franklin was introduced to international cricket when barely out of his teens after New Zealand suffered a run of injuries. Franklin made his one-day debut in 2000-01, and played two home Tests against Pakistan the same season, but struggled to make an impact and lost his place after the Sharjah Cup in April 2002. Back in domestic cricket he worked on his batting, which he had neglected, and filled out generally. He returned to the side in England in 2004. He was playing league cricket in Lancashire, but was called up when Shane Bond went home with a back injury. Franklin was included for the third Test at Trent Bridge, and although New Zealand lost he did his cause no harm with six wickets, five of them Test century-makers. He stayed on for the one-dayers that followed, and picked up the match award at Chester-le-St

Brendon Barrie McCullum born 27 September 1981 in Dunedin is a New Zealand international cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. Brendon McCullum has stepped up to the national side as a wicketkeeper-batsman after an outstanding career in international youth cricket, where he proved capable of dominating opposition attacks.But he finally made his mark in England in 2004, with 200 runs in the Test series, including an entertaining 96 at Lord's. After that near-miss he finally brought up his maiden century in Bangladesh in October, with 143 at Dhaka. He added another hundred in the two-day victory over Zimbabwe in August 2005, and now needs to reproduce that form against the stronger teams. McCullum first made the New Zealand one-day side as a batsman, in the 2001-02 VB Series in Australia, where he made the acquaintance of Brett Lee, who has since let him have more t

Jesse Daniel Ryder born 6 August 1984 in Masterton is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman for Tests and is an opening batsman in ODIs. Ryder also bowls useful medium-pace. He has previously represented his country in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup of 2002. Ryder plays his domestic cricket with Wellington after crossing there from Central Districts in 2004 and is a member of their first-class and List A teams.

Kyle David Mills (born 15 March 1979 in Auckland) is a New Zealand cricketer. Kyle is right-arm pace bowler who can also score quick runs in the later stages of one day innings; as of February 2009 he is 1th on the  ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.Injuries at an inopportune time affected Kyle Mills's prospects of making a more significant start to his international career. While he was recovering, Shane Bond, Ian Butler and Jacob Oram seized their opportunities, making it harder for Mills to force his way back. In and out of the team after the 2003 World Cup in which he made only one fleeting, wicketless appearance - he marked another comeback, against Pakistan in 2003-04, by picking up a reprimand for excessive appealing. However, he did enough to earn a call-up for the tour of England in 2004, and made his Test debut in the third match at Trent Bridge. But he picked up a side strain during the game, and was forced to fly home and miss the NatWest Series. That was a s

Neil Trevor Broom wa born 20 November 1983  in Christchurch, Canterbury is a New Zealand cricketer. His other major teams include Otago Volts and Canterbury from 2002–2005.Broom was selected in the New Zealand squad for the One Day International series against the West Indies in 2008/09. He made his debut in the fourth match at Auckland. Broom's specialty is hitting the ball over the in field.He also has also been selected in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy to play Australia in February 2009. During the first ODI in the series, he was wrongly given out, bowled by Michael Clarke, when video replays clearly showed that the wicket keeper Brad Haddin had clipped the bails with his gloves.

Ian Gareth Butler born 24 November 1981 in Middlemore is a New Zealand cricketer, but has dual UK/NZ citizenship.Ian Butler is  a fast bowler, had his introduction to international cricket when Shane Bond was injured. While not as fast as Bond, Butler is much younger and has the potential to develop more speed. He also has an uncanny ability to extract troublesome lift from surfaces others are unable to exploit. After four Tests spread out in 2001 and 2002, a spell with Gloucestershire in 2003 was the preview to his tour of India with the Test side, and he made a good showing in the second Test when he replaced the injured Jacob Oram. Bowling on a benign surface at Mohali, he consistently got the ball through at a good pace. A Test-best 6 for 46 followed against Pakistan at Wellington in 2004, and although he missed out on the Test series in England in 2004, he was called up the one-day squad after Shane Bond was forced to return home early. But four games later

Brendon John Diamanti born 30 April 1981 in Blenheim  is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts and was awarded a player's contract for 2006-07.On January 21, 2009.Brendon Diamanti, a late developer with Central Districts, has become a limited-overs specialist with a knack for picking up valuable wickets and handy lower-order runs. Diamanti's multi-purpose skills impressed the selectors enough in 2008-09 for him to be chosen in the New Zealand squad for the Chappell-Hadlee Series in Australia. A big-hitting batsman, Diamanti struck 28 off nine balls in a one-day game against Canterbury that season, but his bowling is of greater value even though he can be expensive. Capable of swinging the ball, he operates at a reasonable speed and has a reputation for making things happen. Diamanti has appeared in 20 first-class games, with a top score of 136 and best bowling of 6 for 73, but none since the end of 2007-08. Diamanti was selected for the New Zea

Martin James Guptill born 30 September 1986 in Auckland is a New Zealand cricketer. He has represented New Zealand in different age groups.A right-hand opening batsman, Martin Guptill was part of New Zealand's 2006 Under-19 World Cup squad in Sri Lanka. He gained recognition in the 2007-08 season, topping the overall State Shield run-charts with 596 runs at 59.60. His efforts took Auckland to the final, which they eventually lost to Otago. He carried his purple patch into the Emerging Players tournament in Australia, finishing the highest scorer there as well for New Zealand with 280 runs. He was later named in the New Zealand A squad for the tour of India in 2008 and earned his first ODI call-up against West Indies in January 2009. In his first outing he made an unbeaten 122, the second-highest score made on debut in an ODI. Guptill's success is particularly remarkable as he has only two toes on one of his feet as the result of a forklift accident a few years ago....More

Nathan Leslie McCullum born 1 September 1980 in Dunedin is a New Zealand international cricketer. He has also represented New Zealand in Twenty20 Internationals. He is the son of former Otago representative Stu McCullum and the older brother of current Otago and New Zealand international Brendon McCullum.McCullum is a right hand batsman and right arm off-break bowler. He made his First Class debut for Otago in the 1999/00 season. His first List A match came in the 2000/01 season and his first Twenty20 domestic match was against Canterbury at Christchurch on January 13, 2006.McCullum  an off-spinner and a handy lower order batsman was selected as part of the 30 man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy in 2006 alongside fellow Otago team-mates Warren McSkimming and Bradley Scott but ultimately missed out on the final squad.He made his Twenty20 International debut for New Zealand against South Africa on September 19, 2007 at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Af

Peter Donald McGlashan born June 22, 1979, Napier is a cricketer who has represented New Zealand in two Twenty20 Internationals and four One Day Internationals. A right-handed wicket-keeper batsman, he plays for Northern Districts in domestic cricket. He is the brother of women's cricketer Sara McGlashan.

Iain Edward O'Brien born 10 July 1976 in Lower Hutt is a New Zealand cricketer. fast bowler from Wellington, Iain O'Brien earned his first Test call-up in March 2005 when New Zealand's pace stocks were hit by injury problems. He had had a solid State Championship that season, taking 20 wickets at 26.55, but his impact in his two Tests against Australia was limited. O'Brien managed only one wicket in each match and faded from the national selectors' radar until 2006-07, when he was included in Test and ODI squads for Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand. He wasn't used, however, and had to settle for being the leading wicket-taker in the State Championship with 34 victims at 20.85. Those figures were enough to keep him in the frame and he finally added to his Test tally in South Africa in November 2007 after he was a late replacement in the touring party because of an injury to Kyle Mills.

Aaron James Redmond born 23 September 1979 in Perth, Western Australia is a New Zealand international cricketer. Aaron Redmond transformed himself from a legspinner with Otago to a hard-working top-order batsman for Canterbury. His returns have been solid rather than spectacular, but coupled with New Zealand's poor results from their top order and a consistent 2007-08 season where he averaged 40, Redmond earned a call-up to the Test squad to tour England in 2008. He found the top level a tough challenge with just 54 runs in three Tests, and his international future is in the balance. But he at least managed to avoid the dubious fate of his father, Rodney, who is part of the one-cap wonder club despite scoring 107 and 56 in his only Test after he couldn't adapt to wearing contact lenses and retired.