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New Zealand at the World Cup

  • New Zealand are one of seven nations to have appeared at all World Cup Tournaments.

  • New Zealand's first World Cup match played was on Jun 7, 1975 against East Africa at Edgbaston, Birmingham. In that match New Zealand beat East Africa by 181 Runs.

  • The best performance by New Zealand is reaching the semi-finals, which they have done four times: 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999.

  • The first tournament held in the Southern hemisphere was 1992, when it was co-hosted in Australia and New Zealand.

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