New Zealand cricket team: Facts

the Irish cricket team didn't become an official member of the International Cricket Council until 1993, despite having played first-class cricket matches since 1902, including games against Scotland, Australia and New Zealand?
New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain Merv Wallace has been called "the most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern"?
New Zealand Test cricketer Martin Donnelly also played rugby union for England?
cricketer Dick Motz took one wicket in his last Test match in August 1969, becoming the first New Zealand bowler to take 100 Test wickets?

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Kemar Roach played in his first Twenty20 match against Australia and finished with the best bowling figures of the match?

English cricketer and footballer Arthur Milton was the last surviving person to have played Test cricket for the England cricket team and international football for the England football team?
England cricket team's decision to rest captain Andrew Strauss and select South African-born Craig Kieswetter (pictured) caused controversy during their 2009–10 tour of Bangladesh?
Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer, was the first Indian ever to get a ten wicket haul overseas, taking 10/188 against England in a Test Series in 1986?
Clem Hill (pictured), batting with Roger Hartigan against the 1907–08 England touring team at the Adelaide Oval, set an Australian Test cricket record partnership for the eighth wicket which stands to this day?
Dar Lyon was the only English cricketer involved in the 1924 Test Trial match not to go on to represent England at Test cricket?
an Anglo-Australian trade boycott was threatened in 1932-33 after Australian cricket captain Bill Woodfull was struck over the heart by a ball bowled by Harold Larwood according to England's Bodyline tactics?
in 1882, after Australia beat England at cricket, The Sporting Times published a satirical death notice (pictured) which was the origin of The Ashes?
in May 1899, less than 18 months after he led the Australian cricket team to an Ashes victory over England in 1897–08, Australian Test cricket captain Harry Trott was committed to a psychiatric hospital?