Tangiwai Shield
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 The Tangiwai Shield, the series trophy for New Zealand vs South Africa Tests | |
| Countries |  New Zealand South Africa |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council New Zealand Cricket Cricket South Africa |
| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 2023–24 (New Zealand) |
| Tournament format | Test series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current trophy holder | New Zealand (1st) |
| Most successful | New Zealand (1) |
| Qualification | ICC World Test Championship |
| Most runs | Kane Williamson (403) |
| Most wickets | William O'Rourke (9) |
The Tangiwai Shield is a Test cricket series played between the men's cricket teams of New Zealand and South Africa. It was launched in February 2024 during South Africa's tour of New Zealand.[1]
The trophy commemorates the tragic events of 1953,[2] when 151 people on the train from Wellington to Auckland on Christmas Eve - including Nerissa Love, the fiancé of New Zealand fast bowler Bob Blair - lost their lives in the rail disaster.[3] The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa,[4] where Bob Blair was playing the match.[5]
Test series and one-off encounters not under the trophy
| Years | Host | Tests | New Zealand |
South Africa |
Drawn | Series Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931–32[6] | New Zealand |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |  South Africa |
| 1952–53[7] | New Zealand |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1953–54 | South Africa |
5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | South Africa |
| 1961–62 | South Africa |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Draw |
| 1963–64[8] | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Draw |
| 1994–95 | South Africa |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| 1994–95 | New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | South Africa |
| 1998–99 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | South Africa |
| 2000–01 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | South Africa |
| 2003–04 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Draw |
| 2005–06 | South Africa |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | South Africa |
| 2007–08 | South Africa |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| 2011–12 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | South Africa |
| 2012–13 | South Africa |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | South Africa |
| 2016 | South Africa |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Africa |
| 2016–17 | New Zealand |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | South Africa |
| 2021–22 | New Zealand |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Draw |
List of Tangiwai Shield series
| Years | Host | Tests | New Zealand |
South Africa |
Drawn | Player of the Series | Series Winner |
Holder at series end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kane Williamson |
New Zealand |
New Zealand |
| Total Series | New Zealand won | South Africa won | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |