Tangiwai Shield
{{short description|Test cricket series between New Zealand and South Africa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Tangiwai Shield
| image = Tangiwai Shield.jpeg
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| caption = The Tangiwai Shield, the series trophy for New Zealand vs South Africa Tests
| country = {{cr|NZ}}
{{cr|SA}}
| administrator = International Cricket Council
New Zealand Cricket
Cricket South Africa
| headquarters =
| cricket format = Test cricket
| first = 2023–24 (New Zealand)
| last =
| next =
| tournament format = Test series
| participants = 2
| trophyholder = {{cr|NZ}} (1st)
| most successful = {{cr|NZ}} (1)
| qualification = ICC World Test Championship
| most runs = {{flagicon|NZ}} Kane Williamson (403)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|NZ}} William O'Rourke (9)
| TV =
| website =
| current =
}}
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.{{cite web |title=Tangiwai Shield, commemorating 1953 rail disaster, to go to winners of NZ vs SA Test series |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/nz-vs-sa-tangiwai-shield-commemorating-1953-rail-disaster-to-go-to-winners-of-test-series-1419234 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
The trophy commemorates the tragic events of 1953,{{cite web |title=Black Caps-South Africa to compete for poignant new shield |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350166729/black-caps-south-africa-compete-poignant-new-shield |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=Stuff }} 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.{{cite web |title=Tangiwai Shield to be unveiled |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/tangiwai-shield-to-be-unveiled/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=New Zealand Cricket}} The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa,{{cite web |title=Tangiwai Shield to commemorate 1953 rail disaster |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/508247/tangiwai-shield-to-commemorate-1953-rail-disaster |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=RNZ |date=2 February 2024 }} where Bob Blair was playing the match.{{cite web |title=Black Caps and South Africa to play for Tangiwai Shield |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/02/black-caps-and-south-africa-to-play-for-tangiwai-shield/ |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=1 News}}
Background
=Test series and one-off encounters not under the trophy=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| Years
! Host ! Tests ! {{flagicon|New Zealand}} ! {{flagicon|South Africa}} ! Drawn ! class="unsortable" | Series |
|---|
| 1931–32Toured Australia
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} |
| 1952–53Toured Australia
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} |
| 1953–54
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |5 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |4 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} |
| 1961–62
| {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | style="text-align:center" |5 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |1 | Draw |
| 1963–64Toured Australia
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |3 | Draw |
| 1994–95
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 1994–95
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 1998–99
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2000–01
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2003–04
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |1 | Draw |
| 2005–06
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2007–08
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2011–12
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2012–13
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2016
| {{flag|South Africa}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2016–17
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |3 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="background:#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2021–22
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |1 | style="text-align:center" |0 | Draw |
List of Tangiwai Shield series
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| class="unsortable" |Years
! class="unsortable" |Host ! class="unsortable" |Tests ! style="background:#ddd"| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand ! style="background:#bbffbb"| {{flagicon|South Africa}} ! style="background:#deb887"| Drawn ! class="unsortable" | Player of the Series ! class="unsortable" | Series ! class="unsortable" | Holder at series end |
|---|
| 2023–24
| {{flag|New Zealand}} | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |2 | style="text-align:center" |0 | style="text-align:center" |0 | {{cricon|New Zealand}} Kane Williamson | style="background:#ddd" | {{cr|New Zealand}} | style="background:#ddd" | {{cr|New Zealand}} |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Total Series | style="background:#ddd"| New Zealand won | style="background:#bbffbb"| South Africa won | style="background:#deb887| Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 1
| style="text-align:center" | 1 | style="text-align:center" | 0 | style="text-align:center" | 0 |
See also
- Freedom Cup (the rugby union equivalent)
References
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External links
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-new-zealand-2023-24-1388186 series home at ESPNcricinfo]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tangiwai Shield}}
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