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.
The trophy commemorates the tragic events of 1953, 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. The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa, where Bob Blair was playing the match.
Background Test series and one-off encounters not under the trophy Years Host Tests New Zealand South Africa Drawn SeriesWinner 1931–32Toured Australia 2020 1952–53Toured Australia 2011 1953–54 5041 1961–62 5221 Draw 1963–64Toured Australia 3003 Draw 1994–95 3120 1994–95 1010 1998–99 3012 2000–01 3021 2003–04 3111 Draw 2005–06 3021 2007–08 2020 2011–12 3012 2012–13 2020 2016 2011 2016–17 3012 2021–22 2110 Draw
List of Tangiwai Shield series YearsHostTests New Zealand South Africa Drawn Player of the Series SeriesWinner Holder at series end 2023–24 2200 Kane Williamson Total Series New Zealand won South Africa won Drawn 1 1 0 0
See also Freedom Cup (the rugby union equivalent) References
External links series home at ESPNcricinfo