Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
The Chappell–Hadlee Trophy in cricket is a One Day International & Twenty20 International cricket series between Australia and New Zealand. It is named after legendary cricketing families from the two countries: the Chappell brothers (Ian, Gregory, and Trevor) of Australia, and Walter Hadlee and his three sons (Barry, Dayle and Sir Richard) of New Zealand. Australia have recorded eight series wins to New Zealand's four.
Sir Richard Hadlee (left) & Ian Chappell (right) holding the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy | |
| Countries | Australia New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Format | ODI & T20I |
| First edition | 2004–05 (Australia) |
| Latest edition | 2023–24 (New Zealand) |
| Tournament format | series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current champion | Australia (8th title) |
| Most successful | Australia (8 titles) |
| Most runs | Brendon McCullum (809) |
| Most wickets | Trent Boult (33) |
In February 2024, both Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) announced that, the trophy will be contested over both ODI and T20I formats in order to increase its exposure and profile. The change also meant that when the two teams face off in back-to-back ODI and T20I series, there would be a points structure including both formats so as to prevent the trophy from changing hands within days.
The trophy was contested annually from 2004–05 until 2009–10 as a three- or five-match series, and as a one-match series during the group stage of the World Cups in 2011 and 2015. Although the 2015 Cricket World Cup Final was also contested between the same teams, that game was not considered to be a part of this trophy. The 2017–18 edition was replaced with the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series, but the series partially went ahead as planned in Australia in 2019–20. With only one ODI being played in 2019–20 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for a rescheduled three match ODI series against New Zealand, ultimately being played in September 2022 after being postponed numerous times.