The Black Caps reaching the Cricket World Cup final for the first shouldn't come as a surprise to New Zealand fans going on the records the current side have broken in recent times.
With so many special performances after the other it's easy to forget of the remarkable innings orvictories in both the test and ODI arenas since Mike Hesson took over as coach.
Under Hesson New Zealand have played 56 ODIs winning 30 with 20 defeats, one tie and five no results. New Zealand have beaten every nation at least once since Hesson took over and the only team they have a losing record against is Bangladesh (1 win - 4 defeats).
List of records and achievements since Hesson took over
ODIs First series win in South Africa World's fastest ODI century - Corey Anderson - 36 balls - 2014 Most consecutive tons - Ross Taylor 3 - 2014 World sixth wicket partnership - Grant Elliott and Luke Ronchi 267* v Sri Lanka 2015 Fastest New Zealander to 5000 runs - Ross Taylor Fastest New Zealander to 3000 runs - Martin Guptill Highest World Cup individual score - Martin Guptill - 237* v West Indies 2015 World Cup New Zealand's best ODI bowling figures - Tim Southee 7-33 v England 2015 World Cup Most consecutive World Cup wins for NZ - 8 First World Cup final appearance
Tests Highest NZ test innings score - 690 v Pakistan Nov 2014 Second highest NZ test innings score - 680/8d v India, Feb 2014 Highest individual test score - 302 McCullum v India, Feb 2014 World highest partnership sixth wicket - 365* Williamson/Watling 2015 World highest partnership sixth wicket - 352 Watling/McCullum 2014 Fastest New Zealander to 3000 test runs - Kane Williamson Best match figures by a NZ bowler on debut - Mark Craig 8-188 (v West Indies 2014)
