However, they have excelled in the shorter forms of the game, exciting crowds in the 2015 Cricket World Cup and winning the T20 World Cup in India this year.
Players to watch out for include the 1.93m allrounder Carlos Brathwaite, who struck four consecutive sixes off New Zealand-born England allrounder Ben Stokes in this year's T20 World Cup final, to win the match for West Indies.
The squad is currently captained by 23-year-old Jason Holder, and also includes IPL stars Marlon Samuels, Andre Russell, and Darren Bravo.
The West Indies will arrive in November 2017 for three tests, five ODIs and one T20I, before a clash in the shorter formats against Pakistan with three T20Is and five ODIs.
Australia then arrive for their third straight year of the Chappell-Hadlee rivalry, followed by England for five ODIs and two tests.
The first test against England will mark the return of test cricket to Eden Park, which last saw the five-day game in 2014 against India. The plan is for this to be played as a day/night test, pending agreement and approval.
NZC chief executive David White was pleased with the outcome of the schedule.
"The last couple of years has seen a significant rise in interest in cricket and I think the schedule we've locked in will help that interest continue to grow," said White. "We're really pleased how much of the country we've been able to cover with the schedule, with a strong North and South Island split."
The Whangarei ODI will be the first time international cricket has been played at Cobham Oval since India played a two-day match against a New Zealand XI in February 2014.
