There are win-now approaches and there are build-for-the-future approaches and then there’s the Lesson Blackcaps (Lesson = Larsen + Hesson), where players are dropped without explanation, others are recalled for tenuous reasons and nobody seems to really know where they stand outside a few main heroes.
Aotearoa has three world-class batsmen, but it'll probably be up to Neil Broom at No.5 to chip in with some big runs against Australia and England.
A guy like Cojanu is in no place to get a shot at a title under normal circumstances, he’s just in the right place at the right time is all. But with that belt dangling as bait, Parker and Duco were always gonna have a few messages in the voicemail.
Sonny Bill Wagner didn't take a wicket but he did knock some bloke over as he went up against James Franklin on the Kiwi County Tour. Lord Jeetz took a few wickets and scored a few runs as well, nothing new there.
Right, a top 15 WBO heavyweight. If you happen to have one of those lying around then give Duco a call. Perhaps check down the side of the sofa, in the pockets of your pants before you put them through the washer, definitely have a search underneath the seats of your car.
There's far more confusion in the Blackcaps Champions Trophy squad than just the wicket-keepers...
We've got a Blackcaps Champions Trophy squad and it's kinda weird, so weird that we've got to double up on writing about it. Here's something about the wicket-keeping situation...
Forget the IPL and forget the Blackcaps, it's time for the Niche Cache World Tour! We're back to select a gang of kiwis to roll around Asia and South America, playing some cricket and learning a thing or two.
Fight’s off, people. Finish your drink and get your coats, see if the chauffeur won’t bring the car around. Turns out Joseph Parker’s WBO heavyweight title defence against Hughie Fury won’t be going ahead after all.
Jeetan Patel didn't take too many wickets for Warwickshire, he scored plenty of runs though and left the wickets for Essex seamer Neil Wagner.
No more Blackcap Jeetan, it's all about Lord Jeetz as he's back in action for Warwickshire Bears on the Kiwi County Tour.
Of course Luke Ronchi's in the Blackcaps ODI squad for a pre-Champions Trophy tri-series. Pity Tom Blundell couldn't get a run or many other youngins' for that matter.
The kiwi summer of cricket is over, folks. No point donning the whites and heading down to the nets in hope of a few throw-downs, that baggy cap is gonna have to be put away down the back of the wardrobe.
George Worker and Tom Blundell hit centuries, while Ish Sodhi took 11 wickets in the last round of Plunket Shield cricket. Those three get the focus, don't stress because there's a whole lot more domestic cricket stuff coming.
Some easy choices and some tricky choices as we run through the domestic cricket teams to see who is going to be next to make their Test debut.
Another Test series down and this time Kane Williamson reassumed his role at the top of the hill. 309 runs at an average of 77.25, scoring them at a decent clip as well.
Happy days for the Blackcaps as they put together a far better performance in Hamilton, who knows how this Test team looks in 12 months time though.
Corey Anderson's back bowling (barely) for Northern Districts and Anaru Kitchen's the only joker who can rival Colin Munro right now.
No statistic about Kane Williamson can create the same feeling in a cricket-lovers soul as Kane Williamson's cover-drive can.
Peter Younghusband and Josef Walker took spinnin' wickets, Will Young scored another century, Cole McConchie's also soaking up some runs and what do we do with Glenn Phillips?