Kumar Sangakkara's art is more commonly found in Test cricket than that of our skipper's style, it's the mastery of a Test cricket innings that ensures Sangakkara keeps rare company in the record books.
Watching the Big Bash and all the little situations that come about thanks to the Big Bash and Twenty20 cricket shows that this format is emphatically a snug fit in world cricket.
The green top almost tricked us, but after seeing a Sri Lankan side bowl well and a Black Caps side take 5 wickets in 25 overs, the green top struck.
I told you about Craig Cachopa, I told you.
The retirement of MS Dhoni is perfect. It was done in typical Dhoni style but it gives the Indians a small window to figure out how this Dhoni-less-Test-cricket thing is going to work.
Big Mitch get him some food asap! Just make sure it's paleo please.
Imagine, showing up for the first day of the first Test in New Zealand with the vivid colours of the blue skies and greenery catching the eye.
Here's the bats that have been used by the best willow wielders in the past few days.
As expected, Sri Lanka have proven to be much harder to dismiss in their 2nd dig but it's nothing worth get your knickers in a twist about.
It's usually the case that when an Asian side travels to Aotearoa, they struggle to come to grips with the change in conditions - as we do when we travel the opposite way.
The Plunket Shield is the bread and butter, but this Ford Trophy will be very interesting as it will give many a player an opportunity to make their case for the upcoming World Cup.
Well if you wanted the perfect start to the international cricketing summer in Aotearoa, you got it.
We missed them, seeing the beautiful faces of King Rossco and Prince Kane but we were treated to the continue rise of the Black Caps as they performed admirably in foreign conditions.
Australia are now 2-0 in a test series that feels way more even than that score suggests.
And just like that, we put the tour of the United Arab Emirates in to the rear view mirror - ka kite ano. It was a good time, but we want to see our lads, our Black Caps once again defend their home turf like it's Helm's Deep. With that, I say haere mai to the Sri Lankans!
Their efforts with the ball gave the Stags the win, so a hefty steak with some mash potato will go down nicely. Mix some cheese in to that mash as well, the deserve it.
The hopes of the Black Caps in the World Cup solely depends on Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, as well as Brendon McCullum but he's not quite as important as Prince Kane and King Rossco
Tim Southee and Trent Boult are cricketing royalty in New Zealand, so they'd probably need some high class pork belly, Trent's shout.
Aaron Redmond is still playing? Yup he sure is and I'm sure he'll smash down a sloppy tikka masala tonight.
Dude, I'm going to be repeating myself a fair bit because these Black Caps are about as up and down as jumping on a pogo stick on a trampoline.