Tim Southee's pretty damn excited about this Australian tour, almost as excited as we are. Come get the low down on the BLACKCAPS Warm Up Weekend

The scrap to be the top dawg all-rounder for the BLACKCAPS now looks Jimmy Neesham in the eyes - the ball is in your court Jim.

The BLACKCAPS head to Australia with good vibes oozing out of their whites, but Australia are still pretty good at that cricket thing.

New Zealand Cricket can't afford match referees and will feed us plenty of hit and giggle this summer, which has the Doc wondering - where the cash at?

Tom Latham was our best batsman and Guppy wasn't too far behind, but there wasn't much else in the runs department while The Stable is looking as healthy as ever.

Guppy was the star of the show for the BLACKCAPS, but Dougie returned and was our best bowler and George 'Tworker' Worker got a debut. The Doc also applies the bigger picture to a few players as well as eyeing up a series win.

The BLACKCAPS are in South Africa and face a far greater challenge, which is fine by me as a young BLACKCAPS team vs South Africa in South Africa is a juicy proposition.

You can get jiggy about the stats from the 10-wicket win in the second ODI against Zim, but we keeps it real.