Perhaps you were surprised by the Blackcaps playing two spinners against South Africa? Well, we've got plenty of spinners and they might be better than the blokes who get the opportunities.
Rain ruined the fun down in Dunedin and Ross Taylor's gone-burgers, meaning Neil Broom gets the nod and the pressure's on Aotearoa's middle order for the second Test.
Ish Sodhi and Seth Rance went big with the wickets, while veterans and youngsters scored runs in round seven of the Plunket Shield.
Tim Southee got dropped from the Blackcaps Test team. Well, they just wanted to switch the style up so here's hoping the spinners dominate.
Amy Satterthwaite couldn't help the White Ferns win the Rose Bowl with her standard dose of runs, runs she'll be keen to take into the Women's World Cup later this year.
While lazy journalists rolled out the same yarn with the same quotes about Neil Wagner vs Dean Elgar, you may have missed a few things about this South African Test squad.
Contrary to common media opinion, Martin Guptill does not go out and score ODI tons because he thinks it’ll get him back in the Test team… he scores ODI tons because he’s one of the finest ODI batsmen on the damn planet.
Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson scored some runs against South Africa. Everything else is still super confusing though.
The Blackcaps Test squad to face South Africa in Dunedin has been named and there's a couple of intriguing options available to Mike Hesson and Kane Williamson.
Colin Munro went nutty for Auckland, Tom Bruce was slightly more sedate for CD, Matt Henry showed his class for Canterbury and Otago's young seamer Nathan Smith took 5 wickets in the return of the Plunket Shield.
Boxing is a strange old sport where so much can happen without anything really happening at all, just ask Joseph Parker.
Aotearoa Cricket's Golden Child has all the power with the willow, could we see Kane Williamson wield similar power off the cricket field though?
If Luke Ronchi's getting another opportunity, there's hope for all the battlers out there chasing an ex-girlfriend.
There's not a whole lot more that the Northern Districts duo of Ish Sodhi and Scott Kuggeleijn can do as they're taking wickets for fun.
Aotearoa grabbed a win over South Africa in the second ODI and Jimmy Neesham responded to 'Champions Trophy Questions' ... as Tom Latham is expected to.
It’s only one innings but it means that in his last four games now, Tom Latham has yet to get to double figures with the bat. Scores of 7, 0, 0 and 2.
Canterbury won the Ford Trophy thanks to a Peter Fulton 20-over blitz and we've conjured up a Ford Trophy All-Stars team.
Quinton de Kock and South Africa are comfy, while our Blackcaps need to figure out how their strongest team could look. That'll make this ODI series rather intriguing.
Heinrich Malan coaches Central Districts and is doing a damn good job of it, so he answered some questions for El Niche Cache.
The Blackcaps got smoked by South Africa in the T20, time for some ODI cricket. Surely Tom Latham's gotta get the wicket-keeping gig right?