There’s always a bit of debate with national team selections, it’s all part of the fun. But the Blackcaps over the last twelve months or so it feels like everyone’s had something to moan about.
Playing with a new partner (but old mate) on his least favourite surface, New Zealand's Michael Venus just won the French Open Mens' Doubles tournament. This is as brilliant as it is unprecedented.
One Blackcap was fantastic, Ross Taylor, Tim Southee and Trent Boult were solid, Guppy was out of form and the rest is a culmination of a terrible lack of clarity and planning.
The Blackcaps gotta beat Bangladesh and every team's rollin' out a different set of all-rounders. Aotearoa just needs one all-rounder to stand up and say "yo I'm the mantis, y'all suck".
James Franklin was a lonely figure on the Kiwi County Tour, he's among the best all-rounders in County cricket though so no dramas. And could Lord Jeetz have a young gun waiting to clip his wings at Warwickshire?
The Blackcaps got touched up by England and Luke Ronchi returned to standard service, unfortunately we've also got other blokes taking on Rochi's consistency.
Kane Williamson has started the 2017 Champions Trophy like a beast and the Blackcaps looked good against Australia. Now for the Poms.
Corey Anderson will need to be smacking the ball and dishing up quality left-arm seam for the Blackcaps to beat Australia in their first Champions Trophy game. Actually, they'll probably need Anderson to be better than he was before.
The Women's World Cup is lurking on the horizon and Rachel Priest leads a trio of cricketers who might not get the attention of our superstars, they will be just as important though.
Neil Wagner isn't quite as good as Kumar Sangakkara is with the willow, he smacked a half-century for Essex though and looked kinda like Sangakkara in doing so.
Luke Ronchi top-scored for the Blackcaps against India, which doesn't ease concerns but does show hope for him as Martin Guptill's opening partner. And what do we do with all these all-rounders?
Tom Latham, Neil Broom and Ross Taylor finished the tri-series in style, but while the Blackcaps lost to Bangladesh, England and South Africa did precisely what the kiwis haven't done during this series.
James Franklin went toe-to-toe with the legend Kumar Sangakkara, while the Essex boys (Neil Wagner/Matt Quinn) played their part in a big win.
Ross Taylor and Tom Latham are preparing for Champions Trophy cricket by scoring plenty of runs as the Blackcaps handled their business against Ireland.
Neil Broom has scored the most runs in this tri-series against Ireland and Bangladesh, he just doesn't have a great record against better cricket teams.
Yup, youngster Amelia Kerr made the White Ferns World Cup squad but the return of Leigh Kasperek is far more interesting. Kasperek joins a White Ferns squad that aren't too far off 'favourites' for World Cup success.
Neil Wagner is too good for the Blackcaps and will instead continue to dominate on the Kiwi County Tour for Essex.
Aotearoa got the tri-series in Ireland off to a winning start, so peep our debrief; which players were selected? How's the wicket-keeping situation looking? Could Scott Kuggeleijn overtake Jimmy Neesham?
James Franklin continues to offer steady leadership for Middlesex, Jeetan Patel's Warwickshire aren't very good and Matt Quinn shed a tear when Neil Wagner ditched him.
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