Aotearoa's White Ferns dominated Sri Lanka in their opening Women's World Cup game, sending a message to their opponents that they have heard about the Niche Cache making Aotearoa the favourites.
Jeetan Patel cracked a 70-odd, Neil Wagner still dominates and James Franklin? Well, James Franklin is the slickest skipper in world cricket.
Despite a pregnancy-induced hiatus for Queen Val, the kiwi Diamond League contingent has actually grown without its long-time pioneer. Tom Walsh is back to defend his crown and he’s been joined by Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney.
Aotearoa's White Ferns are the best cricket team in the world and they are going to win the Women's World Cup. Embrace the vision and get the low-down as the Ferns gear up for their opening game vs Sri Lanka this weekend.
After laying down the situation facing Aotearoa cricket, we make a few changes to the Blackcaps Test and ODI teams. You know that Ross Taylor's gonna be there and he'll play a key role in taking this group forward.
The Champions Trophy wasn't rock-bottom, it was the culmination of a summer that was nothing but madness. So where to now for the Blackcaps?
Kieran Noema-Barnett opened the bowling, Matt Quinn had a niggly back spasm and James Franklin went back to back with crappy scores. Welcome to the Kiwi County Tour!
Would Colin de Grandhomme have done worse? Would Jeetan Patel have offered something? Do we need to rethink the all-rounder situation? Is this all too many questions for an excerpt?
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.