Friday's Ford Trophy schedule saw Otago vs Central rained off, while Wellington defeated Canterbury by 3 wickets to register their third win in four games.
The White Ferns World Cup squad has been announced and selections were typically quirky.
Ford Trophy cricket has been loitering in the background of Aotearoa cricket with Super Smash getting headline status and sporadic FT games sprinkled in.
Northern blokes are Super Smash champions after defending their home turf in the final against Canterbury.
Wellington wahine have stashed away their fourth Super Smash championship in five summers after defeating Otago in yesterday's final.
Otago handled their mahi in the Super Smash wahine elimination final against Auckland and now flip the vibe around as they now face a Wellington team that has handled their mahi against Otago in their two previous encounters.
After defeating Wellington in the eliminator final, Canterbury now face Northern in Hamilton for the Super Smash championship.
Wellington wahine cruised into Saturday's Super Smash final with a perfect 10-0 record, leaving Otago and Auckland to face off in Thursday's eliminator final.
Northern already have their Super Smash final spot locked in, leaving Canterbury and Wellington to do battle in Thursday's eliminator in Dunedin.
Later this summer, Aotearoa will host the Women's World Cup. The White Ferns have a borderline horrible ODI record to call upon, although their ODI woes are balanced out by plenty of Super Smash and Hallyburton Johnstone Shield cricket in the same conditions as the World Cup.
While Devon Conway was having a scrap with his bat at the T20 World Cup (which his bat won), Lockie Ferguson was already out of action via a calf injury and sussing his rehab.
Hopefully you didn't get too stressed out after Aotearoa's loss to Bangladesh because the magic of the second Test in Christchurch made it all worthwhile.
Throughout 2021 there was a clear plan to integrate Rachin Ravindra into the Blackcaps Test squad and cultivate his obvious talents at the highest level.
Jess and Amelia Kerr won't have any issues getting game time for the White Ferns when the World Cup in Aotearoa rolls around as they have built upon seasons of cricket mahi to form Aotearoa's best double-whammy.
When Aotearoa's White Ferns lace up for World Cup games later this summer, Maddy Green's spot in the 1st 11 is all but guaranteed
Fresh off a 10 wicket innings, Ajaz Patel returned to Aotearoa where he wasn't required for a Bay Oval Test that wasn't your regular kiwi seamer deck.
As I announced that Bangladesh would be Test match food for the Blackcaps in this tour - just as most touring Asian teams have been - I'm fairly chuffed to have this Bangladesh group grab a win on Aotearoa soil.
Finn Allen will be playing in one of two Ford Trophy games today as Wellington come up against Auckland again and Allen will be out to back up his 86 runs @ 156sr that gave Wellington a hot start, reaching 307/9 only for George Worker and Mark Chapman to bang centuries for victory.
Luteru 'Ross' Taylor announced that he'll soon be retiring from international cricket and many things are ending/beginning at the moment so praise God, Jah, Buddha and Allah for how cycles come around.
Aotearoa's Blackcaps are back for Test cricket in Earth's greatest country with the first of two Tests against Bangladesh to spark up 2022.