Doing it in your own conditions is one thing, doing it in foreign conditions is another matter. Taking on batsmen and bowlers in their own territory. Meeting them where they eat and beating them.
The Niche Cache loves Ross Taylor - he is Aotearoa's leading run-scorer in Tests and ODIs after all.
Top-tier Blackcaps batsmanship has been in a fruitful wee period and a Test team featuring many of Aotearoa's best cricketers ever has created a hearty group of batsmen who have been enjoying the slow cooking process.
BJ Watling is a stats man. Whether he himself cares about the numbers all that much, dunno, but he’s one of those players whose excellence is right there for all to see on his Cricinfo profile.
Otago Sparks weren't much of a funky force last summer.
Despite the chaos in the world, Aotearoa cricket matters are fairly settled and we're entering the build up phase where energy is being concentrated for the Blackcaps blossoming in England.
Just eight weeks after the Junior Fa fight, on the opposite side of the world working with a brand new trainer... Joseph Parker was able to dish up a split decision victory over Derek Chisora in Manchester and that W is by far the most important thing.
During the week it was reported that Wellington Firebirds had snapped up Nathan Smith from Otago Volts for the upcoming summer.