Martin Guptill and the BLACKCAPS head into the World T20 where the odds are already stacked against them.

Kaptain Kane is due to take over from Brendon McCullum and there's no reason why we shouldn't be extremely excited.

Is it time to go all in on a Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi combination? In Test cricket that is...

Our BLACKCAPS bowlers are now more known for their fielding and batting exploits than world-beating bowling. That's not good.

The BLACKCAPS enjoyed a good summer on the surface, but when it mattered, in the most important format, they were more Martin Guptill than Steven Smith.

Greener for longer is the motto, yolo. Yolo but this is a dangerous ploy for me as it was the kiwi batsmen who demonstrated an inability to bat properly against the moving ball.

Adam Voges and his Australian comrades put the BLACKCAPS in Test cricket shade, not only dominating them but teaching them a thing or two about the great art form of Test cricket.

Grab ya whites, throw on ya thongs, get that shrimp on the barbie and gear up for some trans-Tasman Test cricket.

Not only did Henry, Milne and Anderson perform exceptionally well, Sodhi and Bracewell stepped up to the plate from domestic cricket and did a job for their team, the nation and their departing skipper.

Two big Aussies hugging each other, two big Aussies making the kiwi bowlers look tame. On to the decider where our young guns must shine.

Dave Warner and his Australian comrades can't be smoked twice right? 

Trent Boult and Matt Henry do damage, while Henry Nicholls looks like a left-handed mini Kane Williamson. And we smashed Australia.

We've all just seen Australia handle India's run-scoring exploits with ease and Eden Park is a child's cricket ground which I see Australia dining out on

Colin Munro's earned an ODI call up as the BLACKCAPS roll out a futuristic ODI squad to face Pakistan.

There's new faces in Australia's bowling group, who apparently like our conditions. There's also Josh Hazlewood who is the second coming of Glenn McGrath, that's who we should be worried about. Summer Is Coming...

Big Mitch is all over this T20 sitch, while the BLACKCAPS middle order certainly isn't.