June 28, 2022 • 1 min
They reached a summit no team had reached before, but the way down is becoming treacherous.
The Black Caps of 2022 are not the team of 2021. Not the team that arm-wrestled India in a battle at Southampton and won.
This team has always been imperfect - the Australian tour debacle of 2020 evidence enough of that, but the reliable ones of the side are going backwards.
Apart from two in the middle order.
A rebuild seems necessary - are the right pieces in the right places, are the Black Caps attacking enough or too conservative?
And for Heaven's sake can we learn to please bowl a spinner?
The Black Caps went into this series a good chance of a series victory, they'll come home whitewashed.
They climbed to the top, but sometimes you don't know what you've got til it’s gone.
The Black Caps of 2022 are not the team of 2021. Not the team that arm-wrestled India in a battle at Southampton and won.
This team has always been imperfect - the Australian tour debacle of 2020 evidence enough of that, but the reliable ones of the side are going backwards.
Apart from two in the middle order.
A rebuild seems necessary - are the right pieces in the right places, are the Black Caps attacking enough or too conservative?
And for Heaven's sake can we learn to please bowl a spinner?
The Black Caps went into this series a good chance of a series victory, they'll come home whitewashed.
They climbed to the top, but sometimes you don't know what you've got til it’s gone.
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