What we've learned so far from the Blackcaps tour of England

The bits we've gleaned from the tour so far:

- We're better at one day games than tests, which is annoying
- McCullum is a great captain
- but not much of a batter since becoming Captain
- Ronchi isn't much of a keeper - nor is he much of a batter. I unfortunately see not much of a future for him at this level.
- We are hopeless at playing spin. Guptill was bowled out three times between bat and pad.
- Ross Taylor is still head and shoulders above everyone else in the team
- The Boy Wonder (Kane) is getting better and better. Especially at bowling.
- The bowling unit looks pretty good. A couple of dodgy overs from Mitch at the end of the ODI series apart, everybody is doing their part. Southee and Boult will keep all other teams honest for the next five years at least.
- We need a batting coach desperately. There are a bunch of guys in the team who are unwilling to be patient and wait for the bad ball. Instead once bogged down for 5-6 balls they will play at anything. Certain doom at test level. Our collapses were shocking during the tests and to lose a test in an hour and a half after dominating for three days is ridiculous.
- The Guptill's batting in the ODIs was phenomenal. 103*, 189*, 38 for an average of 330 is, as Darth Vader would say, 'Most Impressive'
- We field pretty well.

Marks out of 10 for the Blackcaps tour. 6/10
If we were rating just the tests, I'm giving them a 4 and that's only because the bowlers were very good.