The gentlemen of the game, they are always timid in the face of victory and fearless in the face of huge defeat. They can swing from brilliant to farcical and nearly always provide high quality entertainment. They have managed to produce numerous good results (test matches), but have failed to maintain consistency and push on to dominate the game of late. Useless at the shorter game.

Forever the dark horse of world cricket, the New Zealanders are always fancied for an outside bet, but have never quite been able to complete the promise of a side which is generally better than the sum of its parts.