The Black Caps deserve a well-earned rest after their long and absorbing World Cup campaign, but for several of them the cricket will keep on coming in the form of the Indian Premier League.
The IPL gets underway this week and will include several of the Black Caps who featured prominently in the World Cup.
Any complaints about being over-worked are unlikely to be voiced too loudly, however, given the the money on offer in the cash-rich league.
Black Caps skipper Brendon McCullum, who fashioned himself into a national hero during New Zealand's run to the Cup final, will turn out for the Chennai Super Kings along with compatriot Matt Henry. The gulf in status between the two is reflected in the size of their contracts - McCullum's $627,000, Henry's a fraction of that at $58,000.
But McCullum's fee is dwarfed by that of two of his national teammates, Corey Anderson and Trent Boult. The Mumbai Indians signed Anderson for a whopping $866,000 last year, and just a few weeks ago Boult received the windfall of his life when the Sunrisers Hyderabad agreed to shell out $814,000 for him.
