The less said about Zimbabwe the better although I can't let their dreadful tour end without a few comments.
They are the worst side to tour this country, below even the poor Bangladesh outfits of the past five years. A lot of what we saw was no better than club
cricket.
The really disappointing thing, from the Zimbabwe point of view, was the substandard fielding, because this is the one area of the game where teams are in total control of their own standards and not affected by the quality of opposition.
New Zealand is on a roll after the victory over Australia in Tasmania, but nobody truly wins in such lopsided contests as the ones we've just witnessed. It is a sad state of affairs when a team can win 50 over games by a couple of hundred runs. Zimbabwe have got a lot to be despondent about.
Thankfully, there is something special to look forward to with the South Africans arriving over the weekend. Their tour should provide plenty of terrific contests - the mainly drab Zimbabwe disaster can be quickly forgotten.
