Accentuate the positive!
I was put on the spot yesterday by Mike Yardley on NewstalkZB, who asked me to say something positive about the Black Caps1-day loss in Napier.
Um, "McLean Park looked lovely" I spluttered. Because, seriously, apart from the obvious cliches about "getting a good wake-up call" what else was there to say?
It was one of those awful 50-over matches that was over after the first 15. Yet thinking about it again overnight I've decided there are in fact many encouraging signs from that performance, in fact, a full team of 11.
1. There's always another game tomorrow. And there actually is!