NZ promise World Cup roller coaster ride

In The New Zealand Herald, Chris Barclay singles out two one-day innings from New Zealand's summer that promise to elicit much of the national side's contrasting emotions during the World Cup.

In the same publication, Barclay states that Eden Park could not have provided a more appropriate launching pad for New Zealand's departure to the cricket World Cup.

The irony was certainly not lost on Craig McMillan as he sat gazing down on the oddly configured arena.After all it was where his international career and the Black Caps' World Cup prospects appeared to realign on February 18. This summer Eden Park has encapsulated all that was captivating and cringeworthy about the Black Caps.