Wizened four-pronged attack has sharp look

New Zealand's pace attack for the Dunedin Test may be geriatric - with an average age of 33 - but they are the best in the country so it's essential they all get picked, writes Mark Richardson in the Herald on Sunday. He gives his views on the rest of the playing XI and reckons Daniel Flynn and Peter Fulton will compete for the No.3 spot.

Maybe young Tim Southee could see himself unlucky here, but Tuffey by all accounts was the pick of the first-class bowlers last season and that may have been enough to see him in over Southee. O'Brien and Martin are our Test specialists and deserve the right to show it, while Bond simply must play if he is fit enough.

In the same paper, Andrew Alderson touches on the search for New Zealand's new coach. He says John Wright is unlikely to fill that role while Mark Greatbatch has ruled himself out.