Good win, and good to see Taylor back in form. He looked good I thought in the first match in Dunedin before holing out off a thick inside edge, but I knew he was on yesterday when he flashed through a beautiful cover drive early on. The only concerns I have is Mitchell McClenaghan, he is really loose and while he seems to have good physical attributes it really doesn't seem he has much of a clue of how to bowl the right lengths. He seems a bit thick TBH. I know its got him wickets because batsmen get very aggressive against his two length approach, but he could equally get wickets by being more patient and bowling the odd carrot ball. He gets small-ish seam movement, but enough to grab an edge, if he's more patient. The other one who is a concern is Guptill, his balance at the crease is very poor at the moment. I don't think the loading up approach of back and across works for him because it drags his head more to the offside and where I feel he's getting into a lot of trouble is he over-commits at times onto the front foot, his head falls over to the offside as a result, and he's in a very poor position to bring his bat down from a straight position if a ball jags back in. Guptill is at his best when he's focusing on going down the ground and compensating smallish front foot movements by maintaining his balance and having a high front elbow to control the blade through the stroke to maximise his timing.
