The White Ferns have leaned heavily into recent domestic form for the five T20Is and three ODIs, which starts in Dunedin on March 19. Rosemary Mair, Brooke Halliday and Leigh Kasparek are among those rewarded
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The wicketkeeper, who arrived from Sussex in 2019, has made 106 appearances for Warwickshire, scoring over 3,000 runs and helping them win the County Championship and Bob Willis Trophy in 2021.
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There wasn't a single batter in the room who didn't have DKP Icon at the top of their list
'If you are a bit more of a beat ball cricketer - going out to whack it, the Gunn & Moore Aion is probably perfect for you'
The Powerspot's position in history has been cemented by David Gower and Michael Atherton so there is no need for Gray-Nicolls to reinvent the wheel here.
The retro look of the bat was a highlight for some and a turn-off for others, and there was a similar split between The Cricketer’s team and the student testers on the bat's performance
Former England international Alex Tudor was full of praise for the good weight and balance of the Kookaburra Stealth, which left him full of trust that he didn’t have to overhit deliveries
The middle of the Gunn & Moore Mana DXM was variously described as “good”, “solid”, “reliable” and “sweet”
It is off the middle where the DSC Blak really delivers in terms of power; if you can connect with good timing the ball can really fly.
Across 16 bats by major manufacturers, the Ton Nemesis III was the top of the pile with ‘the sweetest of centres’ for testers who rated the performance highest on the day
The famous Australian batmakers get Alex Tudor’s seal of approval with the Ghost 3.1. He described it as a “good trustworthy bat” which “will only get better the more you use it”
The most expensive Gray-Nicolls bat in our selection, the Gray-Nicolls Tempesta received generally positive reviews
Former England international Alex Tudor also liked the “well presented” colour scheme and said the bat “performs well” to match
The main takeaway from 10 minutes with the DSC XLite 2.0 was, for all our testers, a very generous middle and the consistency of contact right the way down the bat
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