In Supercricket, Kepler Wessels writes that New Zealand would be better off without their intimidation tactics and just continue to play the game hard. South Africa should learn to be ruthless and focus on learning to win consistently, rather than experimenting to find the best combination needed to win.

It is time for the team management to show their hand as far as what they believe the best one-day combination for South Africa is at the moment. Against Sri Lanka the Proteas experimented so much that the series ended in a disorganised fashion. The last two matches resulted in two losses and what should have been a five-nil series victory ended in a rather untidy three-two win. Unfortunately during this experimental period not a great deal was revealed as to exactly what the best combination is for South Africa in the one-day format.