At a time when England, the birthplace of the game, is talking about the circus show that will be 100-ball cricket and the stadia of

Whitewash completed. It was the time for New Zealand to do that on their home turf and they did it in some style against a hopelessly out of sort Tigers at the Saxton Oval in Nelson today.

Being a wicketkeeper is a pretty hard ask in cricket. It is a thankless job, and very often a keeper only gets noticed when he makes a mistake like dropping a crucial catch or missing a stumping chance.

For the first time in 44 T20Is, Mushfiqur Rahim took the field yesterday without his keeping gloves. They were instead handed over to a younger Nurul Hasan, a player who many consider to be the best wicket-keeper in the country at the moment.