The Blackcaps have just over 24 hours to pick themselves up after a crushing opening T20 defeat on their tour of Bangladesh.
They were rolled for just 60 batting first, eventually losing by seven wickets - a performance that's seen one former player and coach demand the team "put their egos to the side".
This was a Dhaka demolition - game one essentially decided in the first 20 minutes, ss the Blackcaps slumped to 9/4 in just four overs.
“We knew it was going to be tough,” says captain Tom Latham. “We just keep losing wickets.”
The top order was simply unable to counter the foreign conditions and some quality spin bowling.
The 60-run total was New Zealand's equal-lowest score and the loss their first ever to Bangladesh in T20 cricket.
The manner of the defeat and dismissals have raising a few eyebrows from those in the know, watching at home.
“It's about putting your ego to the side and that's tough in T20 cricket, because quite often you can blast your way out of trouble,” says former Blackcaps all-rounder and batting coach Craig McMillan.
“But in Bangladesh, and in other sub-continent countries like India and Pakistan, you have to score tough runs.”
New Zealand's two more experienced players did just that - Latham and Henry Nicholls were the only Kiwi batsmen to score more than six, and McMillan wants them promoted.
“I'd put Latham right to the top of the order, he can open,” he says. “Blundell can stay there for the left-right hand combination, which is important, and I'd put Henry Nicholls to three.
“Latham and Nicholls are our two best players of spin.”
Countering the turn and bounce will be crucial if the Blackcaps are to find a way just to compete.
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