Ubani umdlali wekhilikithi wesilisa omuhle kunabo bonke owake wavela eNew Zealand?
Naphezu kwesiko elicebile lekhilikithi eNew Zealand, izwe laba yisizwe esidlala ama-Test kuphela ngesizini ka-1929/30, lapho i-MCC ihambela izwe idlala ama-Test ama-4. I-Australia, izwe eliseduze kakhulu lokudlala umdlalo we-Test neNew Zealand, yenqaba ukunikeza isimo se-Test kunoma yimiphi imidlalo edlalwa phakathi kwezizwe zombili kuze kube sekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe II. Lokhu kuntuleka kwamathuba okuhlola kwaholela ekutheni abantu baseNew Zealand abanethalente bahambe olwandle ukuze bathole ithuba lokudlala umdlalo wekhilikithi wokuhlola - okuphawuleka kakhulu esikhathini sangaphambi kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili uClarrie Grimmet, owathatha ama-wicket angaphezu kwama-200 edlala i-Australia. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-Andrew Caddick (ama-wicket angu-234 nge-avareji engu-29.91) noBen Stokes (ama-test run angaphezu kuka-5000 nama-wicket angu-196) badlale izindima eziphambili eNgilandi emidlalweni yokuhlola.  Nokho uma sichaza umbuzo ngokuthi "umdlali wekhilikithi omuhle kakhulu owake wadlalela iNew Zealand", khona-ke mhlawumbe kunabangu-3 noma abangu-4 kuphela abafaka izicelo. Esizukulwaneni samanje, akungabazeki ukuthi uKane Williamson ngelinye ilanga uyobhekwa njengomdlali omkhulu kunabo bonke owake wavela eNew Zealand - enama-test run angaphezu kuka-8000 ngesilinganiso esingaphezu kuka-50. Njengoba eseneminyaka eminingi, akungabazeki ukuthi uWilliamson uyoba umdlali wekhilikithi ongcono kakhulu eminyakeni ezayo.  UMartin Crowe naye kufanele abhekwe njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu abadlalela iNew Zealand - naphezu kokuqala kancane emsebenzini wakhe, nokulimala okunciphisa isikhathi sakhe eqenjini, waqoqa amaphuzu angaphezu kuka-5000 ngesilinganiso esingaphezu kuka-45.  Kodwa-ke, abaningi bazovuma ukuthi umdlali wekhilikithi owaba nethonya elikhulu kunabo bonke owake wadlalela iNew Zealand i-test cricket kwakunguSir Richard Hadlee - umdlali wekhilikithi wokuqala ukuba adunyiswe ngesikhathi esadlala ikhilikithi yezwe lakhe. Isilinganiso sikaHadlee sokushaya amagoli esingu-22.29 singesinye sezingcono kakhulu emlandweni wekhilikithi yokuhlola, futhi ngesikhathi sokuthatha umhlalaphansi wayephethe irekhodi lama-wicket wokuhlola, angama-431. Ukuthola ama-wicket ama-5 emdlalweni owodwa izikhathi ezingama-36 nakho kwakuyirekhodi, futhi kwaholela iNew Zealand kwezinye zezimpumelelo zayo ezidume kakhulu zokuhlola, ikakhulukazi ukunqoba ochungechungeni e-Australia okokuqala ngo-1985/86, ngezinkomba zakhe ezinhle kakhulu zokuhlola eziyi-15 kwezingu-123 eza ekuhlolweni kokuqala eGabba. Ngaphezu kokudlala kwakhe ibhola, ukushaya kwakhe okubhubhisayo kwamenza waba ngomunye wabadlali abahamba phambili kulo mdlalo, futhi waba umdlali wekhilikithi omuhle kakhulu eNZ.