Well the emerging players tournament is over an has turned up some interesting things. I've managed to get some statistics for the tournament, though they're incomplete as I couldn't find the scorecard for one of the games.
Anyway, the bowling form has been encouraging, especially for James McMillan and Hamish Bennett, while Nathan McCullum turned in some good performances as well.
Bowlers
McCullum: 9 wickets at 26.44
McMillan: 8 wickets at 20.88
Bennett: 8 wickets at 20.88
Scott: 7 wickets at 26.29
Nicol: 6 wickets at 24.83
Adams: 5 wickets at 34.2
O'Brien: 3 wickets at 38.33
Disappointing from O'Brien, but I get the feeling he was always going to struggle in international cricket anyway. If McMillan can stay fit, I reckon he might be a bolter for the 20/20 World Cup, while Scott looks like a useful one day left armer and Bennett seems to have improved his accuracy quite a lot.
The batting however is very troubling. Of the entire side, only the much derided James Marshall managed to average over 30.
Batters
Marshall: 223 runs at 31.86
Broom: 172 runs at 24.57
Elliot: 163 runs at 27.17
McCullum: 123 runs at 20.6
Redmond: 115 runs at 19.17
How: 108 runs at 18
Hopkins: 102 runs at 20.4
Nicol: 64 runs at 12.8
Not very impressive. Admittedly, Cumming and Ryder were missing from the side but it still doesn't paint a pretty picture. Pretty good stuff from Elliot though on his first trip with the A-side.
So, what can we make of this tour? Who has a chance to make it into the blackcaps?