New Zealand cricket has lost its identity: Craig Cumming
"(We don't know) who our best players are, and I think the players might've lost a little bit of an understanding of what their roles are.
"(We don't know) who our best players are, and I think the players might've lost a little bit of an understanding of what their roles are.
The former New Zealand batter played for Royal Challengers Bangalore from 2008 to 2010 and then the represented RR in 2011. He then played three more seasons for Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors India.
Notably, New Zealand Cricket is currently having a camp for cricketer from the national men's and women's teams based in North Island.
Ross Taylor stepped down from captaincy in all formats in 2012 after he was asked to hand over the limited-overs duty to Brendon McCullum by Mike Hesson.
The virtual ceremony on Friday also saw Tim Southee being named the Test player of the year while Kim Cotton got the umpire of the year award.
Ross Taylor had pipped Brendon McCullum as captain after Daniel Vettori stepped down from the position following the 2011 World Cup.
Apart from Williamson's 89-run knock, Ross Taylor scored 44 runs to help New Zealand's cause.
Taylor, who made his debut in 2006, has so far played 100* Tests, 231 ODIs and 100 T20Is. He is already New Zealand's leading run-scorer in Tests and ODIs with 7,174 and 8,570 runs, respectively.
In the recent three-match ODI series against New Zealand, Bumrah remained wicketless despite playing all the matches. He conceded a total of 167 runs in the 30 overs he bowled.
After scoring a total of 194 runs, Taylor was adjudged the Man of the Series in the just concluded ODI challenges against India where the Kiwis whitewashed the Men in Blue 3-0.
