I was more than impressed with New Zealand's easy win over the West Indies yesterday so soon after the loss of Lou Vincent. Lara undoubtedly made it difficult for his team and himself by dropping Jerome Taylor in favour of Simmons, but that takes nothing away from the Kiwis' great win. They too had several key players unavailable; apart from Vincent, the talented No:3 batsman Taylor and pace bolwer Gillespie were injured. The Kiwis have Bangladesh and Ireland next, giving them almost 2 weeks before the next big match against Sri Lanka. That should be time enough for Taylor to come in place of Hamish Marshall and Gillespie for the hitherto unimpressive Franklin. The Kiwis could go far in this tournament.