For six weeks, 21 designers including Jamie Drake, Scott Snyder and Noel Jeffrey, some of the top names in the business, worked on their assigned rooms, while seven artists painted murals.
The Kiwis lost wickets at regular intervals as they tried to keep pace with the run rate and McCullum, Taylor, Jamie How, Scott Styris and Peter Fulton all failed to reach double figures as the Black Caps disappointed in front of a large and vociferous crowd.