Two examples he gave were Boult and his Northern Districts and New Zealand new ball partner, Southee. Both may well get an early leave pass from the November series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates after the tests, but before the five ODIs, to come home and prepare for the arrival of Sri Lanka just before Christmas.
Read between the lines and Boult has suddenly moved from being an outside contender for a World Cup spot to a real selection choice for one of, probably, four specialist fast-medium roles.
The form of Boult and Southee for ND in the Champions League qualifying tournament this week was outstanding.
They sliced through the Lahore Lions to reduce a decent batting side to 19 for five, and were again a force in the win over the Mumbai Indians that sealed top qualifying place.
Southee had the ball seaming about and beating the bat; Boult swung it both ways to find edges and beat the defensive strokes.
No other pair at the tournament can match Boult and Southee for new ball penetration. Certainly conditions in Raipur helped, but it was their ability to use what nature had given them which marked them out as a significant weapon for ND.
"They're doing exactly the same as they're doing for the New Zealand team," ND coach James Pamment said yesterday.
"They're bouncing off each other, they're great mates on and off the park, challenging each other to go to a different level."
Best new ball pair in the game right now? Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander might have something to say about that. Or Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris. Or Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad. But they are fit to rank in the highest company for their work over the past year.
And there could be a financial spinoff from their Indian form.
While Southee has dabbled in the Indian Premier League without making a notable impact, Boult has barely been looked at. Another couple of weeks of what they've served up so far should ensure their names are written in IPL franchise notebooks for 2015.
While Southee has long been part of the short-form setup, Boult has played only eight ODIs, for six wickets, and seven T20 internationals, for 10 at 19.5 apiece.
Southee is ranked seventh among test bowlers, Boult 11th. Southee has taken 123 wickets at 29.83 in 34 tests, Boult has 91 at 27.45 in 25.
In New Zealand's last eight tests they have taken 40 (at 20.5) and 39 (at 22.9) wickets respectively and it's that attacking thrust which should make ND a decent chance to become the first New Zealand side to reach the Champions League semifinals.
Pamment may not be called an entirely neutral observer of the pair. But he's chuffed at what he's seeing.
He recalled that a year ago, Boult wasn't considered among the cream of the white ball seam bowling crop. He went to the world T20 in Sri Lanka in March and played a couple of games, including whipping out three top order Sri Lankan batsmen inside three overs.
Boult admitted six months ago that being a regular in all three forms was "not high on my list ... I love test cricket, that's where my ambitions lie".
But he said he wanted to be playing as much cricket as he could.
"He's made huge strides," Pamment said. "Trent is somebody I'd have in my T20 team every day of the week ...
"We knew he had it in him and I guess he's proved that to the New Zealand selectors."
And they could be the biggest beneficiaries of Boult and Southee's impressive work together.
