Wow, where?
Right over there.
Beside the next Shane Bond.
National selector Glenn Turner did not put it quite like that.
But as one of the men tasked with finding the strike bowler's successor, he made some saturnine reference to trees and the fact great players were rarely found dangling from their branches - alas.
While the next Bond is yet to fall to earth, Turner said there was some cause for optimism.
Two of the brightest hopes are Northern Districts' Trent Boult and Central Districts' Mitchell McClenaghan.
Both are brisk left-armers with youth on their side.
McClenaghan, though, missed the entire season through injury.
Boult also had some injury problems and had his hands full cementing a spot in the ND side.
"It is a wait and see situation," Turner said.
"They have showed enough promise and are still very much in our sights. We'll be watching their progress with interest."
Otago has a trio of exciting prospects.
South African-born left armer Neil Wagner hopes to become eligible for New Zealand at the end of next season.
He has struggled for consistency but he is a combative player who is not afraid to bowl with aggression.
Mat Harvie is a strapping right-armer who gets good bounce and is quite nippy.
"When he is on song he is very useful," Turner said.
"He is still searching for consistency but he is only a young guy."
James Fuller (20) also impressed Turner.
While he is still raw, he has plenty of potential and "turns heads", Turner said.
Canterbury's Hamish Bennett is guilty of being erratic but on on his day can trouble the best batsmen, and Aucklanders Michael Bates and Lance Shaw are medium-pace but swing the ball and shape as decent prospects.
Turner warned against becoming obsessed with pace.
"We can't afford to get locked into the necessity of coming up with a fast bowler. Obviously, if you can, that would be good, but they have to be good bowlers, not just fast.
"If you bowl fast and you're not accurate, you just disappear [to the boundary] quicker than the rest."
Bond's retirement from all cricket has left an enormous void in the Black Caps bowling line-up.
Sadly, the injury-plagued speedster only played 18 tests since making his debut against Australia in Hobart in November 2001.
But in what was a brief but brilliant test career, he managed to make an indelible impression.
He took 87 wickets at an average of 22.09.
A fantastic achievement, perhaps dwarfed only by his unbelievable strike rate.
Every 38.7 deliveries Bond took a wicket.
Only two other bowlers in history have accumulated wickets at a faster rate - England's George Lohmann (1884-87) at 34.1 and Australia's John Ferris (1886-98) at 37.7.
Turner said Bond's place alongside Sir Richard Hadlee, as the best fast bowlers to have played for New Zealand, was secure.
However, he did offer an interesting perspective on Bond's career.
"[For longevity], I would have liked to have seen him reduce his pace a little bit because he did swing the ball. I think he could have still been a very useful performer doing that.
"I remember when Richard Hadlee shortened his run and the outcry at the time. People said he should be charging in just like he used to and this is ridiculous, et cetera, et cetera.
"And yet he proved, as many others have, that pulling back with pace he didn't lose much at all. So it is a pity that Shane wasn't prepared to do that."
