Ross Taylor believes he is seeing the ball better than he has in a long time, and is coming off his 16th ODI century in the series-clinching Hamilton ODI against Australia.

Mike Hesson says he has a "very good working relationship" with Ross Taylor but concedes it will be tough for the New Zealand team's most experienced batsman to get back into the international Twenty20 fold.

After being dropped for the three-match series against Bangladesh in early January, Taylor was again left out for a one-off T20 against South Africa at Eden Park on Friday night.

Fresh off a 96-ball century in New Zealand's one-day series-clinching win over Australia last week, Taylor said on Tuesday morning he had yet to be given an explanation for his non-selection.

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After describing how he and Taylor communicated "every day", Hesson responded by revealing the latest omission was not so much a case of what he hadn't done but what others had.

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"We are No 1 in the world in T20, we have a lot of very good T20 cricketers," the New Zealand coach said, adding he fully understood why Taylor was disappointed.

"We played incredibly well against Bangladesh and, from a batting point of view, performed well. It is a tough side to get in.

"We don't play a lot of T20 cricket either, they are few and far between the opportunities."

When it was confirmed, Taylor's non-selection for the Bangladesh T20s was described by selector Gavin Larsen as "performance based".

Colin Munro, Corey Anderson and Tom Bruce occupied positions three to five in that series and all turned in a significant performance in the hosts 3-0 sweep.

Munro hit 101 off 54 in game two, Bruce 59 off 39 in the same match and Anderson an unbeaten 94 off 41 in the third match.

Those efforts earned all three selection for the lone T20 against the Proteas in Auckland, with Taylor picked instead for a New Zealand XI T20 against South Africa on Tuesday that was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain.

From Taylor's point of view, his communication with Hesson on the non-selection for Friday's game had been brief.

​"Um, he just said I'm not in the team. He hasn't really said anything else," Taylor told Radio Sport.

"I asked the question when I got dropped for Bangladesh and he [Hesson] said 'this is the best team that we feel for this tour against Bangladesh' and I suppose you've just got to respect the decision that he made.

"For this game I just heard I wasn't selected and I didn't ask any questions."

He won't have the chance to ask again for a good few months, either.

With a matchless April followed by the Champions Trophy in June, Hesson estimated New Zealand's next T20 international would potentially not be until October this year.

When that time came, Hesson left the door wide-open for a recall in future if circumstances justified it.

"First and foremost there needs to be a position available. Munro, Anderson and Bruce have done incredibly well through the middle order," he said.

"It's very difficult for Ross because he is not going to get many T20 opportunities, I understand it is a catch 22.

"We know Ross is a quality player and we know he is keen to play T20 but at the moment we have got a side performing pretty well."

Taylor, who last played in the shortest format for his country at the World T20 in India in March last year, has an average of 24.15 in a T20 international career spanning 73 matches.

The 32-year-old has also played 80 tests and 178 one-day internationals, where he has notched 16 centuries and holds an average of 43.42.