New Zealand urgently need to recover lost ground
In the aftermath of Australia's thumping Test-series win against New Zealand, Peter Roebuck is concerned about the state of the game, with some teams falling way behind the others
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
In the aftermath of Australia's thumping Test-series win against New Zealand, Peter Roebuck is concerned about the state of the game, with some teams falling way behind the others. Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, he hopes that New Zealand can arrest their slide.
New Zealand has found little comfort in these Test matches. It is not much consolation, but it is not alone in its suffering. Pakistan has imploded after its increasingly bad-tempered tour of Australia and the captain of that party has retired from international cricket.
Meanwhile, Dwayne Bravo, the rising star of Caribbean cricket, has said that he puts Trinidad and Tobago first on his list, Mumbai Indians second and West Indies third. So much for hope.
It's not a question of the top three or four sides coming back to the field. It's a matter of the rest meeting their challenge. New Zealand has fallen short and, like a struggling player, needs to identify and correct its weaknesses. For all the trans-Tasman rivalry, Australians will wish them well in this endeavour.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo