Bracewell must bite bullet
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
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"You can wave goodbye to our World Cup chances right now unless John Bracewell rediscovers his nerve in the next few weeks," writes Adam Parore in The New Zealand Herald.
If the present lot were suddenly going to turn into world-beaters, they would have done so a long time ago. So we need to accept that, if we continue to support the incumbents, we cannot win the World Cup.
Warren Lees, New Zealand's coach during the 1992 World Cup, is also calling for changes.
"I know he [Hamish Marshall] scored a lot of runs in England, but all that confirms to me is that English county cricket is crap. Most of our players could go to England and do well on the county circuit, as Craig Spearman has already shown. But there's an enormous gap between that and international level."
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo