Martin omission a strange move
As New Zealand search desperately for international-standard players, the omission of Chris Martin from the one-day squad to tour England is odd, writes Dylan Cleaver in the Herald on Sunday .
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
As New Zealand search desperately for international-standard players, the omission of Chris Martin from the one-day squad to tour England is odd, writes Dylan Cleaver in the Herald on Sunday.
No, he can't bat, and you wouldn't stake your life on him under a steepler, but he's a better fielder than Gillespie and not far behind Mason. Neither of those two are threatening allrounder status with the bat either, though Gillespie will always be remembered after fluking some runs in that epic Chappell-Hadlee run chase last year.
Martin's dumping is a nonsense; it's just a shame it is only his team-mates and not the selectors who recognise that.
Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here