McCullum should clear the air
Brendon McCullum's decision to give up wicketkeeping in T20 internationals is a big loss to New Zealand as he's been the country's best wicketkeeper
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Brendon McCullum's decision to give up wicketkeeping in T20 internationals is a big loss to New Zealand as he's been the country's best wicketkeeper. But is he good enough to retain his place as a batsman alone? David Leggat wonders in the New Zealand Herald.
If injury is his paramount concern, it doesn't explain why he would choose the shortest form in which to draw the line, rather than the more draining versions. Maybe he just doesn't fancy it any more. Perhaps he sees his career re-energised with a change of focus.
Where McCullum is at fault is in not speaking out to clear the air. In this regard he has been badly advised. He is a forthright personality. Silence, like stodginess at the crease, is not his natural game.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo