The Surfer

Not a great deal of talent

Dylan Cleaver assesses New Zealand's list of centrally contracted players for the year 2009-10, and writes that the number of strugglers in the list provides an indication of the dearth of cricketing talent in the country

Dylan Cleaver assesses New Zealand's list of centrally contracted players for the year 2009-10, and writes that the number of strugglers in the list provides an indication of the dearth of cricketing talent in the country. Read his article in the New Zealand Herald.

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Can you honestly say Aaron Redmond, Craig Cumming, Scott Styris, Peter Fulton, Kane Williamson, Nathan McCullum, Daryl Tuffey, Mark Gillespie, Peter Ingram and Jamie How lose much in comparison to the stragglers on this list? That does not equate to depth either, just the fact New Zealand has become adept at churning out middling cricketers.

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Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo