NZC ready to wield the axe to senior players

New Zealand officials are prepared to bite the bullet and axe several senior players, according to a report in the New Zealand Herald.

The news comes less than a fortnight before the annual contracts are announced on June 1, and the report suggests that Chris Harris, Craig McMillan, Paul Wiseman and Daryl Tuffey are all likely to be discarded.

It is thought that New Zealand Cricket are keen to bring in some fresh blood, and to do that they need to create vacancies. While those mentioned are long on experience, the time may have come for them to give way to those who represent the future.

Those mentioned as possible replacements include Peter Fulton, Jamie How, Michael Mason, Jeetan Patel, and Ross Taylor.