The church mouse opens up

John Wright, set to take over from Ric Charlesworth as New Zealand Cricket's high performance manager, looks ahead to his new role, the frustration at being overlooked last month as a national selector and the talented players to look out for. In an indepth interview to Jonathan Millmow in stuff.co.nz, Wright explains why struggling players like Michael Papps and Craig Cumming should be persisted with.

"I know Bruce Edgar and I were averaging in the mid 20s for the first 20 Tests of our careers but we were stuck with and backed and then we repaid them.You have to have specialists and they have to want to open the batting and you have to give them a chance, but having said that, if we are to get better at Test cricket then we have to solve that situation."