Time for NZC to crack the whip
Jonathan Millmow believes that the 4-0 reversal in Bangladesh has shown up the problems in the three-coach model involving Daniel Vettori, Mark Greatbatch and Roger Mortimer
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
Jonathan Millmow believes that the 4-0 reversal in Bangladesh has shown up the problems in the three-coach model involving Daniel Vettori, Mark Greatbatch and Roger Mortimer. Writing in the Dominion Post, Millmow hopes Chris Moller, the new NZC chairman, will initiate steps for the appointment of a head coach.
Vettori and Greatbatch front the NZC board in Wellington today and the thrust of their explanation will centre on solutions for improving the batting unit. Brendon McCullum down, Martin Guptill opening, Scott Styris here, Kane Williamson there. In reality, it is just shuffling the deckchairs. The problem stems from a fundamentally flawed management model that among other things has seen young players fall to pieces and Vettori's favourites and selection whims pass muster without question.
Logan Savory, writing for the Southland Times, says that the Bangladesh series whitewash has finally pricked the egos of the top New Zealand players, and cites the case of the McCullum brothers.
The way many of the players have conducted themselves has also been embarrassing.
Our leading players went about their business with their noses up in the air and growing egos alongside them, unaware that most of them were overpaid and under-delivered more often than not.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo