Wellington, Dec 14: New Zealand Cricket on Tuesday announced that they would review the recent ODI debacle in India but denied having second thoughts about Daniel Vettori’s captaincy.
NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan said, “We need to go through a proper review and talk about what options there are to help the side improve, but I’d be hard pressed to believe the captaincy would be one of those issues.”
The statement came after the 0-5 ODI loss and a 0-1 Test defeat to India within weeks of an embarrassing one-day whitewash against Bangladesh. The back-to-back series disasters have led to reasonable concern about the team’s readiness for the approaching World Cup.
Vaughan is planning discussions with team manager Dave Currie, captain Vettori, batting coach and selector Mark Greatbatch and performance director Roger Mortimer that address the issues confronting the team.
“If we can see a clear case for [making changes] then it’s something we would have to consider. But it is getting pretty late in the piece,” Vaughan said.
“The danger is obviously that significant change could sometimes be extremely unsettling. It doesn’t mean to say you can’t do it, but you need to go in with your eyes open,” he added cautiously.
