Are New Zealands Test problems under John Bracewells coaching closer to being solved?
The series win in Zimbabwe lifted New Zealand from seventh to fifth on the ICC Test Championship which is not to be snivelled at. Team selection though remains a concern. Is it any clearer who New Zealand’s Test openers should be? Neither of New Zealand’s two specialist openers featured in the series: Craig Cumming, the incumbent for the previous five Tests, was resigned to the warm-up games and net practice while Michael Papps was preparing for the A team’s forthcoming tour to Sri Lanka. James Marshall’s elevation to the team last season followed an impressive run in domestic cricket when he moved away from the opening position. Relative failure in Zimbabwe leaves his spot as the incumbent opener in doubt according to Ken Rutherford, the former captain, who had the rudest of awakenings at Test level in the West Indies in 1985. As Rutherford told The Herald on Sunday, “Marshall plays too many balls into the gully region to be an effective opener”. Lou Vincent facing the new ball could
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