Black Caps v Australia

[mariner4life]

in the current side, coming out and saying "tim southee was a bit shit, and so was that other bloke that shouldn't have been there" is probably a really good way to get cut from the side. Especially when you didn't score that many

[Donsteppa]

I forget his exact words - but even allowing for Glenn Philips level of positivity - some of his end of the day comments were very much rose tinted glasses during the series.

[canefan]

We got a hiding in the first game and let a golden chance to even the score and win a rare home test against Australia slip through our fingers. Literally

[Donsteppa]

Stuff: ‘Tim is fantastic’: Black Caps throw support behind under-fire skipper

He is also "brilliant".

[Donsteppa]

Wagons circled.

NZ Herald: New Zealand vs Australia: Black Caps defend Daryl Mitchell after commentators turn on Kiwi batter

[Bovidae]

I don't see a change of test captain while Stead is still the coach. We'll be needing a Hesson moment for that to happen.

[MadGav]

@Bovidae so not only is he a cretin , hes soft as fuck too

[Rapido]

There's not exactly a strong captaincy candidate around, though.

A Latham/Stead combo would be fairly pointless, IMO .

Latham with a brand new coach who has something about him. To whom Latham (or whoever) is a tool. Would probably/possibly work ok.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia:

I don't see a change of test captain while Stead is still the coach. We'll be needing a Hesson moment for that to happen.

Forget about Darryl’s comments, when is someone (Weenink or DPL) going to comment that Stead and Southee have the full support of the Board…

[nzzp]

@ACT-Crusader said in Black Caps v Australia:

@Bovidae said in Black Caps v Australia:

I don't see a change of test captain while Stead is still the coach. We'll be needing a Hesson moment for that to happen.

Forget about Darryl’s comments, when is someone (Weenink or DPL) going to comment that Stead and Southee have the full support of the Board…

The problem is, they genuinely do have the support of the board.

I think the comments from Darryl are being grabbed as a symptom reaction. The reality is we have limited Test quality players, and we need to get the best out of them. We lost that test because we couldn't keep going in the first innings, and we dropped catches, and too many of our bowlers were toothless. Those are structural issues with our cricket - but I see little appetite to seriously address them.