N Zealand backlash over cricket captaincy turmoil
- Published: 8 Dec 2012 at 17.46
- Online news: Sports
There were calls for New Zealand cricket administrators to resign on Saturday over the sacking of top batsman Ross Taylor as captain, while new skipper Brendon McCullum denied any role in the dismissal.
New Zealand former captain Ross Taylor during the fourth day of the second and final Test match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the P. Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in Colombo on November 28. There were calls for cricket administrators to resign Saturday over the sacking of top batsman Taylor as captain, while new skipper Brendon McCullum denied any role in the dismissal
Former captain Martin Crowe and New Zealand's largest daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, asked those responsible for Taylor's dismissal, and the way it was handled, to step aside.
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