Cricket: Taylor slams NZ team management

Disgruntled former captain Ross Taylor dismisses head coach Mike Hesson’s advice as ‘laughable’.

WELLINGTON: Disgruntled former captain Ross Taylor has slammed New Zealand’s team management, dismissing head coach Mike Hesson’s advice as ‘laughable’ and claiming he was not given enough support in his 18-month stint as skipper.

Opener Brendon McCullum will take on all three roles and faces a baptism of fire as he leads New Zealand on tour to South Africa later this month. “I knew it’d be tough from the outset (with Hesson),” said Taylor.

“We liaised during the Champions League. He wrote down a few things for me to improve on, which were laughable, frankly.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 10^th, 2012.