Taylor hits back over his sacking
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December 11, 2012, Tuesday
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FIRED captain Ross Taylor has accused New Zealand Cricket of misrepresenting the circumstances of his dismissal, further inflaming a row overshadowing New Zealand's preparation for its tour of South Africa.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White and national coach Mike Hesson say Taylor was asked to remain as test captain but relinquish the captaincy of the New Zealand one-day and Twenty20 teams to Brendon McCullum.
Asked whether someone at New Zealand Cricket was lying about the offer of the test captaincy, Taylor replied "definitely."
Taylor says Hesson made it clear he had lost confidence in his leadership and he would be dismissed as captain in all forms of the game once the second test had been played.
Despite Hesson and White insisting that Taylor was asked to remain as test captain, Taylor claims the offer of retaining the test role was only made after New Zealand won the second test, squaring the series and breaking a run of five test losses under his leadership.
"He said I wasn't a good enough leader, that this team needs a strong leader and that I wasn't a strong leader," Taylor said. "If I wasn't a strong leader why would he give me the test captaincy?
"He said 'Ross, I am going to recommend to (NZC director of cricket) John Buchanan that we have a new captain for South Africa.' There was nothing in there about anything to do with a split captaincy."
Taylor has since made himself unavailable for the two-test tour of South Africa.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White and national coach Mike Hesson say Taylor was asked to remain as test captain but relinquish the captaincy of the New Zealand one-day and Twenty20 teams to Brendon McCullum.
Asked whether someone at New Zealand Cricket was lying about the offer of the test captaincy, Taylor replied "definitely."
Taylor says Hesson made it clear he had lost confidence in his leadership and he would be dismissed as captain in all forms of the game once the second test had been played.
Despite Hesson and White insisting that Taylor was asked to remain as test captain, Taylor claims the offer of retaining the test role was only made after New Zealand won the second test, squaring the series and breaking a run of five test losses under his leadership.
"He said I wasn't a good enough leader, that this team needs a strong leader and that I wasn't a strong leader," Taylor said. "If I wasn't a strong leader why would he give me the test captaincy?
"He said 'Ross, I am going to recommend to (NZC director of cricket) John Buchanan that we have a new captain for South Africa.' There was nothing in there about anything to do with a split captaincy."
Taylor has since made himself unavailable for the two-test tour of South Africa.
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