Former Black Caps captain Ken Rutherford believes those at the top of New Zealand Cricket are to blame for an ageing side that's been largely struggling on.
not just personality-wise but the way we’re playing just looks stale, everything just seems very familiar, very same.” So you’ve got to look from a high-performance perspective and say ‘something’s been overlooked’.” 29 or 30 is probably the average age.” so I wonder about the captaincy in that regard but anyway, that’s another point. and the next four-year cycle and make some plans around it.” but very few of them have performed at the necessary level.
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