The statistical enquiry cycle has 5 parts: Problem, Plan, Data, Analysis and Conclusion.
Problem: Why is there an environment in NZC where a breakdown between captain and coach can have catastrophic consequences and be played out in the public domain as appallingly as this one has.
Plan: Look back over the last 6 years of New Zealand Cricket’s history and see if there is a pattern, and anything that might be the reason:
Data: In a statistical enquiry this is where I gather the numbers. Obviously that’s not so relevant in this situation. So instead I went through just over 4000 articles in three different news archives that related to New Zealand Cricket. Here is a time-line of some of the significant events in New Zealand Cricket over the last 6 years. I’ve broken it up into Governance, Management, Leadership and Players; but some of the issues related to more than one category, so they could have fit across more than one. In these situations I picked what I felt was the most appropriate.
Date | Governance | Management | Leadership | Players |
Jan-2006 | Cairns retires | |||
June-2006 | Snedden announces 5 year test plan. Incuded 2 tests in 18 months. | |||
July-2006 | Andy Moles appointed as ND coach | |||
Sept-2006 | Don Neely replaces John Reid as president of NZC | |||
Dec-2006 | Snedden steps down | Dayle Hadlee appointed bowling coach | ||
Jan-2007 | Astle retires | |||
Apr-2007 | Fleming retires as ODI captain | |||
June-2007 | Justin Vaughan appointed new CEO. Forms committee to look at Bracewell’s position as coach. Includes Ric Charlesworth | Wright turns down Australian academy, expresses interest in working with NZ cricket. | ||
July-2007 | Bracewell re-appointed for 2 more years. Mark O’Neill new bating coach. Wright to have a (largely unspecified) role. Bracewell loses veto over selectors | |||
Aug-2007 | Heath Mills expresses concern about the newly mooted ICL. Asks NZC to talk with ICC about it. | Nash, Turner, Hadlee and Bracewell all re-appointed as selectors. Haslee and Nash given 1 year contracts, Turner and Bracewell 2 year contracts | Bracewell drops Fleming from t20’s. appoints Vettori captain | |
Sept-2007 | Vettori given test captaincy. Fleming says he will stay on. | |||
Cairns, Harris, Astle and H Marshall all sign for ICL | ||||
Oct-2007 | Ric Charlesworth quits as high performance manager | Craig McMillan retires | ||
B McCullum made vice captain | ||||
Nov-2007 | Wright appointed high performance manager | Andre Adams makes himself unavailable for ODIs | ||
Dec-2007 | Richard Hadlee initially left off guest list for Chappell-Hadlee fixture. | |||
Jan-2008 | Bond signs with ICL | |||
Feb-2008 | Vaughan allows Auckland to play James Anderson, despite opposition from other asociations. | Fleming retires | ||
Ryder incident in bar | ||||
Lou Vincent & Adam Parore join ICL | ||||
May-2008 | Bracewell announces he will quit April 2009 | Andre Adams becomes a Kolpak player | ||
June-2008 | Major changes in the organisation at NZC. 11 positions removed and 20 created. John Wright and Lindsay Crocker’s jobs both disestablished | |||
July-2008 | Dermot Reeve appointed coach of CD | |||
Aug-2008 | A number of staff leave NZC – Alec Astle, Dayle Hadlee, Dayle Shackel, Warren Frost, Brian Aldridge | Bob Carter appointed Canterbury coach | ||
Sept-2008 | Alan Isaac replaces Sir John Anderson as chairman of NZC board after Anderson retires. | |||
Nov-2008 | Geoff Allott appointed general manager of cricket. | Andy Moles appointed coach | ||
NZC apologises to West Indies for “it’s all white here” slogan | ||||
Dec-2008 | Mark Greatbatch appointed as advisor to national selection panel | |||
Jan-2009 | Heath Mills criticizes selectors for not communicating with players when they are dropped. | |||
Feb-2009 | Dave Currie appointed manager | |||
Mark O’Donnell appointed assistant coach | ||||
Apr-2009 | Moles asks to become a selector. | |||
June-2009 | State Insurance pull out as sponsor | Bond becomes available after ending ties with ICL | ||
Aug-2009 | Moles and Vettori added to selection panel, replacing Nash | |||
Oct-2009 | First Class competition moves to home and away format. | 22 – reports players unhappy with Moles | McCullum loses vice captaincy | |
23- Vettori gives some support to Moles | ||||
24- Moles quits. | ||||
Nov-2009 | Name of first class comp returns to Plunket Shield | John Wright to assist Vettori with national team | ||
Jan-2010 | Greatbatch appointed coach | Taylor named “stand-by captain” | ||
Feb-2010 | NZC announce partnership with USACA. Schedule matches in Florida | Martin Crowe appointed “batting advisor” | ||
Mar-2010 | NZC agrees to nominate John Howard, rather than original pick, Sir John Anderson as new ICC president. | NZ pull out of Zimbabwe series | ||
May-2010 | Roger Mortimer joins as performance director. | |||
June-2010 | John Howard rejected as ICC president | McCullum gives up keeping in tests. | ||
Aug-2010 | Alan Isaac appointed as ICC vice-president. Chris Moller takes over as NZC chairman | Shane Bond assistant coach at CD | ||
Trent Woodhill appointed as assistant coach | ||||
Oct-2010 | Robbie Hart appointed to board | |||
Board calls for sweeping review post Bangladesh clean-sweep | ||||
Nov-2010 | Geoff Allott resigns. | Duncan Fletcher comes in temporarily as consultant | ||
Dec-2010 | Bond, Martin Crowe and Gerard Gillespie bought into cricket committee. | Another deal with USACA | John Wright replaces Mark Greatbatch as coach. Vettori loses selector role. | |
Jan-2011 | Alan Donald joins as bowling coach | |||
Mar-2011 | Vettori retires from T20i | |||
Apr-2011 | Crowe quits cricket comittee | Buchanan appointed director of cricket. | ||
June-2011 | Donald quits as bowling coach | Players consulted on the leadership qualities of Taylor and McCullum | ||
National selection managers role introduced, given to Greatbatch temporarily | Taylor appointed as captain, after rigorous process | |||
Trent Woodhill reappointed | Vettori quits ODIs | |||
July-2011 | Hesson appointed Kenyan coach | |||
Damian Wright appointed bowling coach | ||||
Mike Sandle appointed manager | ||||
Sept-2011 | Vaughan steps down as CEO | Kim Littlejohn appointed national selection manager | ||
Dec-2011 | David White appointed CEO | |||
Mar-2012 | Ryder & Bracewell dropped for breaking protocol | |||
Ryder takes indefinite break from cricket | ||||
Apr-2012 | NZC signs 8 year media deal | ICC rule Wagner eligible for NZ | ||
May-2012 | Therese Walsh comes onboard to run NZC’s part of the 2015 World Cup | John Wright turns down a new contract with NZC | ||
July-2012 | Mike Hesson named as new coach | Williamson named interim captain while Taylor injured and McCullum rested | ||
Ryder makes himself eligible for Wellington | ||||
Aug-2012 | Bob Carter appointed as assistant coach | |||
Damian Wright steps down as bowling coach | ||||
Sept-2012 | Review of the board completed. 39 recommendations were made, and published. | Friday night TV deal announced. | ||
Nov-2012 | Stephen Boock named NZC president, Greg Barclay appointed as director | Turner and Crowe appointed talent scouts | Hesson approaches Taylor with Sandle and Carter, tells him that he is going to recommend a leadership change to the board after the tour. | |
Dec-2012 | Chris Moller announces a special general meeting to look at a new constitution for New Zealand cricket. | McCullum appointed captain. Taylor rejects offer of split captaincy, steps down from South Africa tour. |
Analysis: This is where I normally do some calculations, arrange the data into a nice table, and perhaps draw a graph. None of those things work here, so instead I’ve looked at some of the trends in the stories.
The one constant in New Zealand cricket over the past 6 years has been change. During that time the team has had 5 coaches, at least 11 selectors and at least 16 assistant or specialist coaches. There has been a litany of job titles for people too. General manager of cricket, chairman of selectors, convenor of selectors, national selection manager, high performance manager, performance director, director of cricket selection advisor, batting advisor etc. There have also been 6 captains for the international team (although Kane Williamson was only as an injury replacement and Jamie How was only for a tour match)
There have been a number of quite significant changes in the power balance between the captain and the coach. First there was a confrontation between Bracewell and Fleming. Then Moles and Vettori. Then Hesson and Taylor. The role of the captain has changed a number of times. Vettori was a selector, and for a while was actually the coach as well (although that was only for about 2 weeks while the team was between coaches). However this is not an issue that is limited to New Zealand cricket. There were similar issues in Australia between Warne and Buchanan and most spectacularly in England between Pietersen, Flintoff and a range of coaches.
An interesting story came out in 2009 where Richard Hadlee felt that Fleming had downgraded the role of coach in New Zealand. That balance in power has certainly been an issue.
Likewise there was an issue with player power in Central Districts while Dermot Reeve was coach, and almost one in Auckland not long after Paul Strang took over. In that situation Auckland Cricket acted quickly, brought in someone extra to help sort out the communication and define the roles between the senior players and the coach.
Conclusion: This is not the first time that there has been a power issue between coach and captain in New Zealand Cricket, or in international cricket in general. It is something that has been bubbling under the surface for a while. New Zealand Cricket probably need to do what Auckland did: bring in someone who is respected by both the coaches and the players, get them to work with both groups to define clearly the roles and expectations of the coach and captain. And then stick with it.
There have been so many changes in New Zealand Cricket over the past 6 years, that consistency is probably better than making more changes. However the roles need to be more clearly defined, and there needs to be a third person introduced to make sure that the two are working together correctly. That person may be the manager, or the director of cricket or someone else, but whoever it is needs to get involved before this happens a fourth time.
Brilliant!!
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