The post-script to the first test between Australia and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve has been tarred with rumours of internal ructions in the Kiwi camp over the handling of the retirement of veteran paceman Neil Wagner—who, according to former captain Ross Taylor, was forced into retirement.
After meekly submitting last weekend to the mental stranglehold that Australia exerts over the Black Caps in the Test arena, the Kiwis will need to conjure up a huge shift in form and attitude if they are to topple the world champions in the second test starting tomorrow in Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
