Richard Boock tells us that New Zealand Cricket will confirm that Stephen Fleming will miss the first two matches against Australia and that Dan Vettori will take over as captain for those matches.
How does Boock do it? There must be something about the grumpy old git that people like, because he is always first to break a story.
A New Zealand side without Fleming at the helm seems almost unthinkable. And since his batting has improved so dramatically in recent years, a New Zealand batting order without him looks pretty slim. I guess a side permanently without Fleming is something we are all going to have to get used to one day.
At least we are unlikely to experience the same traumatic change of power that India has. For those of you who have missed the news, Rahul Dravid has been appointed captain of the test side - but he will have to work with his bitter and influential predecessor Sourav Ganguly, who has been selected to play as a batsman.
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Presumably having a brother on the Board at NZ Cricket doesn't harm his chances of the consistent inside word...
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