Wellington, Dec. 20: Former New Zealand cricket Test captain John Wright was on Monday named coach of the national side which is in the doldrums after losing its last 11 one-day internationals.
The move follows a disastrous tour of India, where Wright, 56, had huge success as a coach in a five-year spell from November 2000, steering that country’s side to a series win over Australia and the final of the 2003 World Cup.
Wright is taking over immediately, with less than a week to prepare for the Black Caps’ first match against the touring Pakistan side, the first of three Twenty20 internationals in Auckland on Boxing Day.