Do Wright thing: bring back Baz

Eric Young writes in the Sunday Star Times that Brendon McCullum should be reinstated as New Zealand vice-captain. The person who is the captain of New Zealand is now also its vice-captain, coach and selector, and Young isn't sure whether this is madness or genius but he is certain it can't last for long.

McCullum deputised in the Twenty20s but by all accounts the Kiwis were lucky to scrape together 11 fit players. Is McCullum now the man to captain the Test team? And how, with Vettori doing all the jobs that matter, is leadership being encouraged within that dressing room? Do we look down the list, arrive at someone such as Ross Taylor and throw the dice? Or do we hand the captaincy back to McCullum, beg forgiveness and ask him to please treat it with respect?

Curiosity remains contagious over who is a) best suited or b) likely to get the New Zealand coaching job as the team's performances fluctuated in the UAE over the past week. The Herald on Sunday's Peter Williams sought the views of a trio who, over the past 60 years, have either played for, captained, coached or selected the New Zealand team.

Mark Richardson, in the same paper, says that he finds it hard to take the two Twenty20 internationals between New Zealand and Pakistan overly seriously.