If you were selector in real life would you seriously have the kahunas and disregard for your future employment to either drop Ross or drop him to number 6?
After Hesson gate NZC probably got 1000 protest letters. I know some people who sent them. John Parker attempted a coup de tat along with other accomplices and Martin Crowe poured lighter fluid on his nzc blazer and set it alight.
In the backdrop of all of that palava and how close Ross is to retirement Ross could probably do a Jesse Ryder and get plastered the night before the test and not a word would be said to him.
My point is all you blokes casting shade on his batting spot would absolutely pick him yourself at number 4 for the next test if you were the selector and you valued your job.
Nah, I would understand if he got the shoulder tap and I was fuming during captaincygate because of how it was done. This is just something fair for the good of the team that can be handled in a tactful way. Captaincygate was anything but handled well.
"Hey man, we're stripping you of the captaincy
after this game, good luck tomorrow!"
*game occurs, Taylor goes massive, NZ win etc*
"Hey so we're still taking it off you"
*media get wind of circumstances, ask if Hesson/White really were braindead enough to do it the night before a game*
"Nooooooo we didn't. Also we're giving the captaincy to a bloke who averages less than 30 opening"
It's kind of amazing we not only got away with this mess but everything went as well as it did. Contrary to the narrative from certain former players, the team was already rising in quality. Williamson, Taylor, Southee and Boult were on the board.
I think it speaks to the character of all the players involved that the side survived such a public drama.
