John Morrison, the former New Zealand batsman, has attacked the modern culture of over-analysis (which was mentioned yesterday by Nathan Astle) and criticised New Zealand’s inability to think on their feet.
"I'm always worried when I go to a ground and see cricket coaches poring over laptops but the problem is, now if you say anything to the contrary you're called old and out of touch.
So instead we've created this industry of extras around the team who have to justify their existence by taking any decisions or responsibilities away from the players.
"So we've got this mollycoddled generation of sportsmen who might be great athletes but who have lost all ability to think for themselves.
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