Lifting the Covers

Who'd want to take on the shambles that was New Zealand cricket after the South African tour debacle in 1994? Well, I did. But I'd hardly got started before I got the chop.

The climate in New Zealand cricket was awful. Trying to get a New Zealand cricket team to Pull in the one direction was like setting out to herd cats...

Glenn Turner has been quiet for over two years In Lifting the Covers he tells his story of what happened while he was coach of the New Zealand cricket team, both on and off the field, and behind the scenes.

He tells how you go about selecting a national team, how you turn young men into professional international sportsmen, how you accommodate the individual in a team sport.

He also reveals what happened at the World Cup, in India and the West Indies -and what was happening back home in the board room of New Zealand Cricket. Turner's views on that time, and since, on the state of New Zealand and world cricket, are forthright, riveting reading.

This is Glenn Turner, unplugged.