It takes a lot to admit you’re wrong, to put up your hand and say “I stuffed up”. It’s harder still when the people you’ve let down represent an entire section of society, and even more so when you’re one of the highest profile sports in the county. There’s been numerous sports reviews of late. Hockey, cycling, canoe racing, netball and rugby have all aired their dirty laundry to varying degrees, some involving serious welfare issues, others performance-related.
New Zealand’s Cricket’s public mea culpa in 2016 was different – it admitted