The former New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden believes John Wright must take over as national team's coach.

"I'm going to put my hand up and say John Wright's time is now, he would be great," Snedden told the Dominion Post newspaper.

He was further quoted as saying, "Right at the heart of this is John Wright has the know-how. So much of what he brings is required. The skill of batting, the passion, he was so nationalistic as a player, we need that right now."

Wright, who played 82 tests for New Zealand, 14 as captain, has been NZC's high performance manager for two years. He also coached Indian national team from 2000-2005 and English county Kent before that from 1996-2000.

"John Wright is someone who over a really long period of time was able to work it all out," Snedden said.

"He did it as a player and then he did it as a coach. If you go four to five years as coach of India you have to be incredibly resilient, and that is a really important quality of a coach."

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"There is talk of perceived shortcomings - if that's the case you cope with that. It is far better to have a coach with John Wright's skills and knowhow than someone else who might have that (an ability to organize) and very little else.

"Currently our batting is a problem. We have the raw talent with guys like Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder and Tim McIntosh, but they are still to learn the skills how to survive. John has all of that knowledge and the desperation."

After the removal of Andy Moles as New Zealand coach, the team has been looking for a proper replacement.

But the Kiwis are left with limited options as the Australians Tom Moody and Greg Shipperd have already confirmed that they could not be available, while former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has also ruled himself out.

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