WANTING CHANGE: Members of John Parker's group that is pushing for reform of New Zealand Cricket (clockwise from top left): Mark Greatbatch, Glenn Turner, Martin Crowe, Jeremy Coney, John Morrison and Ian Smith.

Recent Black Caps coach Mark Greatbatch is the latest high profile cricketing identity to confirm he is part of John Parker's group trying to reform New Zealand Cricket.

With ex-Black Caps captain Parker coming under increased fire for his ongoing campaign to challenge the governance of NZC, Greatbatch has stepped forward in joining former national team-mate and media commentator Ian Smith as identified members of the Parker group.

The group are preparing to have candidates stand for election to the NZC board in September and remain aggrieved at the organisation's senior administration, including chairman Chris Moller and chief executive David White.

The Sunday Star-Times can also exclusively reveal the other members of the group.

They include ex-national captain, coach and selector Glenn Turner, other prominent ex-New Zealand skippers Martin Crowe and Jeremy Coney, and former national representatives John "Mystery" Morrison and Mark Priest.

Their names, along with Greatbatch's and Smith's, appear on a rolling email update, which the Star-Times has a copy of, used to advise group members of their campaign's progress.

Turner has lobbied the Canterbury association on the group's behalf while Morrison and prominent local businessman Doug Catley approached senior Wellington Cricket officials to push the cause.

With the exception of Parker, who was appointed spokesman, the group had originally pledged to keep their identities secret for fear their message would be lost in publicity over their identities.

But, as attacks on Parker increase, the latest from former NZC boss Martin Snedden and talkback radio host Tony Veitch yesterday, allies are coming out of the cold.

Smith admitted to being part of the group on a Friday morning radio programme while Greatbatch opened up last night.

"I'm happy to say I'm part of the group," Greatbatch told the Star-Times.

"I've listened and read the information, I've contributed to some of it. The other people need to be comfortable themselves to tell you who else is involved in the group. There's former players, former captains.

"At the end of the day we're trying to help the game in this country. We don't think there's enough knowledge in the [board] group. I'm happy to come out in public. We're concerned people about our game."

Greatbatch also said he agreed with prior comments of both Smith and Parker, that the re-emergence of the controversial incident which saw NZC sack Ross Taylor as captain for Brendon McCullum, is a symptom overshadowing a bigger message.

The contentious Taylor-McCullum issue regained traction after a nine-page report compiled by the Parker group, including 77 bullet points, emerged last week raising serious accusations about Taylor's removal, with several senior players lined up alongside coach Mike Hesson and McCullum for criticism.

Already NZC has agreed to implement a new constitution and have the board resign en masse - though it is not yet known whether incumbent members will stand for re-election.

White, meanwhile, who has been one of the most criticised NZC administrators in the whole saga, has said he will not resign as CEO.

White confirmed to Fairfax Media a draft of the new NZC constitution was distributed to members on Friday. The document is scheduled for public release tomorrow.

Parker's group will be most interested in two potential revisions from the old constitution, in how the NZC board is elected and the make-up of the team appointments panel.

Parker says former skipper Stephen Fleming has already admitted that he shouldn't have been on the panel that appointed Hesson.