A plenitude of world-class sport at the moment ensures there are many issues of note to contemplate.

Here are a couple of them.

In years to come, one notable trivial sports question could well be, "Name the Samoan that captained the All Blacks in a test on the end-of-year tour in 2008 and name the Maori who played for England against them?".

Of course, Keven Mealamu has just led the men in black against Scotland and ex-Hurricane, Riki Flutey has been selected at second-five in Martin Johnson's English team.

Flutey's selection really intrigues me. Here is a player who literally played in every position at first-class level in New Zealand and gained a reputation as a jack of all trades and master of none.

No wonder then that Flutey has relished being played solely at second-five for Wasps and now England.

He's on record as saying, "I never was able to settle in my career back home. I could never get used to any one position."

I fervently hope that we don't hear one Isaia Toeava express similar sentiments sometime in the future, given he has been and still is being shunted from position to position.

TO BOWL OR NOT TO BOWL

Since he bowed out of yet another tour with injury, this time on the Black Caps' visit to Bangladesh, I was pleased to see Jacob Oram give a strong hint that he is thinking about being available just to bat in future Test series.

This is a big call from a cricketer recently voted as the world's top, one-day all-rounder. But I'm certain it would be the correct decision for both Oram and the Black Caps.

Prolonging his injury-infested bowling career will surely endanger his batting future while John Bracewell and his team doesn't deserve the uncertainty that will surround Oram, should he choose to bowl.

Oram has common-sense and modesty in abundance and can be relied upon to know when his bowling days need seriously curtailing.

I'm afraid I can't attribute the same sense of sound judgement to some recent utterances from ex-Black Caps quick, Shane Bond.

When asked, given the right circumstances, if there's any possibility that he would play for the Black Caps again, Bond stated that he was still very upset with New Zealand Cricket and was not likely to accept any invitation to do so.

Now, Bond obviously feels some reason to be aggrieved in the way he was released but, surely, this pales in comparison to the support and loyalty that New Zealand Cricket extended to Bond throughout his career of sporadic appearances on the field.

I reckon when you divide the number of balls Bond bowled for the Black Caps into the money NZ Cricket kept on playing him season after season, it probably amounts to 100 dollars plus a delivery.

Add to that the never-ending patience that Bond received from his employer and his recent petulance is way out of order.

So much so, I'm convinced Justin Vaughan and co. are best advised to grant Shane Bond his wish on a permanent basis.

Your thoughts on any of the above please.