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Full name Daniel Luca Vettori
Born January 27, 1979, Auckland
Current age 29 years 111 days
Major teams New Zealand,Delhi Daredevils,ICC World XI,Northern Districts,Nottinghamshire,Warwickshire
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations Cousin - JV Hill
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
80
117
19
2684
137*
27.38
4688
57.25
2
16
353
8
39
0
ODIs
215
133
42
1374
83
15.09
1721
79.83
0
3
103
7
55
0
T20Is
8
7
1
41
17*
6.83
31
132.25
0
0
5
0
3
0
First-class
129
180
26
4327
137*
28.09
4
25
62
0
List A
281
183
50
2618
138
19.68
2
9
86
0
Twenty20
15
12
1
207
47
18.81
153
135.29
0
0
23
4
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
80
131
19178
8528
245
7/87
12/149
34.80
2.66
78.2
13
13
3
ODIs
215
202
10188
7111
223
5/7
5/7
31.88
4.18
45.6
6
2
0
T20Is
8
8
192
176
13
4/20
4/20
13.53
5.50
14.7
1
0
0
First-class
129
29293
13165
408
7/87
32.26
2.69
71.7
23
3
List A
281
13546
9242
300
5/7
5/7
30.80
4.09
45.1
6
2
0
Twenty20
15
15
354
335
21
4/20
4/20
15.95
5.67
16.8
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 6-10, 1997 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 25, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Kenya v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Essex v New Zealanders at Chelmsford, May 2-5, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1996/97
Last List A
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Northern Districts v Auckland at Hamilton, Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Delhi Daredevils v Bangalore Royal Challengers at Delhi, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Daniel Vettori has been on the international scene so long it is sometimes hard to believe he is still in his twenties. The youngest man to play Test cricket for New Zealand, at the age of 18, he sits beside Richard Hadlee and Chris Cairns as New Zealanders to take 200 Test wickets and score 2000 runs. With time on his side, he could one day creep up towards Hadlee's 431 Test dismissals, but to do that Vettori would need to avoid the stress fractures in his back that troubled him earlier in his career. He also could not afford another form slump like the one he suffered in 2003-04. He returned to his best, though, and his mastery of drift and subtle variations in flight, speed and length earned him a reputation as New Zealand's most dangerous player. It was that guile and ability to confuse the batsmen that sometimes turned what seemed like innocuous deliveries into unplayable hand-grenades by the time they reached the other end. He troubled Australia with 12 for 149 at Eden Park in March 2000, giving him his first ten-wicket Test. He continued to peak whenever he faced Australia and also feasted against Bangladesh in 2004, taking 20 for 224 in the two-match rout. He was recognised alongside Muttiah Muralitharan as one of the best spinners outside Australia for the Super Series in 2005-06, and was one of six players to represent the World XI in the Test and all three one-dayers. A handy lower-order batsman, he has two Test centuries, and his record as leader was superb whenever Stephen Fleming was unavailable. Fleming stepped down from the limited-overs captaincy after the World Cup and Vettori was installed as skipper for the Twenty20 World Championship. He was then appointed as New Zealand's long-term leader when took over from Fleming as the Test captain ahead of their two-Test tour of South Africa. Brydon Coverdale September 2007
