Daniel Vettori

Daniel Vettori

Daniel Vettori at the University Oval in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Luca Vettori
Born	27 January 1979 (1979-01-27) (age 30) Auckland, New Zealand
Nickname	Dan
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder, New Zealand captain
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 200)	6 February 1997 v England
Last Test	26 August 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 100)	25 March 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	9 November 2009 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996 – present	Northern Districts
2006	Warwickshire
2003	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	94	248	146	315
Runs scored	3,492	1,715	5,339	2,969
Batting average	29.59	16.33	29.99	20.06
100s/50s	4/20	0/3	7/30	2/9
Top score	140	83	140	138
Balls bowled	23,125	11,709	33,850	15,127
Wickets	303	256	477	335
Bowling average	33.51	31.71	31.59	30.75
5 wickets in innings	18	2	28	2
10 wickets in match	3	n/a	3	n/a
Best bowling	7/87	5/7	7/87	5/7
Catches/stumpings	48/–	68/–	72/–	99/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2009

Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a cricketer who is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996/1997 at the age of 18. Vettori is a bowling all-rounder who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin, he is known for his flight and guile rather than prodigious turn or pinpoint accuracy. He has a Test batting average of around 30 making him one of the more consistent and better batsmen in the New Zealand cricket team.

He was born in Auckland and brought up in Hamilton, attending Marian School and later St. Paul's Collegiate School. When available, he plays provincial cricket for Northern Districts and is also an international member of Indian Premier League team the Delhi DareDevils. In December 2008, he joined the illustrious few to have reached the all-rounder's double of 200 wickets and 2000 runs in Test cricket. He is one of only a few international sports stars to wear prescription glasses whilst playing sport and is the first cricketer of Italian descent to represent New Zealand.

International career

Vettori made his test debut at Wellington for New Zealand, against England, on 6 February 1997. His first Test wicket was that of Nasser Hussain, a former English cricketer. Three weeks earlier, he had made his first class debut, against the touring English side, and again his maiden wicket was Hussain. His ODI debut came a month later, against Sri Lanka, at Christchurch on 25 March 1997.

His career was in jeopardy in 2000 with a back injury, but he recovered to play a major role in New Zealand's victory in the 2004 Tri-Series with England and the West Indies in England.

Vettori was selected in the final squad for the World XI Super Series against Australia and played in all 3 ODIs and the Super Test.

As of 10 March 2008, Vettori was ranked 1st on the ICC Player Rankings for One Day bowlers and ranked 2nd and 10th for Test and One Day all-rounders respectively.

Vetorri is now the current temporary player-coach-captain of the New Zealand side, following former coach Andy Moles's resignation.

Vettori has also played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.

On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler (after Chaminda Vaas) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club.^[1]

Bowling Records

A graph showing Vettori's test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

He took his 300th Test wicket in Sri Lanka in 2009, becoming only the second New Zealand bowler (after Richard Hadlee) to pass that mark ^[1] and he is currently New Zealand's leading ODI wicket-taker^[2]

Vettori has three 10 wicket hauls in Test cricket, against Sri Lanka, Australia and Bangladesh. His best innings figures were achieved at Auckland in 1999/00 against Australia where he took 7/87. He finished with career best match figures in that game, taking 12/149. They are the second best ever by a New Zealander, with only Richard Hadlee having taken more in a match. With another 12 wicket effort, against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the only New Zealander to have taken a dozen wickets in a Test on two occasions.

He is the bowler to have most frequently dismissed Shane Warne in Tests, getting him out nine times, most notably for 99 in a Test at Perth. Ironically, his most recent test innings against Pakistan, he was dismissed for 99, chasing a world record in centuries batting from position number 8.

Captaincy

Prior to becoming captain on a permanent basis in 2007, Vettori had captained the Black Caps in ODI cricket on occasions such as when regular captain Stephen Fleming was not available. As of the end of 2006, he had led New Zealand in 11 games, winning 8 of them.

He captained New Zealand at the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa.^[3] Subsequently, it was announced that Vettori would captain the Black Caps in all forms of the game: Twenty20s, ODIs and Tests. Initially, he was announced to only be captain of the former two. ^[4]

Vettori's captaincy has had a rocky start, losing a Test series in England first up. Vettori also attracted some criticism in the following ODI series when he engaged in angry shouting from the balcony at The Oval, regarding a controversial run out that had occurred. He then refused to shake hands with the England team after the match.^[5] This contrasted with Fleming's more languid, laid back style.^{[citation needed]}

Batting

Vettori has matured into a useful lower-order batsman, having scored 3,000 Test runs, including four centuries (140 against Sri Lanka 2009,137* against Pakistan in 2003 ,127 against Zimbabwe in 2005 and 118 against India in 2009)as well as several half-centuries. Although it took Vettori 47 Tests to score his first 1,000 runs at an average of 17.24, the second thousand took him just 22 Tests at a rate of 42.52 per innings.

In December 2006, Vettori began establishing himself as more of an all-rounder, batting at number 5 for New Zealand in the one-day series against Sri Lanka.

Personal life

Vettori is married to Mary O'Carroll. He moved from Hamilton to Auckland to live with her but has continued playing for the Northern Districts Knights.^[6] They have a son named James ^[7](born 8 March 2009). ^[8]

Biography

A biography of Vettori was published in August 2008.^[9]

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Daniel Vettori

• Player Profile: Daniel Vettori from Cricinfo
• ICC Player Rankings
• Daniel Vettori at New Zealand Cricket Players Association

v • d • e New Zealand squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 3 Taylor · 7 Fleming (c) · 10 McMillan · 11 Vettori · 14 Tuffey · 17 Gillespie · 24 Oram · 27 Bond · 32 Martin · 34 Marshall · 39 Patel · 40 Vincent · 42 McCullum · 45 Mason · 50 Fulton · 56 Styris · 70 Franklin · Coach: Bracewell Tuffey and Vincent were injured during the tournament and replaced in the squad by Martin and Marshall respectively.

v • d • e New Zealand squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup 5 Harris · 6 Cairns · 7 Fleming (c) · 8 Vincent · 9 Astle · 10 McMillan · 11 Vettori · 14 Tuffey · 18 Sinclair · 20 Mills · 24 Oram · 27 Bond · 41 Adams · 42 McCullum · 56 Styris · Coach: Aberhart