Daniel Vettori Biography

Full Name :  Daniel Luca Vettori 

Date of Birth :  27th January 1979

Place of Birth :  Auckland, New Zealand 

Nick Name   : Dan 

Height  : 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 

Batting Style  :  Left-Handed 

Bowling Style : Slow Left-Arm Orthodox 

Role :  All-Rounder 

Test Debut (cap 200)  :  6th February 1997 v England 

ODI Debut (cap 100)  :  25th March 1997 v Sri Lanka 

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Daniel Luca Vettori ONZM is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team. Daniel Vettori is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs.    Daniel Vettori is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18. Vettori is a bowling all-rounder who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin; he is known for his accuracy, flight and guile rather than prodigious turn.  Daniel Vettori has a Test batting average of around 30 making him one of the more consistent and better batsmen in the New Zealand cricket team. In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$550,000.  Daniel Vettori is currently the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. Vettori captained New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.

Daniel Vettori 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 Royal Challengers Bangalore. Vettori also represents the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League.  Daniel Vettori is among a very small minority of international sports stars to wear prescription spectacles while playing sport and is the first cricketer of Italian descent to represent New Zealand.

Bowling Records 

A graph showing Vettori's Test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. Daniel Vettori took his 300th Test wicket in Sri Lanka in 2009, becoming only the second New Zealand bowler (after Richard Hadlee) to pass that mark and he is currently New Zealand's leading ODI wicket-taker.

Vettori has three 10 wicket hauls in Test cricket, against Sri Lanka, Australia and Bangladesh.  Daniel Vettori best innings figures were achieved at Auckland in 1999–2000 against Australia where he took 7/87.  Daniel Vettori 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.

Daniel Vettori 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, in the 1st Test against Pakistan in 2009–10 season, Vettori was himself dismissed for 99, while 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 eight of them.

Daniel Vettori captained New Zealand at the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. 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.

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.  Daniel Vettori then refused to shake hands with the England team after the match. This contrasted with Fleming's more languid, laid back style.

Vettori stood down from captaincy and retired from One day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals after the 2011 World Cup.

Batting

Vettori has matured into a useful lower-order batsman, having scored 4,000 Test runs, including six centuries (110 against Pakistan in 2011, 134 against Pakistan 2009, 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.

On 4 December 2009, despite the Black Caps only scoring 99 runs against Pakistan, Vettori became the highest Test run scorer batting at no.8 spot, a record previously held by Shane Warne. For the third Test against Pakistan that started on 11 December 2009, Vettori promoted himself to no.6 in the batting order, it is presumed he will bat at this position in future Test matches.

After suffering a dip in form of batting in 2010 Vettori scored a century against Pakistan when he made 110 as New Zealand's lower order resisted to help post a total of 356 all out. Vettori averages a career 30.09 but his average jumps to 57.9 against Pakistan against whom he has three of his six centuries.

Achievements

Test CenturiesIn the column Runs, * indicates being not out. 

The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career. 

Daniel Vettori's Test Centuries 

No. Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result 

1 137* 49  Pakistan Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2003 Drawn 

2 127 63  Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2005 Won 

3 118 90  India Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2009 Lost 

4 140 94  Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 2009 Lost 

5 134 97  Pakistan Napier, New Zealand McLean Park 2009 Drawn 

6 110 105  Pakistan Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 2011 Drawn 

Test 5-Wicket Hauls 

Daniel Vettori's Test 5-Wicket Hauls 

No. Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result 

1 5-84 4  Sri Lanka Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 1997 Won 

2 6-64 14  Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club 1998 Lost 

3 6-127 25  India Kanpur, India Green Park 1999 Lost 

4 5-62 29  Australia Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2000 Lost 

5 7-87 

6 5-138 33  Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2001 Drawn 

7 6-87 34  Australia Perth, Australia W.A.C.A. Ground 2001 Drawn 

8 6-28 56  Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium 2004 Won 

9 6-70 57  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh MA Aziz Stadium 2004 Won 

10 6-100 

11 5-152 59  Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2004 Lost 

12 5-106 60  Australia Christchurch, New Zealand AMI Stadium 2005 Lost 

13 7-130 73  Sri Lanka Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 2006 Lost 

14 5-69 81  England London, England Lord's 2008 Drawn 

15 5-66 82  England Manchester, England Old Trafford 2008 Lost 

16 5-59 84  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium 2008 Won 

17 5-66 85  Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2008 Drawn 

18 6-56 88  West Indies Dunedin, New Zealand University Oval 2008 Drawn 

One Day International 5-Wicket Hauls

Daniel Vettori's One Day International 5-Wicket Hauls

No. Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result 

1 5-30 137  West Indies London, England Lord's 2004 Won 

2 5-7 210  Bangladesh Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown Events Centre 2007 Won 

Personal Life

Vettori is married to Mary O'Connel, with whom he has two children.  Daniel Vettori moved from Hamilton to Auckland to live with her but has continued playing for the Northern Districts Knights.They have a son named James (born 8 March 2009).Vettori was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to cricket.