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Daniel Vettori

Vettori in 2011 at Government House, Auckland
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Luca Vettori
Born	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 46) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand (1997–2015)
Test debut (cap 200)	6 February 1997 v England
Last Test	26 November 2014 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 101)	25 March 1997 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	29 March 2015 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	11
T20I debut (cap 25)	12 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I	5 December 2014 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	11
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996/97–2014/15	Northern Districts
2003	Nottinghamshire
2006	Warwickshire
2008–2010	Delhi Daredevils
2009/10	Queensland
2011–2012	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011/12–2014/15	Brisbane Heat
2014–2015	Jamaica Tallawahs
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 113 295 174 365 Runs scored 4,531 2,253 6,695 3,549 Batting average 30.00 17.33 29.62 20.16 100s/50s 6/23 0/4 9/34 2/10 Top score 140 83 140 138 Balls bowled 28,814 14,060 41,258 17,628 Wickets 362 305 565 387 Bowling average 34.36 31.71 31.82 30.98 5 wickets in innings 20 2 33 2 10 wickets in match 3 0 3 0 Best bowling 7/87 5/7 7/87 5/7 Catches/stumpings 58/– 88/– 98/– 121/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  New Zealand ICC Cricket World Cup Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand Commonwealth Games Bronze 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 February 2016

Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a famous New Zealand cricket coach and former player. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team for many years. He was the 200th player to earn a Test cricket cap for New Zealand. He is also in the New Zealand Cricket Hall of Fame. Today, he works as an assistant coach for the Australia men's national cricket team.

Vettori started playing Test cricket for New Zealand in February 1997. He was only 18 years old, making him the youngest male player at that time. He was the captain of New Zealand's team from 2007 to 2011. Daniel Vettori played in more Test and One Day International (ODI) matches than any other New Zealander. He played 112 Test matches and 291 ODI matches. He was an All-rounder, meaning he was good at both batting and bowling. He was one of only eight players in Test cricket history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs.

Vettori was a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He was known for bowling very accurately. He could make the ball spin in clever ways. He was part of the New Zealand team that finished second in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. After this tournament, he stopped playing all forms of cricket. Since then, he has worked in various coaching roles.

Playing Career Highlights

Daniel Vettori was born in Auckland and grew up in Hamilton. He went to Marian School and St. Paul's Collegiate School. At first, he bowled medium-pace, but he later changed to spin bowling. He started playing for Northern Districts in 1996/97. His first international match was in February 1997 against England. He was just 18, the youngest New Zealander to play Test cricket then. He took his first five wickets in an international match against Sri Lanka in March 1997.

Vettori was one of the few international sports stars to wear prescription spectacles while playing. He was also one of the very few cricketers in modern times to play Test cricket with glasses.

Leading the Team

Before becoming the full-time captain in 2007, Vettori sometimes led the New Zealand team in ODI matches. He captained New Zealand at the first Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. After that, he became the team's captain for all types of cricket games.

Vettori stopped being captain after the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He also retired from One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket then. He was called back to play in the ODI team for the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2015 Cricket World Cup. By this time, he had already retired from Test cricket. His very last Test match was in November 2014 as an emergency player.

Amazing Bowling Records

Vettori playing a Test match in Dunedin in 2009

In 2009, Vettori took his 300th Test wicket during a tour of Sri Lanka. He was only the second New Zealander to do this, after Richard Hadlee. As of August 2022, his 362 Test wickets rank second only to Hadlee for New Zealand. He is also New Zealand's top wicket-taker in One Day International matches, with 297 wickets.

Vettori was the first left-arm spin bowler to take over 300 wickets in both Test matches and One Day Internationals. He was the youngest player to take 100 Test wickets, achieving this by age 21. The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him in the World ODI XI team in 2005, 2008, and 2010. He was also chosen for the team of the tournament at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Vettori took five wickets in an innings 20 times in Test matches. He also took ten wickets in a match three times. His best bowling in one innings was 7 wickets for 87 runs against Australia in 1999–2000. In that match, he took 12 wickets for 149 runs, which was the second best by a New Zealander at the time. This record is still the third best by a New Zealander. He also took 12 wickets against Bangladesh in 2004 and 10 against Sri Lanka in 2006. He took five wickets in an innings twice in One Day International matches.

Test Match Five-Wicket Hauls by Daniel Vettori

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Innings	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	14 March 1997	Hamilton	Sri Lanka	4	29.2	84	5
2	10 June 1998	Colombo	Sri Lanka	3	33	64	6
3	22 October 1999	Kanpur	India	2	55.1	127	6
4	11 March 2000	Auckland	Australia	1	25	62	5
5	11 March 2000	Auckland	Australia	3	35	87	7
6	22 November 2001	Hobart	Australia	1	36	138	5
7	30 November 2001	Perth	Australia	2	34.4	87	6
8	19 October 2004	Dhaka	Bangladesh	3	22	28	6
9	26 October 2004	Chittagong	Bangladesh	2	32.2	70	6
10	26 October 2004	Chittagong	Bangladesh	3	28.2	100	6
11	26 November 2004	Adelaide	Australia	1	55.2	152	5
12	10 March 2005	Christchurch	Australia	2	40.2	106	5
13	15 December 2006	Wellington	Sri Lanka	3	42.3	130	7
14	15 May 2008	Lord's, London	England	2	22.3	69	5
15	23 May 2008	Manchester	England	2	31	66	5
16	17 October 2008	Chittagong	Bangladesh	1	36	59	5
17	25 October 2008	Dhaka	Bangladesh	2	19	66	5
18	11 December 2008	Dunedin	West Indies	2	25	56	6
19	12 November 2010	Hyderabad	India	2	49.4	135	5
20	1 November 2011	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	2	43	70	5

ODI Five-Wicket Hauls by Daniel Vettori

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Innings	Overs	Runs	Wickets
1	10 July 2004	Lord's, London	West Indies	2	9.2	30	5
2	31 December 2007	Queenstown	Bangladesh	1	6	7	5

Strong Batting Skills

Vettori playing an ODI in India in 2010

Vettori also became a very good lower-order batsman. He scored over 4,500 runs in Test matches. This included six centuries (scores of 100 runs or more). It took him 47 Test matches to score his first 1,000 runs. But he scored his next 2,000 runs in just 22 Test matches, showing how much his batting improved. His highest Test score was 140 runs. He achieved this against Sri Lanka in August 2009.

Test Match Centuries Scored by Daniel Vettori

No.	Score	Opponents	Venue	Date
1	137 not out	Pakistan	Hamilton	19 December 2003
2	127	Zimbabwe	Harare	7 August 2005
3	118	India	Hamilton	18 March 2009
4	140	Sri Lanka	Colombo	26 August 2009
5	134	Pakistan	Napier	11 December 2009
6	110	Pakistan	Wellington	15 January 2011

Coaching Career

After retiring from playing, Vettori started coaching. He was the head coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League from 2014 to 2018. In July 2019, he was named head coach of the Dublin Chiefs. This was for a new cricket tournament called the Euro T20 Slam, which was later cancelled. In the same month, he became the spin bowling coach for the Bangladesh national team.

In August 2021, Vettori was appointed head coach of the Caribbean Premier League team Barbados Royals. In May 2022, he became an assistant coach for the Australia men's national team. He continued in this role in 2023. In August 2023, Vettori was appointed head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

Personal Life

Daniel Vettori has Italian family roots. He married Mary O'Carroll in 2007, and they have three children. After getting married, he moved from Hamilton to Auckland. However, he kept playing for Northern Districts throughout his career. In 2011, he was given an award called Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. This was for his great contributions to cricket. Daniel Vettori is also the first cousin of David Hill. David Hill is a rugby union player who played one Test match for the All Blacks.

A book about Vettori's life, called Turning Point, was published in August 2008.