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April 1, 2020 Features

Who is Test cricket’s greatest number eight? (Or: Which Test bowler was the best batsman?)

6 minute readSpecialist bowlers having to bat is one of the greatest things in the world because batting is absolutely nothing like bowling. It is like a javelin thrower training for years and years to perfect their art only to turn up at the Olympics and be told that they also have

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March 22, 2015 Extras / New Zealand

We tried to write about Martin Guptill

< 1 minute readBut it seemed to come out as a Dan Vettori piece. Big beardy Dan. Back from retirement. Keeping it tight like one-day cricket hasn’t changed at all in the last decade and leaping about like a man roughly the same age but not quite so decrepit.

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January 19, 2011 New Zealand

Daniel Vettori just wants to be ‘the guy with the glasses’

< 1 minute readEveryone’s got a thing. Whether you’re Overreaction Girl, Super-keen Man or even if it’s simply that you look like a toad wrapped in human skin, it’s important to give people some sort of a handle; something they can grip onto so that they can more easily know who you are.

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October 24, 2009 New Zealand

Daniel Vettori’s heartfelt support for Andy Moles

< 1 minute readBy all accounts the New Zealand players liked Andy Moles, who’s just resigned from his position as their coach. However, being liked isn’t really the whole job. It was fairly obvious that Moles was going to have to go after Daniel Vettori was asked whether the New Zealand players were

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October 21, 2008 Bangladesh / New Zealand

Daniel Vettori – the premier slow left-arm all-rounder

< 1 minute readDaniel Vettori took 9-133 in this Test. Shakib al Hasan took 9-116. Daniel Vettori hit 76 in his second innings. Shakib al Hasan hit 71. Daniel Vettori hit 55 not out in his first innings. Shakib al Hasan got five. Daniel Vettori wins. New Zealand win. Shakib al Hasan loses.

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March 6, 2008 England / New Zealand

Daniel Vettori’s batting average

< 1 minute readHere’s some statistics. Since the start of 2003, Daniel Vettori has had 48 Test innings and averaged 41.60 with two hundreds and 11 fifties. Since the start of 2005, he’s averaged 48.18. Not half bad for a number eight batsman. You’ve really got to redefine what the middle-order is with

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