Daniel Vettori

Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979, Auckland, New Zealand) is a cricketer who plays Test cricket for New Zealand. He is the youngest player to represent New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996/97 at the age of 18.

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Vettori is a slow left-arm orthodox spinner, but he is known for his flight and guile rather than prodigious turn or pinpoint accuracy. He took his 200th Test wicket in Zimbabwe in 2005, becoming only the third New Zealand bowler (after Richard Hadlee and Chris Cairns) to pass that mark http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/NZ/BOWLING/TEST_BOWL_MOST_WKTS_NZ.html, and his 139 ODI wickets place him fifth on the all-time New Zealand table for most wicketshttp://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/NZ/BOWLING/ODI_BOWL_MOST_WKTS_NZ.html.

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He has proved himself to be a useful lower-order batsman having scored almost 2,000 Test runs, including two centuries (137* against Pakistan in 2003 and 127 against Zimbabwe in 2005) and several half-centuries.

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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.

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Vettori was recently selected in the final squad for the World XI super series against Australia.

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