Daniel Vettori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Daniel Vettori

New Zealand cricketer

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1979

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Daniel Vettori

  • Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979) is a former cricketer who played for the New Zealand cricket team in all formats and currently spin bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team.
  • He is also the head coach of Dublin Chiefs.
  • He is the 200th Test cap for New Zealand. He was the captain of New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.
  • Vettori is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs.
  • He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18, and New Zealand's most-capped test cricketer with 112 caps, and New Zealand's most capped One-Day cricketer with 284 caps.
  • Vettori was a bowling all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin. He is known for his accuracy, flight and guile rather than prodigious turn, and also his speed variation.
  • He has a Test batting average of around 30 which made him one of the more consistent 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. Vettori announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket following the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

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