England captain Andrew Strauss praised New Zealand counterpart Daniel Vettori for recalling Paul Collingwood after he had been given run out during their Champions Trophy clash on Tuesday.
Daniel Vettori helped steady New Zealand's innings at 176-5 after Australia's inexperienced bowling attack had earlier threatened to skittle the tourists on the rain-curtailed opening day of the first Test on Thursday.
Vettori also expects Cameron Green to play a big part in the WTC final, especially after his superb showing in the just-concluded IPL.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori and fast bowler Tim Southee claimed four wickets each to bundle out Australia for 231 on day one of the second Test at Hamilton's Seddon Park.
Rishabh Pant has managed 134 runs in 11 innings and at a strike-rate of below 100 in IPL 2025.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori joined the chorus expressing reservations about taking part in the Indian Premier League and said he would be seeking opinion of his country's cricket board and players association before deciding to tour the sub-continent.
Skipper Daniel Vettori (99) missed out on a well-deserved hundred but together with Brendon McCullum steered New Zealand to 404 for eight on a rain-marred second day of the first Test against Pakistan in Dunedin on Wednesday.
The thumping 10-wicket win over Kenya in their World Cup opener on Sunday has reignited New Zealand's confidence and skipper Daniel Vettori said the intensity will only rise as the Kiwis proceed further in the mega event.
Losing seamer Kyle Mills and all-rounder Jacob Oram to injury does not make New Zealand underdogs heading into the third Test against England, according to captain Daniel Vettori. Mills and Oram, arguably New Zealand's two best bowlers in the series, were ruled out of the match at Napier's McLean Park with calf and hip injuries respectively.
Vettori said the BCCI should quickly step in and manage Malik's workload to safeguard his unique talent.
The Sri Lankan collided\n\nwith batsman Vettori while trying to run him out during the second Test.
Daniel Vettori has supported India's call for an extra Test when the team visits New Zealand in March this year. Five one-dayers follow before the first of the originally-planned two-Test series starts in Hamilton from March 26. The second Test will be held in Wellington from April 3.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has said that Stephen Fleming would be ideal for the soon to be vacant Team India coaching position.
"With 17,266 international runs, 829 dismissals and 538 matches across formats for India, Dhoni's numbers reflect not just excellence but extraordinary consistency, fitness and longevity," it said.
Record-breaking New Zealand cricketer Daniel Vettori has said that the timing is not right to officially announce his retirement from Test cricket, in light of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes' tragic death.
New Zealand once again proved a point by denying India a win for the second time in the three-match series, but skipper Daniel Vettori was not content with the result, and has his eyes trained on the third Test.
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is to take an indefinite break from the shorter forms of cricket in an attempt to extend his Test career.
Daniel Vettori's five-wicket haul (5/7) against Bangladesh in the third ODI took the spinner's career total to 207, surpassing Chris Harris as New Zealand's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals.
They have secured the top spot in the points table after being placed at the bottom at one stage and the man who turned things around for the team is the in-form Chris Gayle, said Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori.
The other Indian bowlers who have taken 300 Test wickets or more include Anil Kumble (619), R Ashwin (524), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417), Ishant Sharma (311) and Zaheer Khan (311).
The Test and One-day thrashing at the hands of India has prompted New Zealand Cricket to start a review of the team's performance but the body has ruled out sacking captain Daniel Vettori.
Sri Lanka's improving pace attack has been pinpointed by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori as a key threat to his inexperienced line-up in the build up to the first Test of their two-match series starting on August 18.
SRH's ultra-aggressive approach with the bat has backfired spectacularly as they have suffered four defeats in a row -- leaving them languishing at the bottom of the points table.
New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy One-day International series due to a knee injury, while skipper Daniel Vettori is likely to miss the second ODI against Australia in Auckland on Saturday.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has said that having the vice-captaincy tag removed from Brendon McCullum would not deter him from being a captain in future.
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has declared himself available for the Black Caps' World Twenty20 campaign a year after bowing out of cricket's shorter formats to prolong his Test career.
Henry's exceptional spell of 5 for 42 in eight overs played a crucial role in restricting India to 249/9 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
He is regarded as the best left-arm spinner in contemporary cricket, but New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori still yearns to improve and has set himself a target of 4000 runs and 400 wickets in Test matches.
Containing big-hitting Brendon McCullum and the best utilisation of his key spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is what Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Daniel Vettori is thinking ahead of their IPL clash against Kolkata Knight Riders, in Bangalore, on Tuesday.
Pakistan were 134 for two in reply to New Zealand's first innings 356, built on a century from Daniel Vettori, in the second Test on Sunday. At stumps on day two, Pakistan trailed New Zealand by 222 with eight wickets in hand.
After missing last month's tri-series in Sri Lanka for family reasons, skipper Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum returned to the New Zealand squad for the tour of Bangladesh next month.
New Zealand will go with a four-seamer attack and will not risk spinner Daniel Vettori for the second and final Test against England starting at Headingley on Friday, captain Brendon McCullum said.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori is hoping that his ace striker, Shane Bond, who spent two years in exile while he played in the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League, will deliver for his side in the Champions Trophy final against Australia.
Captain Daniel Vettori will miss New Zealand's World Cup Group A tie against minnows Canada at the Wankhede Stadium on March 13 because of a knee injury. He hopes to be fit for the last league game against Sri Lanka at the same venue on March 18.
Royal Challengers Bangalore's Daniel Vettori said their opening match against Mumbai Indian's will give them a chance to assess where the team stands and what would be their course of action during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori feels that losing seven wickets on curtailed first day's play of the third and the final Test became decisive in the end.
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