Daniel Vettori

New Zealand · SPIN · 1997 to 2015 · on scorecards: DL Vettori

BATTING

Matches: 295
Innings: 187
Runs: 2253
Average: 17.33
Strike rate: 82.98
High score: 83
100s / 50s: 0 / 4

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 305
Average: 31.71
Economy: 4.12
Strike rate: 46
Best figures: 5/7
4w / 5w: 8 / 2
Catches / Stumpings: 88 / 0
Run-outs effected: 31

CAREER IN BRIEF

Daniel Vettori played 294 ODIs for New Zealand in CricArcade's archive, from 1997 to 2015. The first came against Sri Lanka at Lancaster Park, with a score of 4, and the last against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2015.

The most productive decade was the 2000s: 1,507 runs at 17.5 in 204 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 83 from 77 balls against Australia at Lancaster Park in 2005, in a defeat. The best bowling is 5 for 7 against Bangladesh at Queenstown Events Centre in 2007.

In all: 4 fifties, 2 five-wicket hauls. At home the average was 19.4 across 128 ODIs; away it was 13.1 across 89 ODIs, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against Australia: 646 runs at 18.5 in 59 ODIs. Eden Park was the most frequent ground, with 27 ODIs and 262 runs at 21.8. Daniel Vettori captained New Zealand in 81 ODIs, winning 40 and losing 33. The scorecards record 11 player-of-the-match awards. New Zealand won 143 of the ODIs Daniel Vettori played and lost 128.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 294 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
83	77	Australia	Lancaster Park	2005	Lost
79	103	Australia		2006	Lost
70	49	Australia	Eden Park	2010	Lost
53*	56	West Indies	Queenstown Events Centre	2006	Won
48	44	Sri Lanka	Wanderers Stadium	2009	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/7	6	Bangladesh	Queenstown Events Centre	2007	Won
5/30	9.2	West Indies	Lord's	2004	Won
4/14	10	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2003	Won
4/18	10	Afghanistan	McLean Park	2015	Won
4/20	10	West Indies	Wellington Regional Stadium	2009	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	59	646	18.46	0/3	55	40.71
South Africa	40	163	9.06	0/0	25	50.24
India	36	256	17.07	0/0	27	38.19
Sri Lanka	35	289	13.14	0/0	28	42.46
Pakistan	30	212	19.27	0/0	37	29.05
England	25	152	16.89	0/0	26	28.88
West Indies	25	109	18.17	0/1	33	22.61
Bangladesh	20	269	26.90	0/0	31	19.45
Zimbabwe	13	103	34.33	0/0	19	23.84
Canada	2	0	–	0/0	3	30.33
Ireland	2	5	5.00	0/0	4	5.75
Kenya	2	14	–	0/0	2	30.50
Scotland	2	8	–	0/0	5	8.80
Afghanistan	1	0	–	0/0	4	4.50
Asia XI	1	27	–	0/0	3	19.33
United States	1	0	–	0/0	3	4.67

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	128	873	19.40	0/3	129	31.40
Away	89	616	13.11	0/0	96	32.25
Neutral	77	764	20.11	0/1	80	31.31

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1990s	43	208	10.95	0/0	33	40.76
2000s	204	1,507	17.52	0/3	223	30.28
2010s	47	538	21.52	0/1	49	31.71

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Eden Park	27	262	21.83	0/1	25	31.04
McLean Park	25	165	18.33	0/0	30	28.80
Lancaster Park	21	181	22.63	0/1	23	31.83
Wellington Regional Stadium	21	115	19.17	0/0	22	31.36
Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	89	29.67	0/0	7	50.00
R Premadasa Stadium	9	73	14.60	0/0	10	32.50

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Sri Lanka, 1997 at Lancaster Park
Latest in the archive: v Australia, 2015 at Melbourne Cricket Ground

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 27 January 1979
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Balls faced (career): 2,715
Ducks: 23
Four-wicket hauls: 8
Most common batting position: 8th
Strike rate, overs 1 to 10: 72.7
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 76.7
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 108.1
Balls per dismissal against pace: 28.4
Balls per dismissal against spin: 24.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 1,692 balls faced in that period.

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