2) Daniel Vettori is the first player of Italian descent to represent New Zealand. He has an Italian father and Kiwi mother
3) The youngest test cricketer for New Zealand, made his debut at the age of 18
4) Daniel Vettori was called “Harry Potter” by fans because of his floppy hair and spectacles
5) Daniel Vettori’s first cousin, is David Hill, a rugby union player who played a Test for the famous All Blacks. In fact, his uncle Tony Hill and cousin Joseph Hill, both played First-Class cricket
6) The youngest spinner to take 100 wickets in tests, Daniel achieved this in the year 2000 when Daniel was just 21 year old
7) Daniel Vettori could bat right, and left-handed, and could also bowl with both hands. This fact was confirmed by TV star Jeremy Wells, who attended school with Vettori and played with him for St Paul’s XI
8) Daniel Vettori was just the eighth cricketer to reach 300 wickets and 3,000 runs in Test matches
9) Daniel Vettori batted at No. 11 at the start of his career. But Daniel improved as a batsman to be good enough to score six Test hundreds and have career batting average of 30.00
10) Daniel Vettori can bat both right and left-handed and interestingly he can even bowl both left and right hand
11) 2227 runs he scored at No. 8 is the most by any batsman in that position in Test history. Overall Daniel scored 4531 at an average of 30.01 from 174 innings that included 6 tons and 23 fifties. His career best was 140 in a losing cause against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2009
12) Daniel Vettori shares his birthday with Kiwi Rugby legend Tony Woodcock
13) Daniel Vettori’s 362 wickets from 113 matches is the most captured by a left-arm spinner in Test history, way ahead of England’s Derek Underwood 297 from 86 matches
14) Daniel Vettori took 305 wickets from 295 matches at an average of 31.71 and scored 2253 runs 17.33. This includes 4 half centuries. His top score was 83 against Australia in Christchurch in 2005 in another losing cause. His best spell of 5/7 though came in a winning cause against Bangladesh in a Queenstown in 2007
15) Daniel Vettori was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours, for services to cricket
16) Daniel Vettori served as standby coach for a short while after Andy Moles was sacked. Daniel was appointed as the national selector when he was the captain in 2009. After playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore since 2011, Vettori now serves them as their Head coach
17) Even at the twilight end and with injury prone body, Daniel Vettori was instrumental in New Zealand’s success in the World Cup 2015. In a batsman dominated tournament, Vettori was the most successful spinner, picking up 15 wickets from nine games at an average of 20.5 and an economy rate of four. Vettori was named in ‘Team of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015'
18) Daniel Vettori also led the team brilliantly in the 2009 Champions Trophy guiding them through to the finals. A hamstring injury ruled him out of the summit clash against the Aussies and it turned out to be a big blow as the Kiwis lost the match
19) Daniel Vettori had two children with his wife Mary O'Carroll
20) Major teams - New Zealand, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, Jamaica Tallawahs, Northern Districts, Nottinghamshire, Queensland, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warwickshire
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