Was Dan Vettori better than the stats suggest

[Jumno]

Started his career in 1998 all the way through to the 2015 world cup final.

Was NZ's primary strike spin bowler.

Good character and had a good career.

How good do you feel he was and was be better than the stats suggest?

 

[Starfighter]

No

 

[shortpitched713]

Started his career in 1998 all the way through to the 2015 world cup final.

Was NZ's primary strike spin bowler.

Good character and had a good career.

How good do you feel he was and was be better than the stats suggest?

Doubt. Didn't see much evidence to prove this.

He was a good enough support stock spinner, but I think his ability with the bat was counted on more to secure his place in the side for such a long time, rather than any particular ability to run through sides on spin favoring wickets. He was a guy who could churn through overs reasonably well enough, so that the more dangerous seamers could rest up, and operate as primary wicket takers.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

He was a very good batsmen for a Test spinner, and a decent spinner for a Test batsman.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Decent cricketer who had a ceiling that was not too high.

 

[Jumno]

He was by all means a good batsman too.

 

[Howe_zat]

Of the left arm spinning allrounders who led a somewhat struggling national cricket team in the early 2010s, he was easily one of the top two.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

No ..I mean he averaged 34 despite playing against 2000's Bangladesh and Zimbabwe
He was a better white ball spinner in my opinion

 

[Sunil1z]

@Kenneth Viljoen
Remember you had once posted video of Angry Rantman?

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

@Kenneth Viljoen
Remember you had once posted video of Angry Rantman?

Yeah what happened to him

 

[Sunil1z]

Yeah what happened to him

He died yesterday

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

No ..I mean he averaged 34 despite playing against 2000's Bangladesh and Zimbabwe
He was a better white ball spinner in my opinion

Excluding Bangladesh and Zimbabwe ..

Vettori averages 38.52 with the ball from 95 tests against the other established test nations

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

He died yesterday

Oh that's terrible news, what a passionate young man he was

 

[Jumno]

Wiseman was another spinner in the reckoning for NZ in the early 2000s period.

 

[Jumno]

A better white ball bowler.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

He died yesterday

Life is short, do what you need to do before it's your time to go

 

[andruid]

Jadeja

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Was the youngest ever spinner to reach 100 test wickets and had lovely loop and flight. Unfortunately had really bad back injuries and became more of a defensive stock bowler (economical) who could no longer take 4th innings wickets, but developed into the best no 8 of all time with the bat.

 

[thierry henry]

This thread warms my heart. You'd never know that back in the 2000s CW was on Vettori's nuts deluxe and I was his only SMART and CORRECT hater.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

This thread warms my heart. You'd never know that back in the 2000s CW was on Vettori's nuts deluxe and I was his only SMART and CORRECT hater.

we had 99 problems but a dan wasn't one

I remember as a kid basically knowing we were going to get pumped but watching just to see how many annoying runs dan would score with his stupid squirt through backward point