Daniel Vettori Retires from Internationals

[jcas0167]

Would be a better read than Richard Boock's biography of him. Awful, awful book.

Heh, I'm just re-reading it now he's retired. It's actually better than I remember it being the first time I read it. My recollection of it was that it was bland and quite boring, which perhaps could be expected given he'd just taken over the captaincy. The most interesting auto-biographies I've read have been written when the subject has retired and can speak with a degree of freedom (if they've been dropped, then bitterness can prompt more candid revelations like the Rutherford autobiography).

I enjoyed the story of Cairns confronting him and McMillan over playing mini-put in the toilets, when the rest of the team were trying to "mourn" a test loss to Australia. Also, I like it when players include a selection of the best they've played against & I liked Vettori's analysis of various opponents.

 

[hendrix]

Fine career, Dan Vettori. Excellent cricketer for the BCs and deserving of a lot of praise.

Also seems like a cracking fella, and I have heard him described by female friends as the thinking woman's cricketing *** symbol.

The "nerd" thing with Vettori never really made sense to me. I don't need my "female friends" to tell me the bloke is pure ***. The face, the beard, that baritone voice, plus he's 6'3" and strongly built (skinny? Maybe 15 years ago). Plus there's the whole PLAYING INTERNATIONAL SPORT AT 18 thing. I mean, his jock credentials are pretty well established.

tl;dr- overrated as a bowler, underrated as an uber-masculine slice of ***ual charisma.

I have a female friend who lusts after Dan.

She is also into Stephen Merchant. So yeah. Weird standards.

 

[harsh.ag]

Always had a lot of time for Daniel Vettori. He never looked like being hit out of the game, by any batsman. And his batting made you believe in fairy tales sometimes.

Au revoir, Dan.

 

[Hurricane]

i won't try to aim for the standards set by Heef in particular - but will contribute the following:
Thanks for being a servant of New Zealand cricket Dan and that is the highest praise I can give anyone upon their retirement. He played for his country when he could have played for $'s in the IPL. He played for his country when only him, Brendon,and Ross could bat and defeat was inevitable, he played when he had niggles, and he just played all the other times too.
I got shouted down here once in my early days on CW for giving the gears to some test debutant for some TV interview where he sounded really stiff. Daniel in his later years was a master of the candid interviews. Goodness knows how he got away with speaking his mind so plainly. But it was always worth tuning into. On one ocassion he actually gave a real answer to why we lost every test match we played at the time. I braced myself for him to give some answer about how it was because we don't play enough tests and he just stared straight into the camera and said it was because we were weak at batting and couldn't string together two good innings in a test.
I don't think I answer difficult questions as honestly as that at work and here he was on TV.
I think part of his legacy will be marred by being a member of the mean girls. But we won't hold that against him now that it is all over.
Fleming went into business (for a while anyway) after retiring, I would pick Dan to do better in that field as I think he would make more incisive comments and get respected for it.
Well done Dan - hope to see you on more TV commercials soon.

 

[GIMH]

The "nerd" thing with Vettori never really made sense to me. I don't need my "female friends" to tell me the bloke is pure ***. The face, the beard, that baritone voice, plus he's 6'3" and strongly built (skinny? Maybe 15 years ago). Plus there's the whole PLAYING INTERNATIONAL SPORT AT 18 thing. I mean, his jock credentials are pretty well established.

tl;dr- overrated as a bowler, underrated as an uber-masculine slice of ***ual charisma.

Are you sure he's 6'3 as I've heard some people lie about their height

 

[Shady Slim]

he signed as coach of the brisbane heat for three years

love him however as someone from new south wales i must disagree with this decision

that said

live vettori at the gabba for the 2013-14 bbl (which by the way was thankfully won by the sixers) was great

 

[thierry henry]

Are you sure he's 6'3 as I've heard some people lie about their height

Yes but only because I've met him. That's a conservative estimate. Otherwise I WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE PRICK FOR A SECOND.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Yes but only because I've met him. That's a conservative estimate. Otherwise I WOULDN'T BELIEVE THE PRICK FOR A SECOND.

what size was it

 

[thierry henry]

what size was it

All I know is he told me it had a noticeable curve, but that was garbage- the prick didn't turn at all.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

All I know is he told me it had a noticeable curve, but that was garbage- the prick didn't turn at all.

accurate but lacking in penetration then?

 

[JediNudist]

Hahah Ive just watched that on youtube now crazy

 

[JediNudist]

Just want to say I went to school with Vettori at St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton , in the same house - Hall House. . A year below me I think. I even had a class (Biology) with him when I was 18 and he was 16 in 1995 I think , cause I had to repeat sixth form again from the year before haha (way before unit standards and 'Years" )

I wrote down a note for a class mate next to me with some bull**** on it. But didn't send it and threw it down. he retrieved it and proceeded to try and take the piss out of me haha. Its funny the stuff from school you remember. I ran into him again in 1997 at Lincoln University in the dining room of all places. The NZ Cricket high performance center was located on Uni grounds and they used the halls of residence dining room. He had grown about a foot since I last saw him and he loomed over me. We exchanged some chit chat and I was on my way. Last time I saw him in person

 

[Hurricane]

Just want to say I went to school with Vettori at St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton , in the same house - Hall House. . A year below me I think. I even had a class (Biology) with him when I was 18 and he was 16 in 1995 I think , cause I had to repeat sixth form again from the year before haha (way before unit standards and 'Years" )

I wrote down a note for a class mate next to me with some bull**** on it. But didn't send it and threw it down. he retrieved it and proceeded to try and take the piss out of me haha. Its funny the stuff from school you remember. I ran into him again in 1997 at Lincoln University in the dining room of all places. The NZ Cricket high performance center was located on Uni grounds and they used the halls of residence dining room. He had grown about a foot since I last saw him and he loomed over me. We exchanged some chit chat and I was on my way. Last time I saw him in person

Good story. I am from Hamilton in my youth, my mates all played against a 16 year old Dan in club cricket and have a few tales. They described him as being very very good back then.

My claim to fame is playing against Scott Styris when he was a 14 year old.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Good story. I am from Hamilton in my youth, my mates all played against a 16 year old Dan in club cricket and have a few tales. They described him as being very very good back then.

My claim to fame is playing against Scott Styris when he was a 14 year old.

If hamilton club pitches were anything like they are now he would've been literally unplayable. Guys like Santner turn it square at 95kph in the second half of the season ffs.

 

[Hurricane]

If hamilton club pitches were anything like they are now he would've been literally unplayable. Guys like Santner turn it square at 95kph in the second half of the season ffs.

Haha


The only other Dan story I know is that he used to be a reasonable medium pacer who could swing it both ways as a 13 year old. Then he had some sort of injury and took up spin.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

you mean his glasses kept falling off in follow through

 

[vic_orthdox]

Rogers wears them on the field but not while batting iirc

Sometimes he does, depends on the light supposedly.

 

[morgieb]

Rogers wears them on the field but not while batting iirc

Didn't wear them this summer.

 

[Daemon]

Didn't wear them this summer.

money and fame changes everyone

 

[JediNudist]

Good story. I am from Hamilton in my youth, my mates all played against a 16 year old Dan in club cricket and have a few tales. They described him as being very very good back then.

My claim to fame is playing against Scott Styris when he was a 14 year old.

Dan was also an excellent soccer player as well. Played wing back I think for St Paul's collegiate 1st 11 . I remember watching him rip one into thew top goal from a wing back position one weekend.

yeah I heard he was extremely good spinner even at 16. Played in the 1st 11 cricket team for St Paul's at that age as well. I never watched the 1st 11 cricket side back then when he was playing , did my weekend sport (tennis) and took off back to the family farm.