A tribute to Daniel Vettori on his 38th birthday

#4 Rise in batting

He was a useful batsman, scoring 4531 runs in Tests

Initially, he was a spinner who could bat a bit but in the years that passed, he did well in the batting department too. He became a stubborn batsman who put a price on his wicket. He scored 4531 runs in 174 innings of Tests with an average of 30.01 which improved in the latter part of his career. He also has 6 centuries and 23 half-centuries, which is a tremendous record for someone who batted in the lower order.

There was a time when the New Zealand side was going through a transition, Vettori had become a top batsman and had promoted himself up the order as well at times. He is the eighth player in the Test history to do a double of 300 wickets and 3000 runs in Tests. He also has 2253 runs with 4 fifties to his record in ODIs.