The Surfer

Call it Vettori's Test

It'll be called many other things besides but New Zealand's hard-fought win in Chittagong will be remembered as Daniel Vettori's match, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald .

It'll be called many other things besides but New Zealand's hard-fought win in Chittagong will be remembered as Daniel Vettori's match, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald.
He put himself in at No. 4 in the second innings shortly before stumps on the fourth day. Perhaps it was not so much to be the nightwatchman, more a case of wanting to show his batsmen how the job should be approached, and what he'd thought of their first innings effort. His was a conscientious, admirable five days' work. Forget that this was "only" Bangladesh. New Zealand came within a short distance of a hugely embarrassing first loss to them in seven matches.

Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo