Daunting debut for Vettori

Daniel Vettori will soon become New Zealand's 26th Test captain when he leads the team on a tour to South Africa. Geoff Langley, of the Press, caught up with the new captain.

No, just a handful of games. The biggest thing for me is I've always wanted to captain the side and I need to find out that I can do it. I think I can. I'm going to captain a test side with little experience in leading at first-class level but a lot of experience at playing the game. Hopefully that wealth of knowledge accumulated over 10 or 11 years of test playing cricket will stand me in good stead.

Aren't you worried having Stephen looking over your shoulder?

I don't see having Flem there as a problem. I can understand people's concerns about that but I think Stephen's alleviated those about what he wants to get out of the game now. He wants to score runs, lead the batting side and be a huge asset to me for the one or two years while his playing is as good as it can be. That's exciting for me to hear that.