Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Bugger
Well, OK, Vettori's 5 wickets never eventuated and NZ were soundly beaten.
Vettori's series figures were a pretty crappy 146.2-26-454-4.
That's an average of 113.5 runs per wicket, and an economy rate of 3.1 runs per over. The economy rate is about the same as that of Cairns and Styris in this series, but the strike rate is worse.
On a vaguely more positive note, Vettori did average 22 with the bat - better than Papps, equal to Richardson, and only just behind Fleming.
Speaking of Fleming, here's a record of his dropped catches from the good people at cricinfo commentary.
Test 3, Innings 2: "27.2 Vettori to Gibbs, FOUR, down the pitch, lofted to the on side, Fleming jumping gets two hands to it, goes through the hands another chance for Gibbs."
Test 2, Innings 1: "122.5 Martin to Terbrugge, no run, outside off, great tailenders ball, drives, OH NO Fleming puts down a dolly at 1st slip."
Test 1, Innings 1: "118.2 Wiseman to Pollock, no run, flighted, drives, edges, dropped by Fleming at slip."
Test 1, Innings 1: " 123.3 Vettori to Ntini, no run, forward, pushed at it, into the hand, low down of Fleming at silly point, put down."
In fairness, cricinfo also records that he held on to a couple of sharp chances.
The other drop off Vettori that I was thinking of came in Test 1, Innings 1: "125.5 Vettori to Ntini, one run, can not resist it, goes after it, scoops it high to mid off, Cairns under it, OH NO puts it down."
There were also drops by Oram (2), McCullum (2), Papps (1), and "Gully" (1 off a no-ball),
Vettori's series figures were a pretty crappy 146.2-26-454-4.
That's an average of 113.5 runs per wicket, and an economy rate of 3.1 runs per over. The economy rate is about the same as that of Cairns and Styris in this series, but the strike rate is worse.
On a vaguely more positive note, Vettori did average 22 with the bat - better than Papps, equal to Richardson, and only just behind Fleming.
Speaking of Fleming, here's a record of his dropped catches from the good people at cricinfo commentary.
Test 3, Innings 2: "27.2 Vettori to Gibbs, FOUR, down the pitch, lofted to the on side, Fleming jumping gets two hands to it, goes through the hands another chance for Gibbs."
Test 2, Innings 1: "122.5 Martin to Terbrugge, no run, outside off, great tailenders ball, drives, OH NO Fleming puts down a dolly at 1st slip."
Test 1, Innings 1: "118.2 Wiseman to Pollock, no run, flighted, drives, edges, dropped by Fleming at slip."
Test 1, Innings 1: " 123.3 Vettori to Ntini, no run, forward, pushed at it, into the hand, low down of Fleming at silly point, put down."
In fairness, cricinfo also records that he held on to a couple of sharp chances.
The other drop off Vettori that I was thinking of came in Test 1, Innings 1: "125.5 Vettori to Ntini, one run, can not resist it, goes after it, scoops it high to mid off, Cairns under it, OH NO puts it down."
There were also drops by Oram (2), McCullum (2), Papps (1), and "Gully" (1 off a no-ball),
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