Daniel Vettori in 99 club
Monday, November 30, 2009
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori dismissed on 99 against Pakistan on Wednesday during the first cricket test ad Dunedin. He becomes the 8th batsmen in nine instances for New Zealand to become the victim of 99.
JEF Back (Vs South Africa, 1953-54), Richard Hadlee (Vs England, 1983-84), Deepak Patel (Vs England, 1991-92), John Wright (Vs Australia, 1987-88 & Vs England, 1991-92), Stephen Fleming (Vs South Africa, 2000-01), Mark Richardson (Vs Zimbabwe, 2000-01) and Brendon McCullum (Vs Sri Lanka, 2004-05) and are the others to do so for New Zealand.
This was the 77th instance when a batsman scored 99 in test history. There are 8 batsmen who have done this twice in their career and 5 of them remained not out on 99. There are also 13 batsmen who have run out on 99.
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