Vettori to move up the batting order to fill absence of Oram
Wellington:
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori will move up the batting order if required to fill the
absence of the now retired all rounder Jacob Oram in the test cricket team against
Pakistan next month. Oram's retirement from the test cricket this week leaves
a gap, but it should enable Vettori to move up to No.7 at least in the lineup,
after his batting performance in recent matches. Vettori has been the most consistent
of the Black Caps batsmen despite coming in at No.8 and he again dominated in
New Zealand 's last test series against Sri Lanka , top scoring in the second
innings of both matches with 67 and 140. Vettori said he was comfortable taking
the extra responsibility of batting higher in the order, although he already has
plenty as the skipper and chief spin bowler, Stuff.co.nz reports. Vettori said
Pakistan's tour opening match against New Zealand A from November 17-20 could
be a crucial one for finalizing positions as just one round of the domestic championship
will have been played by then. None of the New Zealand one-day team will play
in that because they will still be playing Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
