Not having bowled to Daniel Vettori before, the Central Districts Stags yesterday found the former Black Caps captain a difficult proposition.
"Vettori batted very well but he's quite difficult in that he tends to wander around the crease to hit to different parts of the ground," Devon Hotel CD seamer Ben Wheeler said last night after bowling out the Northern Districts Knights for 287 in the first innings at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
No7 Vettori scored 78 while opener Brad Wilson provided the platform with 71 in the second-round, four-day Plunket Shield match on day one.
But CD made the most of a juicy wicket to have four wickets down cheaply with English import Peter Trego and Wheeler picking up two wickets each.
Trego finished with 4-63 while Wheeler was the most frugal with 2-40 but CD felt they should have bowled better.