Vettori focused on World Cup wins, not joining 300 club

AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Daniel Vettori can reach another milestone in his outstanding international career on Sunday when New Zealand face Afghanistan in the World Cup, but the 36-year-old’s focus is far from the achievement.
The left-arm spinner is two victims shy of joining an elite club of 11 bowlers with 300 wickets in One-day Internationals (ODIs). Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan heads the list on 534.
Vettori would also become just the ninth player to have taken more than 300 wickets in both ODIs and Tests.
“For a long time, thinking about those Test records were really quite important to me so one-day cricket got put in the background a little bit,” said Vettori, who has 298 wickets in 290 matches for New Zealand and a World XI.
“I came into the tournament thinking that way as well and was more interested in how we are progressing and developing as a side.
“So I haven’t really thought about it at all but it would be a lovely thing to achieve.”
Vettori has been blighted by injury over the last two years, which has restricted his involvement in the national team.