{"id":49023,"date":"2025-09-28T23:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/49023\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T23:06:08","slug":"black-caps-v-australia-why-daniel-vettori-didnt-want-to-coach-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/49023\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps v Australia: Why Daniel Vettori didn\u2019t want to coach New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because of that, when former Black Caps coach Gary Stead stood down<\/a> earlier this year, it\u2019s understood Vettori was approached by NZ Cricket to throw his name into the hat to succeed him.<\/p>\n

However, given the freedom his current roles allow, Vettori decided against the chance to return to lead his former side.<\/p>\n

Instead, Rob Walter was appointed New Zealand coach<\/a> in all formats, and is so far unbeaten in his tenure with the Black Caps, even if that record will be heavily tested over the coming week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who\u2019s in the coaching world, particularly for the likes of Brendon [McCullum], myself, Stephen [Fleming] and Shane Bond, who\u2019ve played for New Zealand, that when those roles come up, there\u2019s not an expectation, but conversations around that,\u201d Vettori explained.<\/p>\n

\"AA dejected Daniel Vettori walks off the podium past the World Cup. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it just probably wouldn\u2019t have worked for me, in terms of the lifestyle I have with the Australian team, and T20 stuff. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know Robbie pretty well, and he\u2019s going to be able to carry on the excellent job that Steady did.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, given the high density of cricket at both international and franchise levels, Vettori doesn\u2019t see his position on head coaching changing in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m quite content with things I have going on at the moment,\u201d he continued. \u201cHead coaching is all-encompassing. You don\u2019t have the ability to step away from it at any time.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when you\u2019re off tour, the expectations on the head coach are immense.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something I\u2019m looking at, at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the success Vettori has had with Australia, it\u2019s not a surprise he\u2019s not planning on leaving any time soon, either.<\/p>\n

This summer will see Australia host England for five Ashes tests over the holiday period, as well as preparing for the Twenty20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka from February 2026.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, according to all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, the former Kiwi captain\u2019s presence is more than welcome, even if he is behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s such a great character,\u201d said Stoinis. \u201cHe was such a great leader as well for New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s our bowling coach, he\u2019s our assistant coach, he helps with the batters. He adds to the whole atmosphere of the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust being a good bloke as well, that makes it a lot easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DanielDaniel Vettori during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Afghanistan. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Instead, Vettori will now attempt to help his side keep hold of trans-Tasman cricket\u2019s biggest prize, given the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy has been in Australian custody since 2020.<\/p>\n

On that occasion, Australia won the series opening one day international in Sydney, before games two and three were cancelled by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

In that time, the series format has changed from ODIs to T20s, potentially closing the gap between the Black Caps and the 50-over world champions.<\/p>\n

However, of the 14-strong Black Caps squad<\/a>, only two \u2013 Matt Henry and Ish Sodhi \u2013 have won the Chappell-Hadlee in the past.<\/p>\n

And even with cricket\u2019s ecosystem now centred around the rivalries between Australia, England and India, Vettori outlines that the trans-Tasman encounters are still ones his team treasures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a massive series,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf I reflect back on my time with New Zealand, how important it was to come up against Australia and do well. <\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia sees it exactly the same way. First of all, how strong the New Zealand team is, and then successful they\u2019ve been over an extended period of time.<\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori as Australia’s bowling coach. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know any team in their home country is incredibly difficult. New Zealand presents that same challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a player, few internationally can match what Vettori achieved in a black cap.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s one of only two players \u2013 along with India\u2019s Kapil Dev \u2013 to score more than 4000 test runs along with taking 300 wickets, while his record of 437 matches for New Zealand across all formats is only bettered by Ross Taylor.<\/p>\n

However, the great sadness for Vettori was that his retirement in 2015 came right before the Black Caps\u2019 rise in all formats, where Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson separately led New Zealand through its golden generation.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the Black Caps were beaten in the final of the 50-over World Cup, before making amends with the inaugural World Test Championship in 2021. The 2021 T20 World Cup final followed that, as well as reaching the decider in this year\u2019s Champions Trophy, even if both ended in defeat.<\/p>\n

Just because he was on the outside for it, though, doesn\u2019t mean Vettori wasn\u2019t able to enjoy what his former teammates were able to achieve.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been exceptional, it\u2019s probably New Zealand\u2019s greatest success in the history of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou think back to the World Test Championship, the ability to make multiple finals and be a presence in all three formats for such an extended period of time. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the individuals who\u2019ve played in that time, we\u2019ve got six or seven of our greatest players ever, playing at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, while I haven\u2019t been with Australia, it\u2019s been a lot of fun to watch. Since I\u2019ve been with the Australian team, there\u2019s admiration about how they\u2019ve gone about it and how successful they\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Powell<\/a> is a sports journalist for the NZ Herald. He has been a sports journalist since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Because of that, when former Black Caps coach Gary Stead stood down earlier this year, it\u2019s understood Vettori…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,1135,7022,42574,13381,1320,6924,18829,17898,2740,117,111,43,139,69,42576,8601,61,13797,42575,4524,4276,12475,80],"class_list":["post-49023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-australia","tag-australian","tag-black","tag-caps","tag-captain","tag-coach","tag-colours","tag-daniel","tag-didnt","tag-former","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rightly","tag-seeing","tag-to","tag-used","tag-vettori","tag-want","tag-why","tag-wrongly","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}