Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E mea ana a Daniel Vettori he mea tino marama ka tākaro ia i tana whakataetae ao kotahi rā whakamutunga mō Aotearoa i te whiringa toa o te ao kirikiti o te Rātapu. I rere a Vettori mai i Melbourne me ona hoa kapa i te Wenerei ki te whakarite mo te whakamutunga ki te toa o te tukinga o te Taite i waenga o Ahitereiria me Inia i Sydney. Ka tākaro ia i tōna whiringa toa 295 mō Aotearoa ki te Melbourne Cricket Ground ā te Rātapu, 18 tau, e whā rā mai i tana tākaro tuatahi. I timata a Vettori mo Aotearoa ki Sri Lanka i te tau 1997, i te 18 o ona tau. Mai i taua wā kua riro i a ia 305 wickets, ā, neke atu i te 2,200 ngā oma kotahi-ra, ā, ka reti ia, 36 ōna tau, hei kaitākaro nui rawa atu o Aotearoa. I kii a Daniel Vettori 'he tino maarama' ka reti ia i muri i te whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ao i te Ratapu i Melbourne. Kei te whakaahua a Vettori i tana taenga mai ki te taunga rererangi o Melbourne i te Wenerei me te kapa o Aotearoa. Ka mea a Vettori, 'Kāore i te mea e whakaaro ana ahau. Ko te koa ki te kēmu, ko te koa ki te hanga ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu o te Ao. ' I whakawhiwhia e Aotearoa tō rātou wāhi ki te whakaaturanga MCG mā te wikitoria e whā ngā poaka ki a Awherika ki te Tonga i Eden Park i Auckland. Kua wikitoria ngā kaihautū i ngā tukinga e waru katoa i tēnei wā i roto i te whakataetae i a rātou e haere ana ki te whiringa toa. I whakamoemiti te rangatira o mua o Aotearoa a Stephen Fleming ki te rangatira o nāianei a Brendon McCullum mō tana arahi i te kapa Kiwi ki te whiringa toa o te Ao tuatahi. E ono nga wa o mua i tae atu ai nga Black Caps ki te wha whakamutunga, tae atu ki te rua i raro i a Fleming, engari kaore ano kia tae ki te whakamutunga. Ko Vettori rāua ko Grant Elliott i ārahi i a Aotearoa ki tētahi whiringa toa whakamīharo, e whā ngā poitūkohu i te wikitōria ki Āwherika ki te Tonga. E mōhio ana a Fleming, tētahi o ngā rangatira angitu o Aotearoa, ki ngā whakahē i pāngia e tōna whenua i roto i te whakataetae o te ao, ā, i whakaae ia ki tōna pōhēhē i a rātou mahi i roto i tana pou i runga i te pae tukutuku o te Kaunihera Kirikiti o te Ao. Ka mea ia: 'Kei reira te euphoria rite te moemoea i konatunatua ki te manawanui-ki-te-whakakahore puta noa i te whenua, i te angitu o te Black Caps i roto i te wikitoria i to ratou ara ki Melbourne me te whakamutunga o te Ratapu kua...
E ai ki a Daniel Vettori he mea tino mārama ka tākaro ia i tana whakataetae kotahi rā whakamutunga ā te Rātapu. Ko te 36-tau te pakeke ka tākaro i tana 295 o ngā ODI mō Aotearoa ki Melbourne. Ka tae atu a Aotearoa ki Melbourne i mua i te whiringa toa o te Ao. Ka tūtaki a Blackcaps ki Ahitereiria, ki Īnia rānei i te whiringa toa o te MCG.