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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wellington, Jan 26 (IANS) Daniel Vettori, who played his 280th ODI Sunday against Sri Lanka to become New Zealand&#39;s most capped player, Monday said he was feeling confident and fit ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup that bowls off in Australia and New Zealand Feb 14.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The left-arm spinner passed former captain Stephen Fleming to become the most-capped ODI player for New Zealand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Also read&rArr;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/russell-hails-team-effort-in-windies-triumph--6561\">Russell hails team effort in Windies triumph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Fittingly, Vettori earned his first ODI cap against the same opposition in 1997, with figures of none for 21 from his two overs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Since then he has earned a reputation as one of classiest, wiliest ODI bowlers around, as a career economy rate of 4.11 testifies.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">His game also developed into a long-serving captain and batsman who has saved his side many a time, joining the exclusive 200 wicket and 2,000 ODI runs club in the process.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;To play for such a long period of time and to put those milestones together (Dan recently became New Zealand&#39;s most-capped Test player also) is pleasing, particularly as a spin bowler in New Zealand, where conditions aren&#39;t always conducive to bowling spin because of the grounds and the nature of the wickets, so to be able to hold the record for Test matches and one-dayers is very pleasing,&quot; said Vettori.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">After being ever present in the side for well over a decade, the wear and tear of professional cricket meant that from 2013 Vettori declined a contract in an effort to get his body right with a view to playing the World Cup 2015.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think the main concern for me and everyone was being able to get through the games of cricket, and it&#39;s been nearly four months of nearly non-stop cricket, I&#39;ve played a lot of games and bowled a lot of overs and I&#39;m feeling pretty good, the body&#39;s feeling good, there haven&#39;t been any niggles, and with still a fair amount of cricket to go including the World Cup, I&#39;m fairly confident I&#39;ll get through it.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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