cricket with balls

As far as dictators go, Daniel Vettori is fairly relaxed.

Some dictators get into power and the next day make themselves the coach of the football team, put their picture up in every school and green light biopics about their rise to power.

Dan didn’t do that.

Once he took over as captain he didn’t even become selector straight away.

He even put up with a new coach for a while.

And it has taken him a good couple of years to move into the top six.

That is restraint.

Now that he is a bowler, batsman, captain, coach and selector he has no where else to go.

Once dictators reach this point in their live, things start to get a bit shit.

Underlings get shot, enemies go missing, and people start to live in fear.

Obviously the smart ones get out.

But what about the ones that aren’t that lucky.

Those who have to play on as this tyrannical figure gets pissed off that he can grab no more power.

Soon he will be whipping players who drop catches, burning players to get in run outs and castrating any player who disagrees with him.

I hear from the next test on all blackcaps have to get a tattoo of Vettori’s name on their heart.

Dan has already banned my book due to the IOB’s involvement.