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The Daniel Vettori who twisted up at the post-match meeting after the semi-final was not the Daniel Vettori that was probable to turn up. He was not grumpy, angry or irritable. He was not overly disappointed; he did not look like his world has not working around him, or even like a small part of it was shattered.
For the sixth time, New Zealand has exit the event at the semi-final stage and they have never reached a World Cup final. Vettori would have had every right to come into view upset, heartbroken and gutted, as he looked on the field when Thilan Samaraweera hit the winning runs. By the time the media conference came around, 15 or so minutes later, he had dried his eyes and put the loss in viewpoint. "I can only speak for this team, I can't speak for the teams of yesteryear and we just came up short," he said practical as you like.
The coming up short started with the bat. New Zealand lost 6 for 25 runs at the end of their innings, counting a theatrical 4 for 4, and was bowled out for 217. Already, they knew they were on the ropes. "We thought we were 20 to 30 runs short," Vettori said, although he maintain that he had made the correct decision by choosing to bat first. "Our top order came up short and alongside the Sri Lankan bowling it was tough to recover."
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