New Zealand's Vettori achieves rare double

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori became only the eighth player to achieve the double of 3,000 runs and 300 wickets during the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.

Vettori (30), who has scored 3,329 runs, claimed his 300th wicket when he had his Sri Lankan counterpart Kumar Sangakkara caught at mid-wicket in the afternoon session of the first day's play.

List of players who have achieved the double:

Name Matches Runs Wickets

Kapil Dev (IND) 131 5,248 434

Ian Botham (ENG) 102 5,200 383

Richard Hadlee (NZL) 86 3,124 431

Shaun Pollock (RSA) 108 3,781 421

Imran Khan (PAK) 88 3,807 362

Shane Warne (AUS) 145 3,154 708

Chaminda Vaas (SRI) 111 3,089 355

Daniel Vettori (NZL) 94' 3,329 300