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Daniel Vettori has officially ended his tenure as New Zealand's test captain, though he will not relinquish the coin toss responsibilities completely until after the World Cup. The 31-year-old Vettori had already said several times since he took on the captaincy from Stephen Fleming in Nov. 2007 that he would step down from the role after the 2011 World Cup, which runs from February 19-April 2. I made that decision three-and-a-half years ago and that's it, Vettori said after New Zealand and Pakistan drew the second test at the Basin Reserve, which allowed the visitors to win the two-match series 1-0.My timing was always to step away after the World Cup and that stays the same.Vettori said he still wanted to continue playing test cricket under a new leader. Ross Taylor is his likely successor having been his vice captain in recent series. Test cricket is part of the game I love, Vettori added. I want to play it as long as I can and there are still things I want to achieve, there's no way that I want to finish with test cricket. Vettori refused to contemplate on how his tenure as test captain would be judged, though he felt he had given it all when he captained the side. New Zealand won six test matches under the left-arm spinner, four against Bangladesh and one each against England and Pakistan, with 16 losses and 10 draws,
