Daniel Vettori shows athleticism as a 36-year-old, taking a spectacular catch for the Black Caps in their 2015 Cricket World Cup quarterfinal against the West Indies in Wellington.

Former Black Caps captain Daniel Vettori has featured in an online dating ad on the main page of The Guardian, one of the biggest news websites in the UK.

The ad, for The Guardian's 'Soulmates' single service, ran at the bottom of the Guardian.co.uk website on Wednesday morning. It featured a photo of Vettori in its "search for men" panel, alongside what is presumably a profile picture from the site.



The picture of Vettori originated in a Stuff article from 2012.

Vettori, who is married, has confirmed he did not have a profile with 'Soulmates', but did not wish to comment further. He had not seen the ad before being contacted.

Vettori confirmed that he did not have a profile with the site.

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Presumably, a man on the site has used the photo as either a joke or a disguise.

The Stuff article the photo was lifted from.

The banner was first noticed by Twitter user John Hudson.

Can someone tell Vettori that the Guardian is using a photo of him to advertise its singles website? @BLACKCAPS pic.twitter.com/ifM1Vc8t8d — John Hudson (@thesonofhud) March 8, 2016

The Guardian have been contacted for comment.

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