Damien Fleming
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| Full name | Damien William Fleming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 April 1970 Bentley, Western Australia |
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| Nickname | Flemo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 361) | 5-9 October 1994 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 February - 1 March 2001 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 115) | 16 January 1994 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 21 June 2001 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989–2002 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970) is a former Australian cricketer who played for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for Victoria. He played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 and was an important part of the all-conquering Australian teams under Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor. In recent years Fleming has spent time refining his theory of Bowlology, a set of scientific coaching principles to help developing bowlers.
Fleming's 20 Tests between 1994–95 and 2000-01 returned 75 wickets at an average of 25.89 with best figures of 5/30. He is one of only three men (along with Maurice Allom and Peter Petherick) to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut. Fleming’s hat-trick was taken against Pakistan at Rawalpindi where he claimed Australia’s nemesis Salim Malik in the second innings as his third wicket.
His Test match record is impressive, with the 1999-2000 season Fleming's finest hour: he claimed 31 wickets in six Tests against Pakistan and India. His career best figures of 5/31 came against India at Adelaide in December 1999, where if not for Shane Warne spilling up a simple slips catch, Fleming would have claimed a second hat-trick.
Fleming's ODI record is equally impressive, representing his country 88 times including two World Cup finals and taking 134 wickets at an average of 25.38. He was seen by many to be a one-day specialist, especially in the latter overs when his fine economy rate kept runs down. Fleming was the last-over specialist in both the 1996 and 1999 World Cup Semi-Finals. In 1996 at Mohali with the West Indies needing six runs to win off five balls, Fleming bowled Courtney Walsh for victory. In 1999 at Edgbaston, with South Africa requiring one run with four balls remaining, it took a Lance Klusener brain-fade to send Australia into the final.
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