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Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming
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Personal information
Full name Stephen Paul Fleming
Born (1973-04-01) 1 April 1973 (age 43)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting style Left-handed batsman
Bowling style Left-arm medium
Role Captain, Higher middle order batsman, Coach
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 188) 19 March 1994 v India
Last Test 22 March 2008 v England
ODI debut (cap 88) 25 March 1994 v India
Last ODI 24 April 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 7
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000–2009 Wellington
2005–2007 Nottinghamshire
2003 Yorkshire
2001 Middlesex
1991–2000 Canterbury
2008 Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 111 280 247 461
Runs scored 7,172 8,037 16,409 14,037
Batting average 40.06 32.40 43.87 35.09
100s/50s 9/46 8/49 35/93 22/86
Top score 274* 134* 274* 139*
Balls bowled 29 102 35
Wickets 1 0 2
Bowling average 28.00 15.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/8 0/0 1/3
Catches/stumpings 171/– 133/– 340/– 226/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 September 2008

Stephen Paul Fleming, ONZM (born 1 April 1973) is a former New Zealand cricketer, and captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket. Known for his astute tactical abilities, he is New Zealand's second-most capped test player with 111 test appearances, longest-serving and most successful captain, having led the side to 28 victories and having won Test match series' against India, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. He retired from international cricket on 26 March 2008. Fleming played in the 2008 Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings after being signed for US$350,000 and became the team's coach from 2009. In February 2015 he was signed as coach of the Melbourne Stars of the Big Bash League.

He was particularly noted for his captaincy, having been praised from the likes of Shane Warne as the "best captain in world cricket" and most recently, Graeme Swann who said that Fleming is one of the two true leaders that he's ever seen, alongside Andrew Strauss.


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