Stephen Fleming
Stephen Fleming
Stephen Paul Fleming, ONZMis 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...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth1 April 1973
bowls good handful lively looks pace work
Edwards is going to be a handful through the summer. He bowls at a lively pace and has a good work ethic. He looks to be a good competitor.
bowlers dominated feeling felt left morning session wanting
The feeling was the morning session was going to play a part, we felt it was brewing, the bowlers dominated and our footwork was too hesitant, it was left wanting and that's something we have to address.
along confidence runs somewhere
He'll give them confidence and he'll give them runs somewhere along the way in this series.
bowlers dangerous
He is one of the world's quickest and most dangerous bowlers at the moment,
africa expecting south
South Africa will still be very tough, you don't come here expecting anything less.
deal next number side targeted year
I've got a two-year deal and a number of the side have targeted this year but also next year,
add game meaning
It's false, it detracts from the game and it doesn't add any meaning to it,
bit felt five good points team
It felt really good. I was back to my best. The team has been a bit up and down but it was good to get five points and back in the mix.
captain enjoyed involves power quite rule super support
I don't support super sub rule but the power play involves some manipulation as a captain and I quite enjoyed it,
bowlers chase games gives rather time win
That gives the bowlers more time to recover, and it gives us more opportunities to win games rather than chase games.
boos county crowds games good mean meant otherwise result spectacle success
There were some boos and jeers about what we did. But it did not only mean we got the result we needed; it meant everyone got a spectacle when there otherwise would not have been one. After England's success this summer, the crowds need to see good games of county cricket.
attack developed guy leading side
My attack on Graeme was tactical not personal. I actually like the guy very much. He's developed well and he's leading his side well.
flawed good rule super toss winning
Winning the toss is a good start. As we know, the super sub rule is a flawed rule and we have to make the most of it.
box days feeling felt gut match next played three
We could have played 11 each but we felt it was too messy. We've got three days now (till the next match in Queenstown on Wednesday) to see how we feel, but my gut feeling is we'll box on and play it out. But we'll see what happens.