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
injury period rest settle
It's an inflammation injury that will settle down with a period of rest, we haven't been able to get him enough rest. I don't think it's a career-threatening injury, just annoying.
africa bank cash game maybe needed played position south
I needed everything I could get. We probably should have got more, because the follow-on was our only real chance. Maybe if we'd been bowled out for 350, the game would still have been alive, but we played well enough to be in a position where we had to get South Africa out twice, so we needed as much cash in the bank as possible.
along confidence runs somewhere
He'll give them confidence and he'll give them runs somewhere along the way in this series.
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.
denying formula game gets good harder tougher
We've got a good formula going and the harder it gets to score, the tougher it gets to get in the game and we're denying them really well.
bowlers chase games gives opportunity rather runs time top win
We've got to consistently get more runs from our top order. What that does is it gives us more time for the bowlers to recover, and gives us an opportunity to win games rather than chase games.
concerned number runs side
We've got to get more runs on the board, that's been something that has concerned the side for a number of tests.
cape fit hope second test
We hope he will be fit for the second Test in Cape Town.
formula lifetime loss player players replicate three whether
What we have to try to do is find a way to replicate that. Whether that's through one player, two players or even three players, we have to try to find a formula for making up for a loss of a player who is a once in a lifetime player.
achieve stay till
We had done everything pretty well up till them and it just showed if you want to achieve something like 5-0 then you're got to stay with it right to the end.
came knew steep
We came up with something very steep but which we knew they would probably have to have a go at, because it was their only chance.
player trend
The other trend has been for the player to get injured.
areas forward good innings moving runs shape touch
We're in pretty good shape moving forward but I think we have got to get better still. There are some areas we need to touch up - we probably need 10 runs or so more each innings and more strike-power when we bowl.