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
anxious bond facing gone indian order top
Shane Bond has gone through their top order and I know I'd be pretty anxious about facing him if I were the Indian top-order tomorrow,
dependency following guys power rather strike taking
There's been a dependency on Shane with his strike power and the guys have been following up rather than taking the lead.
function sleep
I don't function 100% because i sleep too much
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.
concern injury pace plenty time
His pace does make a difference. There is plenty of time but the concern is that this injury has been around for a while and there has been no real improvement.
arrival bit late surprised
I am a bit surprised at Indians' late arrival at the venue,
convincing morning shows tale test tricky
Statistically it's convincing enough, but I think the tale of the Test shows that it was really about the morning sessions, about the new ball, about getting through that tricky period.
captain county dave guy loves needs promoted sort
Dave Fulton is a guy who loves to win, ... and is the sort of captain I think needs to be promoted in county cricket.
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.