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
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Well, it would be exciting news if it does come off. It would be particularly good for New Zealanders, and will flow on from the Rugby World Cup success - so it was exciting to hear.
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.
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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.
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.
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When you have personal satisfaction, you always want to crown it with team reward. We didn't get it and that is due to South Africa being tenacious at home.
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We were surprised to be asked to bat, but certainly not disappointed. We're OK, and we're happy with what we have seen in the pitch.
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.
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.
accept came tied win
We came here to win the series, and now we can't. But we won't accept anything but a tied series.
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.
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.
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.
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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.