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
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.
five four injuries surface underlying
four or five underlying injuries which may surface at some time, so we have to be careful.
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,
arguably available best
I don't know where he's at, but he's arguably one of the world's best ever and to not have him available must be a blow.
good moving shape
But all in all I think we're in pretty good shape moving forward.
function sleep
I don't function 100% because i sleep too much
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,
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.
africa crown due personal south team tenacious
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.
asked certainly happy seen surprised
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.
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.