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
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.
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.
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,
good pleased
It was a good series, and we were pleased with the way we played.
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.
aggressive opportunity score top
It's an opportunity to be very aggressive at the top and get another score around the 300 mark.
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.
good sure
It's good for us, but I'm not sure it's good for the game.
across bit last month pleased struggle
It's been a bit of a struggle over the last month to get across the line, so I am pleased to have converted.
add game meaning
It's false, it detracts from the game and it doesn't add any meaning to 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.
player trend
The other trend has been for the player to get injured.
cover players playing reason
We have players who are playing well and can cover up for him. If he is dropped, it would be for tactical reason and not form.
africa against contest desperate expecting hard hunger losing measure ourselves results series south won
We're expecting a very hard conTest ? South Africa will be desperate for a series win, after losing to Australia. We have never won a series against South Africa, and we have a real hunger for this series. We want to measure ourselves in South Africa, where our results have always been poor.