Fleming named most travelled cricketer

From NZPA, 14 January 2003

Stephen Fleming has again scooped the airpoints award as the world's most travelled cricketer.

The New Zealand captain was named by the Wisden cricket website as the man who covered the most distance last year -- an impressive 122,802 miles.

He headed off teammate Nathan Astle, who clocked up 98,432 miles, just ahead of third-placed West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, whose tally was boosted by a tour to England with the West Indies A side.

Fleming's total included tours to Australia, Sharjah, Pakistan and West Indies as well as two return trips to London for the International Cricket Council (ICC) captains' meeting and the festival match for a World 11 in Cardiff.

His New Zealand team were also the most travelled unit, with 75,670 miles compared to the West Indies' 75,286.

They were well clear of third-placed England, whose tour to New Zealand boosted their tally to 56,615.

Fleming also topped the airpoints list the last time Wisden calculated it in 1998, when he recorded a comparatively tame 75,286 miles.

His jet-setting this year will include the World Cup in South Africa and tours to Sri Lanka in April and India in October.

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