More News
Fleming at Yorkshire
>
For Yorkshire's scores, visit the BBC website
• 29/6/03: Opening the batting in his first
County Championship for Yorkshire against Somerset,
Fleming narrowly missed out on a century when he was
dismissed on 98.
• 20/6/03: After a poor start to the new
Twenty20 Cup, with four runs from three innings, Fleming
hit 58 off 34 to be Man of the Match against Durham.
He was then sidelined briefly by a bruised toe sustained
during the match.
• 14/6/03: Fleming has gone to England
to take up an eleven-week contract with county Yorkshire.
• 5/6/03: Stephen Fleming's contract has
been renewed for another year (no surprises there!).
Player rankings inside the top 20 are not made public,
but it is thought that Fleming will have received one
of the three highest-paying top-tier contracts.
• Fleming is now back in New Zealand. The Black
Caps have a four-month break before touring India in
October.
New Zealand in Sri Lanka
New Zealand won their first tri-series trophy after
defeating Pakistan by 4 wickets in the final at Dambulla.
Fleming was Man of the Match with 65 runs.
The two-match Test series against Sri Lanka ended in
a 0-0 draw.
Stephen Fleming scored 274 not out, his first double
century and the second highest ever score by a New Zealander,
during the First Test in Colombo. Fleming went on to
score a further 69 runs against a challenging spin attack
during the second innings. The Test ended in a draw
but Fleming's outstanding personal effort set a new
record for most runs in a Test by a New Zealander.
Fleming is in Sri Lanka with the Black Caps for two
Tests and a one-day tri-series to be played over April-May.
The first Test begins on April 25.
• Congratulations to Stephen Fleming, who was
awarded the Walter Hadlee Trophy for best batting in
one-day internationals at the annual New Zealand Cricket
awards dinner.
• Happy Birthday to Stephen Fleming, who turned
30 on April 1st, 2003.
World Cup News: February-March 2003
For
World Cup scores, see the special World Cup news page.
The Black Caps failed to qualify for the Semi Finals
after beating just Zimbabwe in the Super Sixes phase
of the tournament. Fleming, however, continued his good
batting form through New Zealand's heavy losses to Australia
and India, top-scoring in each dismal batting effort.
Fleming's batting, along with Nathan Astle's century
against Zimbabwe and Shane Bond's stunning 6/23 against
Australia, was one of few highlights for the Black Caps
in the latter part of the tournament.
New Zealand qualified for the Super Sixes stage of
the World Cup in South Africa, edging out the host nation.
Fleming continued in good touch with the bat, although
he was run out cheaply during the Black Caps' quick-paced
run chase against Canada.
Fleming is with the Black Caps in South Africa for
the 2003 World Cup. He scored 32 against Bangladesh,
including 19 off one over, before being given out to
a dubious decision. Ten days earlier, he struck a breathtaking
134* to secure an improbable but critical victory for
New Zealand against South Africa, thus keeping the Black
Caps' World Cup hopes alive. For Fleming personally,
it was his best century, and his first hundred in five
years.
Fleming had foreshadowed his form in South Africa by
scoring 122 (retired) against Gauteng in the Black Caps'
second warm up match. He subsequently made 1 and a quick-paced
25 in the first two pool matches.
• Earlier this year, Fleming led the Black Caps
to a 5-2 series win during the one-day series against
India. That series also witnessed some encouraging batting
performances from Fleming himself, including his 60
not out during the final game, for which he earned the
Man of the Match award.
|
