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Maturity as a
player and as a skipper has finally brought
reward for New Zealand's longest-serving, and
most successful, Test match captain Stephen
Fleming. A stint with Middlesex in 2001 laid
the foundations for a successful re-evaluation
of his batting methods where the inability to
convert half-centuries to centuries did no justice
to his quality.
But after a breakout innings of 134 not out
to steer New Zealand to a classy World Cup victory
over South Africa, Fleming confirmed his greater
batting consistency with a career-highest 274
not out against Sri Lanka in the first Test
of their 2003 series. He has now scored 4671
runs in 75 Tests and taken 114 catches. (Lynn
McConnell, May 2003)
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