Stephen Paul Fleming was born on 1 April 1973 and is a New Zealand cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, who is the current head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings.
35 Facts About Stephen Fleming
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Stephen Fleming is considered one of the greatest batsmen for the New Zealand national cricket team.
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Stephen Fleming is the team's longest-serving and most successful captain, having led the side to 28 victories and having won Test series against India, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.
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Stephen Fleming is the winning captain of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, which is New Zealand's only ICC trophy till date in the ODI format and in limited overs cricket.
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Stephen Fleming retired from international cricket on 26 March 2008.
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Stephen Fleming played in the 2008 Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings after being signed for US$350,000 and became the team's coach from 2009.
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Stephen Fleming coached the Rising Pune Supergiant during this time.
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Stephen Fleming is appointed as the head coach of Joburg super kings in 2022 for the SA20 league.
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Stephen Fleming is one of the best coaches in the IPL so far.
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Stephen Fleming is the son of Pauline Stephen Fleming and Gary Kirk.
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On 9 May 2007, Stephen Fleming married his long-term partner Kelly Payne in a ceremony held in Wellington.
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Stephen Fleming had to return to New Zealand just before the semifinals of the IPL tournament for the birth of his second child.
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Stephen Fleming was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket, in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Stephen Fleming has played county cricket in England for Middlesex, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
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Stephen Fleming captained Nottinghamshire to County Championship victory in 2005, their first Championship title in 18 years.
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Stephen Fleming was particularly noted for his captaincy, having been praised from the likes of Shane Warne as the "best captain in world cricket" and most recently, Graeme Swann who said that Fleming is one of the two true leaders that he's ever seen, alongside Andrew Strauss.
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Stephen Fleming became New Zealand's most successful captain in September 2000 with a victory over Zimbabwe.
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Stephen Fleming was regarded by some as an underperformer with the bat, with one of the worst 50 to 100 conversion ratios in world cricket.
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Stephen Fleming scored 262 as he and Wellington teammate James Franklin put 256 runs for the 8th wicket, the highest partnership to date in Tests between New Zealand and South Africa.
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Stephen Fleming played well throughout the 2007 World Cup scoring 353 runs at an average of 39.22 and was New Zealand's second highest run scorer in the tournament.
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Stephen Fleming failed in the semi-final against Sri Lanka scoring just 1 off 4 balls as New Zealand went on to lose the match and crashed out of the tournament.
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On 24 April 2007, Stephen Fleming resigned as the ODI captain of the Blackcaps.
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In September 2007, Stephen Fleming was replaced by Daniel Vettori as the New Zealand Test captain.
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Stephen Fleming left English county Nottinghamshire after three years as captain.
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In February 2008 Stephen Fleming ended speculation and confirmed his retirement from the New Zealand team at the end of England's 2008 tour of New Zealand to spend more time with his family, and to play for the Indian Premier League.
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Stephen Fleming played well in his final series, scoring 297 in six innings.
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Stephen Fleming was an elegant left handed batsman and played shots such as the flick off the pads, straight drive, cover drive and cut shots.
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Stephen Fleming was a clever captain and his field placings for many batsmen like Damien Martyn at point and aggressive captaincy made the opposition struggle for their runs.
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Stephen Fleming was a prolific slip catcher and fielded well in close-in positions.
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Stephen Fleming played for Chennai Super Kings in the 2008 Indian Premier League.
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Stephen Fleming was appointed as the team's head coach in 2009 and retired as a player.
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Stephen Fleming coached Chennai for six seasons before the side was suspended from the IPL for two years.
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In 2018 Stephen Fleming returned as coach of Chennai after the team's suspension ended.
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Stephen Fleming has since been involved in setting up CricHQ with the company's CEO Simon Baker and former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum.
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Stephen Fleming is one of 160 investors and a director in the company.