Stephen Fleming
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name=Stephen Fleming
| honorific_suffix={{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
| image=Stephen Fleming ONZM (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption=Fleming in 2011
| fullname=Stephen Paul Fleming
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|04|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place=Christchurch, New Zealand
| height=188 cm
| batting=Left-handed
| bowling=Right-arm medium-slow
| role=Top-order batsman
| international=true
| country=New Zealand
| internationalspan=1994–2008
| testdebutdate=19 March
| testdebutyear=1994
| testdebutagainst=India
| testcap=188
| lasttestdate=22 March
| lasttestyear=2008
| lasttestagainst=England
| odidebutdate=25 March
| odidebutyear=1994
| odidebutagainst=India
| odicap=88
| lastodidate=24 April
| lastodiyear=2007
| lastodiagainst=Sri Lanka
| odishirt=7
| T20Idebutdate=17 February
| T20Idebutyear=2005
| T20Idebutagainst=Australia
| T20Icap=3
| lastT20Idate=26 December
| lastT20Iyear=2006
| lastT20Iagainst=Sri Lanka
| club1=Canterbury
| year1={{nowrap|1991/92–1999/00}}
| club2=Wellington
| year2=2000/01–2008/09
| club3=Middlesex
| year3=2001
| club4=Yorkshire
| year4=2003
| club5=Nottinghamshire
| year5=2005–2007
| club6=Chennai Super Kings
| year6=2008
| columns=4
| column1=Test
| column2=ODI
| column3=FC
| column4=LA
| matches1=111
| matches2=280
| matches3=247
| matches4=460
| runs1=7,172
| runs2=8,037
| runs3=16,409
| runs4=14,019
| bat avg1=40.06
| bat avg2=32.40
| bat avg3=43.87
| bat avg4=35.13
| 100s/50s1=9/46
| 100s/50s2=8/49
| 100s/50s3=35/93
| 100s/50s4=22/86
| top score1=274*
| top score2=134*
| top score3=274*
| top score4=139*
| deliveries1=–
| deliveries2=29
| deliveries3=102
| deliveries4=35
| wickets1=–
| wickets2=1
| wickets3=0
| wickets4=2
| bowl avg1=–
| bowl avg2=28.00
| bowl avg3=–
| bowl avg4=15.50
| fivefor1=–
| fivefor2=0
| fivefor3=–
| fivefor4=0
| tenfor1=–
| tenfor2=0
| tenfor3=–
| tenfor4=0
| best bowling1=–
| best bowling2=1/8
| best bowling3=–
| best bowling4=1/3
| catches/stumpings1=171/–
| catches/stumpings2=133/–
| catches/stumpings3=340/–
| catches/stumpings4=225/–
| coachclub1=Chennai Super Kings
| coachyear1=2009–2015, 2018–present
| coachclub2=Melbourne Stars
| coachyear2=2015–2019
| coachclub3=Rising Pune Supergiant
| coachyear3=2016–2017
| coachclub4=Joburg Super Kings
| coachyear4=2022-present
| coachclub5=Texas Super Kings
| coachyear5=2023-present
| source=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37000.html ESPNcricinfo
| date=4 May
| year=2017
| module={{Infobox medal templates|titlestyle=background-color: lightsteelblue;|expand=yes
| medals={{MedalCountry| {{NZL}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's Cricket}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1998 Kuala Lumpur|List-A cricket}}
{{MedalCompetition|ICC Champions Trophy}}
{{Medal|Winner|2000 Kenya|}}
}}
}}
Stephen Paul Fleming {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born 1 April 1973) is a cricket coach and former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team. He was a left-handed opening batter and an occasional right arm slow medium bowler. He is New Zealand's second-most capped Test cricketer with 111 appearances. He is also the team's longest-serving and most successful captain with 28 test victories and led the team to win the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the team's first International Cricket Council trophy. Fleming captained New Zealand in the first ever Twenty20 International against Australia in 2005.
Fleming retired from international cricket on 26 March 2008. He played in the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings and became the team's coach in 2009. He is the team's current head coach and has coached them to five IPL and two Champions League T20 titles. He also serves as the head coach of other Super Kings franchises, Joburg Super Kings in the SA20 and Texas Super Kings in Major League Cricket. He served as the coach of Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League from 2015 to 2019. Fleming was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket, in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Early and personal life
Fleming was born on 1 April 1973 in Christchurch to Pauline Fleming and Gary Kirk.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/stephen-fleming-37000|title=Stephen Fleming, profile|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} Pauline raised him as a single mother, and he did not meet his father until he was 16. Fleming played rugby for Cashmere High like his father.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|date=7 November 2004|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Cricket/Flemings-father-comes-out-of-the-shadows/2004/11/06/1099547435353.html|title=Fleming's father comes out of the shadows|access-date=11 May 2016}}
On 9 May 2007, Fleming married his long-term partner Kelly Payne in a ceremony in Wellington. The couple have a daughter, born in 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10439430|title=Fleming goes all out to wed in secret|first=Nicola|last=Shepherd|date=12 May 2007|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=1 December 2023}}
Domestic career
Fleming has played county cricket in England for Middlesex, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire. He captained Nottinghamshire to County Championship victory in 2005, their first Championship title in 18 years.{{cite web|url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Frizzell_County_Championship_2005.html|title=Frizzell County Championship 2005 Points Table|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=18 May 2011}}
International career
A left-handed batsman, Fleming made his test debut in March 1994 in the home series against India winning the Man of the Match award on debut after scoring 92.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-new-zealand-1993-94-62321/new-zealand-vs-india-only-test-63645/full-scorecard|title=Only Test, Hamilton, March 19 - 23, 1994, India tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} He made his ODI debut on 25 March 1994 in the first match of the ODI series that followed and scored an unbeaten 90.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-new-zealand-1993-94-62321/new-zealand-vs-india-1st-odi-64462/full-scorecard|title=1st ODI, Napier, March 25, 1994, India tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} In England's tour of New Zealand in 1996–97, he scored his maiden test century in the first test at Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1996-97-61765/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-63739/full-scorecard|title=1st Test, Auckland, January 24 - 28, 1997, England tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} In the third Test of the series, he took over the captaincy from Lee Germon becoming New Zealand's youngest captain at 23 years and 321 days.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1996-97-61765/new-zealand-vs-england-3rd-test-63741/full-scorecard|title=3rd Test, Christchurch, 1997, England tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} He led the New Zealand team to a bronze medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/commonwealth-games-1998-99-460200|title=Commonwealth games 1998|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}}
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Fleming led the team to win the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, which was New Zealand's first ICC trophy.{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/93205.html |title=Magnificent Cairns steers New Zealand to great triumph |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 March 2017}} Fleming became New Zealand's most successful test captain in September 2000 with a victory over Zimbabwe which was the 12th win under his captaincy overtaking Geoff Howarth and finished with 28 wins, the most by a New Zealand captain.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/individual-list-captains/new-zealand-5/test-matches-1|title=Test captains, New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} Fleming's scored his best ODI score with an unbeaten 134 to help New Zealand beat hosts South Africa in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Chasing a rain adjusted target of 229 off 39 overs, Fleming hit 134 off just 132 deliveries as New Zealand cruised to a 9-wicket victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-2002-03-61124/south-africa-vs-new-zealand-15th-match-65248/full-scorecard|title=15th Match, Johannesburg, February 16, 2003, ICC World Cup|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} In February 2005, Fleming captained New Zealand in the first ever Twenty20 International against Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-new-zealand-2004-05-61407/new-zealand-vs-australia-only-t20i-211048/full-scorecard|title=Only T20I (D/N), Auckland, February 17, 2005, Australia tour of New Zealand|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} In the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa at Cape Town in April 2006, Fleming scored his 3rd Test double-century and became the first New Zealander to achieve this feat.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-double-hundreds-in-a-career-230344|title=Most test double hundreds|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}}
On 25 October 2006, Fleming captained his country for the 194th time in an ODI overtaking Arjuna Ranatunga for most matches as a captain and finished with 218 games as a captain, a record which has since been eclipsed only by Ricky Ponting.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-matches-as-captain-283747|title=Most ODI matches as captain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} He captained the side in the 2007 World Cup and scored 353 runs at an average of 39.22, leading the team to the semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/icc-world-cup-2006-07-2403|title=Most runs, 2007 World cup|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} On 24 April 2007, Fleming resigned as captain in a post-match press conference held after the semi-Final defeat to Sri Lanka.{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/fleming-resigns-as-odi-captain-292255|title=Fleming resigns as ODI captain|date=24 April 2007|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} In September 2007, Fleming was replaced by Daniel Vettori as the New Zealand captain. Fleming 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/new_zealand/7244189.stm|title=Fleming to end New Zealand career|date=14 February 2008|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=13 November 2011}} Fleming scored over 7000 runs in test cricket and took over 170 catches, the third highest Test aggregate for a non-wicket keeper.{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html|title=Records–Test matches–Fielding records–Most catches in career|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}}
IPL career
Fleming was acquired by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for US$350,000 for the inaugural season of Indian Premier League.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-the-teams-stack-up-338106|title=How the teams stack up|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}} He played just one season and scored 196 runs in ten matches with CSK finishing as runners-up.{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/teams/chennai-super-kings/squad-details/1|title=MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings|publisher=IPL|access-date=1 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/teams/CSK/squad-details/350|title=CSK squad details|publisher=IPL|access-date=1 December 2023}}
Post retirement
Fleming was appointed as the head coach of Chennai Super Kings in 2009 when he retired as a player.{{cite news|title=Who is the CSK coach? Long-serving mastermind looking to bring more IPL glory to Chennai Super Kings|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/cricket/news/who-csk-coach-stephen-fleming-chennai-super-kings-ipl/vpbcosswpqcvybuwdoyar9wy|newspaper=Sporting News|date=29 March 2023|access-date=1 December 2023}} Under his coaching, CSK won the 2010 season and qualified for Champions League Twenty20.{{cite news|title=Raina, Dhoni star in Chennai triumph|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2009-10-418064/mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-419165/match-report|access-date=4 June 2013|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226065304/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2009-10-418064/mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-419165/match-report|url-status=live}} Chennai won the 2010 Champions league.{{cite web|title=Warriors v Chennai: Dominant Chennai seal title|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/champions-league-twenty20-2010-11-456281/warriors-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-465141/match-report|access-date=21 April 2012|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} Fleming coached CSK to its second consecutive IPL title in 2011 and its second Champions League Twenty20 title in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/teams/chennai-super-kings/archive|title=Chennai Super Kings|publisher=IPL|access-date=1 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/champions-league-twenty20-2014-15-763543|title=2014 Champions League Twenty20|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2023}}
Following the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, two new franchises Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions were established for the 2016 Indian Premier League season. Supergiants appointed Fleming as the head coach.{{cite news|title=Pune names Fleming as coach|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3270844/fleming-named-coach-of-pune|newspaper=Cricket.au|date=5 January 2016|access-date=1 January 2023}} Fleming returned to Chennai Super Kings for the 2018 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/190118/indian-premier-league-ipl-2018-chennai-super-kings-stephen-fleming-head-coach.html|title=Chennai Super Kings confirm return of Fleming as coach|date=19 January 2018|access-date=1 December 2023|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle}} Fleming coached CSK to its third IPL title in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1136620/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-final-indian-premier-league-2018|title=Final (N), Indian Premier League at Mumbai, May 27 2018. Match Report|date=27 May 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029092150/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8048/report/1136620/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-final-indian-premier-league-2018|url-status=live}} Fleming led CSK to the title again in 2021 and 2023 IPL.{{cite news|title=MS Dhoni's CSK claim 4th title: Complete list of IPL winners since 2008|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/ms-dhonis-csk-claim-4th-title-complete-list-of-ipl-winners-since-2008-421316|access-date=18 March 2022|website=WION|language=en|archive-date=19 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919224331/https://www.wionews.com/sports/ms-dhonis-csk-claim-4th-title-complete-list-of-ipl-winners-since-2008-421316|url-status=live}} CSK became the most successful IPL franchise with five title wins and ten final appearances during his stint as head coach.{{cite news|date=25 October 2017|title=MS Dhoni: Indian cricket's first mega-brand|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/book-extract-democracy-s-xi-by-rajdeep-sardesai-1123867|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111224912/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21145684/democracy-xi-rajdeep-sardesai|archive-date=11 November 2020|access-date=26 October 2017|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He was appointed as the head coach of other Super Kings franchises, Joburg Super Kings of SA20 in 2022 and Texas Super Kings of Major League Cricket in 2023.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/fleming-to-be-texas-super-kings-coach-in-major-league-cricket-in-us-as-csk-announces-partnership/articleshow/98902904.cms?from=mdr|title=Fleming to be coach of Texas Super Kings|newspaper=The Times of India|date=23 March 2023|access-date=1 December 2023}}
=Business interests=
Fleming has been involved in setting up CricHQ with the company's CEO Simon Baker and former New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum. Fleming is one of the investors and a director in the company. In June 2015, the company raised US$10m from Singapore private equity firm Tembusu Partners.{{cite news|last=Hutching|first=Gerard|date=16 June 2015|title=Singaporean firm invests US$10m in New Zealand cricket tech company|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/69450909/singaporean-firm-invests-us10m-in-new-zealand-cricket-tech-company|newspaper=Stuff |access-date=4 July 2016}}
Playing style
Fleming was an elegant left handed batter and played shots such as the flick off the pads, straight drive, cover drive and cut shots.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/fleming-csks-man-for-all-seasons/article24016464.ece|title=Fleming — CSK's man for all seasons|date=28 May 2018|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=1 July 2023}} He was also a prolific slip catcher and was particularly noted for his captaincy, having been praised by Shane Warne as the "best captain in world cricket".{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/2310545/Spotlight-on-Stephen-Fleming-Boss-approved.html|location=London|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Steve|last=James|title=Spotlight on Stephen Fleming: Boss approved|date=8 April 2007|access-date=1 July 2016}}
Statistics
=Centuries=
{{anchor|List of international cricket centuries by Stephen Fleming}}
Fleming, a left-handed batsman, has made 17 centuries in international cricket {{endash}} nine in Test matches and eight in One Day Internationals {{endash}} and sits ninety-sixth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.{{cite web|title=Records/Combined Test, ODI and T20I records/Batting records/Most hundreds in a career|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284175.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004152723/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284175.html|archive-date=4 October 2012 }}
;Test
;ODI
=Captaincy=
Fleming had captained New Zealand in 303 matches including 80 Test matches, 218 ODIs and 5 T20Is, a New Zealand record and the third highest ever.{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283746.html|title=Records-Test matches-Individual records (captains, players, umpires)-Most matches as captain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-matches-as-captain-283427|title=Most matches as captain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 March 2023}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Fleming captaincy record{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/individual-list-captains/new-zealand-5/twenty20-internationals-3|title=Records-T20I matches-Individual records (captains, players, umpires)-Most matches as captain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 June 2023}} |
| Type
!Matches !Won !Lost !Drawn !Tied !No result !Win % |
|---|
| Test
|80 |28 |27 |25 |0 |0 |35.00 |
| ODI
|218 |98 |106 |0 |1 |13 |44.95 |
| T20I
|5 |2 |2 |0 |1 |0 |40.00 |
Records and achievements
;Tests
- Most wins by a New Zealand captain (28)
- Second most number of matches as captain (80){{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-matches-as-captain-283746|title=Most matches as captain, Tests|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}
- Third most runs for New Zealand (7172){{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/batting-most-runs-career/new-zealand-5/test-matches-1|title=Most runs for New Zealand, Tests|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}
- Third most matches for New Zealand (111)
- Most fifties for New Zealand (46)
;ODIs
- Most wins by a New Zealand captain (98)
- Second most number of matches as captain (218)
- Third most runs as captain (6295){{cite web|url=https://www.cricindeed.com/most-odi-runs-as-captain/|title=Most runs as ODI captain|date=18 January 2020 |publisher=Cricindeed|access-date=20 June 2020}}
- Most matches for New Zealand (279)
- Second most runs for New Zealand (8007){{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/batting-most-runs-career/new-zealand-5/one-day-internationals-2|title=Most runs for New Zealand, ODIs|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=20 June 2020}}
- Second most fifties for New Zealand (49)
;Combined
- Third most international matches as captain (303){{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/slc-twenty20-15/content/records/283427.html|title=Records/Combined Test, ODI and T20I records/Individual records (captains, players, umpires)/Most matches as captain|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-date=26 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126180316/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/slc-twenty20-15/content/records/283427.html|url-status=live}}
- First non-wicket keeper to take 300 catches in international matches{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-catches-in-career-283649|title=Records/Combined Test, ODI and T20I records /Fielding records/Most catches in career|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428162745/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/slc-twenty20-15/content/records/283337.html|url-status=live}}
Honors
Fleming was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to cricket, in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2011|title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2011|date=6 June 2011|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|access-date=10 May 2020}}
=Player=
=Coach=
;Chennai Super Kings
- Indian Premier League: 2010,{{cite web |title=Indian Premier League Final, 2010|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2009-10-418064/mumbai-indians-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-419165/full-scorecard|access-date=1 December 2023|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 2011,{{cite web|title=Indian Premier League Final, 2011|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2011-466304/chennai-super-kings-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-final-501271/full-scorecard|access-date=1 December 2023|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 2018,{{cite web|title=Indian Premier League Final, 2018|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2018-1131611/chennai-super-kings-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-final-1136620/full-scorecard|access-date=1 December 2023|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 2021,{{cite web|title=Indian Premier League Final, 2021|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/chennai-super-kings-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-final-1254117/full-scorecard|access-date=1 December 2023|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 2023{{cite web|title=Indian Premier League Final, 2013|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2023-1345038/gujarat-titans-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-1370353/full-scorecard|access-date=1 December 2023|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}
- Champions League: 2010,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/champions-league-twenty20-2010-11-456281/warriors-vs-chennai-super-kings-final-465141/full-scorecard|title=Final, Johannesburg, September 26, 2010, Champions League Twenty20|access-date=16 June 2022|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/champions-league-twenty20-2014-15-763543/chennai-super-kings-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-final-763633/full-scorecard|title=Final, 2014, Champions League Twenty20|access-date=16 June 2022|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}
Controversies
In 1995, Fleming was caught and admitted to smoking marijuana with teammates Matthew Hart and Dion Nash while on tour at their hotel.{{cite news|title=Fleming caught out for a smoke|date=6 November 2004|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3607554|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=25 June 2010}}
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| before=Lee Germon
| title=New Zealand national cricket captain
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| after=Daniel Vettori
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| after=Incumbent
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| title=Melbourne Stars Coach
| years=2015–2019
| after=Peter Moores
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| before=Jason Gallian
| title=Nottinghamshire County cricket captain
| years=2005–2007
| after=Chris Read
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