Fleming's world record and a Max oddity
Stephen Fleming goes into the Test series against South Africa with a world record which, by definition, he must extend before he can relinquish it
Mat I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SP Fleming 53 93 6 3153 174* 36.24 2 24 RJ Hadlee 86 134 19 3124 151* 27.16 2 15 Rameez Raja 57 94 5 2833 122 31.83 2 22 SMH Kirmani 88 124 22 2759 102 27.04 2 12 FM Engineer 46 87 3 2611 121 31.08 2 16 S Chanderpaul 44 73 8 2602 137* 40.03 2 20 AL Logie 52 78 9 2470 130 35.79 2 16 TG Evans 91 133 14 2439 104 20.49 2 8 W Rhodes 58 98 21 2325 179 30.19 2 11 K Srikkanth 43 72 3 2062 123 29.88 2 12 BA Young 35 68 4 2034 267* 31.78 2 12
1. Len Cuff 1893/94-1896/97 2. Alfred Holdship 1895/96 3. Thomas Cobcroft 1898/99 4. Charles Richardson 1902/03 5. Arthur Sims 1904/05 6. Dan Reese 1906/07-1913/14 7. Arnold Williams 1906/07 8. Lance Hemus 1913/14 9. Stan Brice 1920/21 10. Nessie Snedden 1922/23 11. Dave Collins 1922/23-1923/24 12. Syd Smith 1923/24 13. Billy Patrick 1924/25-1925/26 14. Tom Lowry 1927-1937/38 15. Ces Dacre 1927 16. Curly Page 1931-1937/38 17. Ian Cromb 1935/36 18. Giff Vivian 1937-1937-38 19. Denis Moloney 1938/39 20. Walter Hadlee 1945/46-1950/51 21. Merv Wallace 1949-1952/53 22. Bert Sutcliffe 1951/52-1953/54 23. Geoff Rabone 1953/54-1954/55 24. Harry Cave 1955/56-1958 25. John Reid 1955/56-1965 26. Murray Chapple 1961/62-1965/66 27. Graham Dowling 1965-1971/72 28. Barry Sinclair 1965/66-1967/68 29. Vic Pollard 1969-1969/70 30. Bevan Congdon 1969/70-1974/75 31. Glenn Turner 1971/72-1976/77 32. Bruce Taylor 1973 33. John Parker 1976/77-1978 34. Mark Burgess 1977/78-1980/81 35. Geoff Howarth 1979/80-1984/85 36. Richard Hadlee 1983 37. John Wright 1983-1990 38. Jeremy Coney 1984/85-1986/87 39. Jeff Crowe 1986/87-1987/88 40. Martin Snedden 1988/89 41. Martin Crowe 1990-1995/96 42. Ian Smith 1990-1990/91 43. Andrew Jones 1992/93 44. Ken Rutherford 1992/93-1994/95 45. Gavin Larsen 1994 46. Lee Germon 1995/96-1996/97 47. Justin Vaughan 1995/96 48. Mark Greatbatch 1996/97 49. Stephen Fleming 1996/97-2000/01 50. Chris Cairns 1997/98 51. Dion Nash 1998/99-1999 52. Craig McMillan 2000/01
Year Runs Ave RG Twose 2000 1068 56.21 NJ Astle 1998 891 42.42 NJ Astle 2000 845 38.40 GM Turner 1983 834 36.26 RG Twose 1999 823 48.41 MD Crowe 1990 810 42.63 AH Jones 1988 806 44.77 SP Fleming 1998 806 42.42 MD Crowe 1992 789 71.72 JG Wright 1988 742 35.33 AC Parore 1994 728 52.00 SP Fleming 1996 708 37.26
Sixes 7 CL Cairns (115) v India Christchurch 1998/99 6 BL Cairns (52) v Australia Melbourne 1982/83 6 CL Cairns (75) v West Indies Auckland 1999/00 5* CD McMillan (66) v Zimbabwe Harare 1997/98 4 BL Cairns (60) v England Manchester 1978 4 MJ Greatbatch (111) v England The Oval 1990 4 MJ Greatbatch (73) v India Dunedin 1991/92 4* CL Cairns (42) v Sri Lanka Hamilton 1994/95 4 CL Cairns (103) v India Pune 1995/96 4 CZ Harris (130) v Australia Madras 1995/96 4 CL Cairns (71) v Sri Lanka Sharjah 1996/97 4 CL Cairns (64) v South Africa Brisbane 1997/98 4* CL Cairns (43) v Zimbabwe Hamilton 1997/98 4 RG Twose (63) v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2000/01 4 CL Cairns (84) v South Africa Cape Town 2000/01
Auckland 127-5 & 154-5 (including one run for a no-ball)
Northern Districts 152-7 & 130-2 (including four runs from no-balls)
Auckland 127-5 & 153-5
Northern Districts 152-7 & (requiring 129 to win) 126-2