Top 10 New Zealand batsmen of all time

#7 Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming was a strokemaker par excellence

Considered one of New Zealand’s greatest ever captains for having turned a team of limited talents into a competitive machine, Stephen Fleming is also one of the best batsmen to have represented his country at the highest level.

Fleming was a strokemaker par excellence and in his 111 Tests for New Zealand, he scored 7172 runs at an average of just over 40. His tally of nine centuries, however, does not do justice to his talent as a batsman.

However, he holds the distinction of having been the first batsman from New Zealand to go past 7000 Test runs. In ODIs, he played 280 games for his country and scored eight centuries at a modest average of 32.40.