Top 5 number 4 New Zealand batsmen of all time

#3 Stephen Fleming

He is regarded as one of the best captains that New Zealand ever had but what may often be overlooked is that fact that Stephen Fleming was also one of the best batsmen in the side throughout the course of his 14-year long career (1994-2008).

He played at number 3 during the first half of his career that spanned 111 Test matches, but in 58 of those, the left-hander played at number 4. Fleming was one of the most elegant batsmen to have played for New Zealand and although he had his fair share of struggles against the swinging ball, he overcame them to nail down a place at number 4.

In those 58 games at number 4, Fleming made 2902 runs at an average of 36.27 and scored only 2 hundreds. However, he did make 26 half-centuries and that perhaps indicates that Fleming did not always convert the starts into big scores.