Oakland. New Zealand have included England’s Ian Bell and James Foster along with former captain Stephen Fleming in the team’s coaching staff ahead of the World Cup in India. Fleming and former wicketkeeper Foster also have IPL experience. Fleming has been the coach of Chennai Super Kings since 2009 i.e. for 14 years and has led the team under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to 5 IPL titles. He will join the Kiwi team through the ODI series against England. Talking about the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand defeated the Indian team in the semi-finals. In such a situation, this time Rohit Sharma has to be careful against New Zealand.
New Zealand head coach Gary Stead told Cricinfo that Fleming’s arrival has been good for the team and the staff as well. He said that he has vast experience of playing in India and has been with the Chennai Super Kings team since the start of the IPL. He will get a lot of useful information about playing in India. Foster on the other hand is the current assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders. He has coached in T20 leagues around the world. He will join the team from the ODI series against England.
The team has played 2 consecutive finals
Former England batsman Bale will join the New Zealand squad for the T20I series against England later this month. He will replace Luke Ronchi as the batting coach. New Zealand have made it to 2 consecutive World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019. However, the team has been losing against Australia since 2015. At the same time, in 2019, after a match tie, England team became champions by boundary count rule. Apart from ODIs, New Zealand have not won the T20 World Cup title till now. In 2021, under the captaincy of Kane Williamson, the team won the title by defeating Team India in the first season of the World Test Championship.
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280 ODI experience
Talking about the international career of 50-year-old former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, he played 280 ODIs for New Zealand. Scored 8037 runs at an average of 32. Scored 8 centuries and 49 centuries. An unbeaten 134 has been the best performance. Apart from this, Fleming has scored 7172 runs at an average of 40 in 111 Tests. Scored 9 centuries and 46 fifties. 274 unbeaten is the best score. He scored 110 runs in 5 T20 internationals. 38 runs was the best score.
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Tags: MS Dhoni, New Zealand, Stephen Fleming, World Cup 2023
First published: August 23, 2023, 15:40 IST