Fleming - the sixth Captain to make 300-plus in a Test match by Rajesh Kumar

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Scorecard:	Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Player:	SP Fleming

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Stephen Fleming, during his second innings knock of 69 not out against Sri Lanka at Colombo,PSS on April 29, became the sixth captain in the history of Test Cricket to have recorded 300-plus runs in a Test match.

In the first innings, Fleming had posted a career best score 274 not out. His Test aggregate of 343 (274 not out + 69 not out) is now the third best in the history of Test Cricket. Fleming also joined England's Graham Gooch (333 + 123 vs.India at Lord's in 1990), Australia's Mark Taylor (334 not out + 92 against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998-99 and India's Sunil Gavaskar (205 + 73 vs. West Indies at Bombay in 1978-79) to have scored a 200-plus as well as a 50-plus in the same Test match as Captain.

During the course of his second innings knock of 69 not out, Fleming also established a New Zealand record for most runs in a Test match, surpassing Martin Crowe's aggregate of 329 (30 + 299) against Sri Lanka at Wellington in 1990-91.

Amongst the batsmen with 300-plus runs in a Test match, Fleming is now the only one to have remained unbeaten in both innings of the Test.

The captains, with most runs in a Test match are:

Total  Scores       Captain           For        Vs.      Venue       Season
 
 456   333 + 123   Graham Gooch     England    India     Lord's       1990   
 426   334*+  92*  Mark  Taylor     Australia  Pakistan  Peshawar     1998-99
 343   274*+  69*  Stephen Fleming  N.Zealand  S.Lanka   Colombo,PSS  2002-03
 329   30  + 299   Martin Crowe     N.Zealand  Sri Lanka Wellington   1990-91  
 315   311 +   4*  Bobby Simpson    Australia  England   Manchester   1964
 315    30 + 285*  Peter May        England    W.Indies  Birmingham   1987

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Rajesh Kumar)