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Mumbai, Oct 20: New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming today equalled former Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga's record of leading in most number of One-Day Internationals. When Fleming went out for the toss in the Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka here during the day, he was appearing in his 193rd ODI as skipper. Thirty-three-year-old Christchurch-born Fleming has a win-loss record of 85-94. As luck would have it, Fleming won the toss as well.
Fleming, who holds the distinction of being the most successful Kiwi Test captain, made his ODI debut as the losing skipper also coincidentally against Sri Lanka at his birthplace in 1996-97. As a player, he has amassed 7,273 runs in 254 ODIs with six centuries to his credit. Fleming, considered one of the shrewdest captains in the business, made his ODI debut against India at Napier in 1994 and has also become New Zealand's highest scorer in Tests having overtaken Martin Crowe's previous record of 5,444 runs in October 2004 against Bangladesh at Chittagong.
Fleming, who opens the innings in the shortened form of the game, has represented New Zealand in 102 Tests, and accumulated 6,545 runs including nine hundreds. Allan Border (Australia - 178) and India's Mohd Azharuddin (173) are behind Fleming and Ranatunga in the number of times they have led their respective countries in ODIs. (Agencies)
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