The captain of the New Zealand squad will be remembered as the man who led his team to its first ever test victories at the home of cricket - Lord’s and the Oval and to its second ever series win over England away. He is also the youngest player to be named as the captain of the New Zealand team at the age of 23. In his first year,  he led New Zealand to a four consecutive victories at home against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. All this makes Fleming the Second most successful New Zealand captain next to Geoff Howarth who led the team to 11 test victories from 30 matches in 1979-85.