'It's important we learn from this and when we get back together as a red ball team, we face India and we can hopefully play our brand of cricket'.
Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said England player Moeen Ali has strengthened the team as he brings all-round value to it, which was missed in the last IPL season.
Sri Lankan swashbuckler Sanath Jayasuriya will join the likes of Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Justin Langer, Stephen Fleming and Matthew Hoggard in the All-Stars team for next month's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament.
Andrew Flintoff may not have justified his USD 1.55 million price tag but the star England all-rounder, forced out of the Indian Premier League due to injury, was a "good influence" on the Chennai Super Kings, according to coach Stephen Fleming.
Virtually assured of a berth in the playoffs, Chennai Super Kings will aim to tighten their grip on the No 1 position in the points' table when they take on out-of-contention Delhi Daredevils in Tuesday's IPL match in Raipur.
The Indian Cricket League is offering the pace ace a "staggering" sum to play in the tournament.
Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Daredevils by four wickets and off the last ball of the innings at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Thursday.
Stephen Fleming walked into the annals of international cricketing history on Tuesday, with his final innings encapsulating his entire career.
New Zealand finished day four on 222 for five, needing another 331 to win the third Test against England.
England pace bowler Ryan Sidebottom's hat-trick against New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test on Saturday was no surprise to former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.
England's Ryan Sidebottom took a hat-trick to spark a spectacular collapse by New Zealand and leave the first Test finely balanced after the fourth day's play on Saturday. Sidebottom dismissed Stephen Fleming (66), Mathew Sinclair (2) and Jacob Oram (0) on successive deliveries to reduce New Zealand from 99-1 to 119-7 in the final session. New Zealand finished the day on 147 for eight for an overall lead of 269 after England were bowled out for 348 just after lunch.
Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor doesn't rule out playing the 2023 ODI World Cup but says his form, fitness and motivation level at the end of next year will decide whether he actually manages a place in the squad. The 35-year-old will become the first cricketer in the world to complete 100 games across three international formats when he steps out for the first Test against India at Basin Reserve on February 21.
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Fleming was unbeaten on 114 as the visitors reached 265 for six when bad light stopped play 12 overs early.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming described his team's performance as "rubbish" after they suffered their heaviest one-day defeat against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Daniel Vettori will take over as the New Zealand captain in the ODIs against Sri Lanka.
World Cup-bound Kedar Jadhav is virtually ruled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier League Season-12 after hurting his left shoulder while fielding during Chennai Super Kings's match against Kings XI Punjab, in Mohali, on Sunday.
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The report quoted unnamed sources as saying that Fleming had been offered a deal worth USD 440,000 a year.
With the deciding third Test against England all but lost, New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee provided the crowd with a little excitement before the visitors wrapped up a 121-run victory on Wednesday.
A century in each Test of the Bangladesh series propelled the ace batsman to 15th position in the ICC rankings.
The 34-year-old quit ODIs after last year's World Cup and is now giving up Tests to focus on his family and business interests.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly had another poor outing as Northamptonshire crashed out of the Twenty20 championship.
New Zealand reached 134 for three in reply Bangladesh's total of 143 on day one of the second Test in Wellington.
Jamie How and Brendon McCullum shared a record partnership as New Zealand beat South Africa by seven wickets to level the one-day series on Friday. How and McCullum shared 154, New Zealand's biggest second-wicket stand against South Africa. The previous record was an unbroken 140 set by Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle in Johannesburg in 2002-03.
Fleming said his side had lost the mind games against their tri-series opponents.
The 44-year-old Hussey said he also picked up a trick or two about chasing from Dhoni while playing for Chennai Super Kings.
Fleming missed the first three games in the series as part of a rotational policy designed to help preparations for the World Cup in March.
The BCCI vice-president snubbed the Indian Cricket League as a set of "glorified exhibition matches".
Batsman Fleming is quitting one-day internationals but plans to continue in the Test side for the time being.
New Zealand test captain Stephen Fleming has been left out of the Kiwi squad for next month's inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa after the selectors confirmed Daniel Vettori as the new skipper.
New Zealand's skipper will surpass Arjuna Ranatunga's captaincy record for most ODIs next week and he hopes to emulate the former Sri Lankan captain by winning a World Cup.
New Zealand's strike bowler will miss the Champions Trophy match against South Africa on Monday because of a back problem.
New Zealand beat Mumbai by 39 runs in their practice match in Mumbai.
Skipper Stephen Fleming said he is confident that his team would perform well in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The New Zealand captain had a "potentially cancerous" tumour removed from his face and will miss the first two ODIs against Australia.
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