Cricket World Cup, captains
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Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) – 882 runs

Cricket World Cup, captains
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The left-handed batsman Stephen Fleming successfully led New Zealand national cricket team for a long time. Under his captaincy, New Zealand played three consecutive Cricket World Cups, and those were in 1999, 2003 and 2007.

As a captain, Fleming played 27 innings in CWC history where he scored 882 runs (average 36.75). The left-handed batsman hit two centuries and four half-centuries in this phase. His best CWC innings as a captain was 136*.