Stephen Fleming gave up the chance of a valedictory century, falling for 87, as New Zealand reached 348 for seven at tea Sunday, the second day of the second cricket test against Bangladesh.
Fleming enlarged one of the poorest conversion rates of 50s to 100s among world-class batsmen when, after reaching his 43rd test half century before lunch, he was out 13 runs short of his 10th test hundred.
This may be Fleming's last international season and he expressed a strong desire before play began Saturday to fill a gap in his curriculum vitae by achieving his first test century on the Basin Reserve, his adopted home ground.
Only two of Fleming's nine …
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