A 37-year-old 'Mo' Matthews had his eye in - and fresh-faced Stephen Fleming felt his wrath. 😅🔥 9WWOS
The match in question was a 1997 tour game in Newcastle between NZ and New South Wales.
A powerful NSW line-up crushed the Kiwis as 'Mo' Matthews - then a 37-year-old ex-international - twisted the knife into a fresh-faced, 24-year-old Fleming. "Did your teammates want to get him out or were they quite happy for it to continue?" Richardson inquired."Well we were trying but he actually batted well," Fleming said.
"He got 80-odd so it was a long afternoon. Daniel Vettori, part of the brotherhood as he called it, was toiling away but unfortunately we couldn't remove him."Greg Matthews of Australia during the 1986 Ashes series. "Not for long because he bowled me a full toss and I hit it straight to Michael Slater I think for nought," Fleming confessed.For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by
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