DHAKA, Feb 20, 2019 (BSS)- Ross Taylor has surpassed former skipper Stephen Fleming to be the leading run scorer for New Zealand in the one-day format.
The 34-year-old achieved that feat during the third ODI against Bangladesh where he played a knock of 69 runs in the third and final ODI in Dunedin on Wednesday.
Taylor has now a total of 8021 ODI runs in his kitty as compared to Fleming’s tally of 8007 runs.
By crossing the 8000-run mark, the right-hand batsman has also become the fourth fastest cricketer after Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Sourav Ganguly to touch the figures.
Taylor also holds a good record in the Test format, as well. He is just 649 runs behind Stephen Fleming is who is the top run getter for New Zealand in the longest format of the game.