Personal Life
On 9 May 2007, Fleming married his long term partner Kelly Payne in a ceremony held in Wellington. The couple have a young daughter, born in 2006. He recently had to return to New Zealand just before the Semi Finals of the IPL tournament in India for the birth of his second child, Cooper. His father was President of the South Christchurch Cricket Club. He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to cricket.
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