Fleming: A fitting end

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The former New Zealand captain claimed the 54 runs needed for a career average of 40 but was, as so often, unable to convert his score into a century.

He said: "I walked off frustrated which has happened 50 or 60 times in my career and I did have a wry smile to myself that it was probably a fitting way to go."

It was the 46th time in 111 Tests he had passed 50 but failed to reach three figures and Fleming, given a guard of honour by England as he walked out to bat, admitted it summed up his career.

He added: "If I'd have made a hundred it would have been an anomaly. I'm disappointed but when I take time to reflect I guess I'm satisfied to have a four in front of my average, but it would have been nice to chalk up 10 hundreds and be having a crack to save the game."

He added: "Losing four wickets in a session has set us back. If it was one or two you'd say it would be a pretty tight day going into Wednesday.

"But as it is it's going to take pretty strong resistance in the morning and we'll see how we go in the afternoon - we still have some batting to come, but our backs are against the wall."