Matthew Valentine Fleming (born 12 December 1964) is a former cricket

Cricket

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er who represented Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 and England.

Born out of his time, his background was Eton

Eton College

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 and the Royal Greenjackets, his approach was cavalier. His first 2 scoring shots in first class cricket were sixes.

He played 11 One Day Internationals but no Test matches

Test cricket

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 for England. He captained Kent for several seasons. His great-grandfather was Charles Leslie

Charles Leslie (cricketer)

Charles Frederick Henry Leslie was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for eight years between 1881 and 1888...

 who played cricket for England and Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in the 1880s. He is also nephew of Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...

, popularly known as the creator of James Bond

James Bond

James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

.

He served as Chairman of the Professional Cricketers' Association. After his retirement he announced his intention to become a Conservative Member of Parliament, however he has yet to stand for election.

Fleming is currently the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 representative in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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. Part of Fleming's role is to spread the game, particularly in schools and to help the development of the Afghanistan national cricket team.

He is also a lifelong supporter of Birmingham City Football Club.