First up was Kent: Notts were 397 for five after the first day, but rain washed out most of the second and at the end of the third Kent were only five down. Fleming offered Kent the chance to chase 420 in 70 overs, an unlikely target – but also the best they were going to get. “He worked out the game really well, worked out people very well, but overall he was just calm, even in the hottest of moments. “He was quite simply an outstanding leader of men,” says David Alleyne, another member of that Nottinghamshire side. Jordan is one of just a handful of people to have played under Fleming and alongside Joe Root, who has returned as England captain.