Andy Flower

Zimbabwe

Full name Andrew Flower

Born April 28, 1968, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

Current age 50 years 325 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Essex, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mashonaland, South Australia

Nickname Petals

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Other Coach

Height 5 ft 10 in

Education Vainona High School

Relation Brother - GW Flower

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	63	112	19	4794	232*	51.54	10636	45.07	12	27	543	20	151	9
ODIs	213	208	16	6786	145	35.34	9097	74.59	4	55			141	32
First-class	223	372	69	16379	271*	54.05			49	75			361	21
List A	380	366	45	12511	145	38.97			12	97			254	48
T20s	21	20	2	595	83	33.05	481	123.70	0	4	70	8	6	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	63	2	3	4	0	-	-	-	8.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	213	2	30	23	0	-	-	-	4.60	-	0	0	0
First-class	223		629	270	7	1/1		38.57	2.57	89.8		0	0
List A	380		132	103	1	1/21	1/21	103.00	4.68	132.0	0	0	0
T20s	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo, Nov 16-19, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at New Plymouth, Feb 23, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at East London, Mar 15, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1986/87
Last First-class	Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, Sep 20-23, 2006 scorecard
List A debut	1988/89
Last List A	Durham v Essex at Chester-le-Street, Sep 17, 2006 scorecard
T20s debut	Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last T20s	Surrey v Essex at The Oval, Jul 1, 2006 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
-	Essex	v Surrey	Chelmsford	5 Apr 2007	Other
5	Essex	v Leics	Leicester	20 Sep 2006	FC
81	Essex	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	17 Sep 2006	LA
13	Essex	v Derbyshire	Derby	15 Sep 2006	Other
10	Essex	v Derbyshire	Chelmsford	13 Sep 2006	Other
136*	Essex	v Derbyshire	Chelmsford	9 Sep 2006	FC
33	Essex	v Lancashire	Chelmsford	7 Sep 2006	LA
5, 29	Essex	v Worcs	Worcester	30 Aug 2006	FC
33	Essex	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	27 Aug 2006	LA
57	Essex	v Notts	Colchester	20 Aug 2006	LA

Profile

The elder of two Test-playing brothers, Andy Flower was for a long time Zimbabwe's only batsman of true Test quality in all conditions. For a period of about two years from the start of 2000 he was so phenomenally consistent that he has no rival as the best player in Zimbabwe's history.

Flower continued to take on the tough roles, moving into coaching within the England set-up, firstly as assistant to Peter Moores and then, after the very public falling out between Moores and Kevin Pietersen, he was named interim coach for the 2009 West Indies tour. A few weeks after that trip the top job - team director - came his way.

He had two stints as Zimbabwe captain, leading them to their first Test victory against Pakistan in 1994-95, and then becoming the first Zimbabwean to lead a Test tour of England, in 2000. An assured player of fast bowling since his early days as an opener, Flower matured into one of the best players of spin in the world, and on the Indian tour early in 2001 he made 540 runs for twice out.

Opposing bowlers targeted him accordingly and after a phenomenal Test against South Africa at Harare, when he made 142 and 199 not out, he suffered a rare slump. He announced his retirement from international cricket after a turbulent 2003 World Cup, which started with an unprecedented protest by Flower, and his equally brave team-mate Henry Olonga, about what they called the "death of democracy" in Zimbabwe. Flower played for Essex from 2002 until 2006, and enjoyed a season in South Australia in 2003-04.

He was joined at Essex by his brother Grant in 2005, and they became the first brothers to score first-class centuries for the county in the same innings against Lancashire that year. But injury ruled him out of the 2007 season, and when the offer came to become England's assistant coach, he retired and took it.

But any thoughts of enjoying a few years under the wing of Peter Moores vanished in early January 2009 and less than 48 hours later he was thrust in charge of the national team. When England crumbled for 51 in Jamaica, Flower's calm but authoritative response impressed many and his standing improved throughout the tour.

He had confronted many challenges in his career, but the manner in which took to the England coaching job showed his previous successes in a new and even more flattering light. Presented at last with a team capable of living up to his own lofty standards, he forged an unbreakable bond with his captain Andrew Strauss, and set about raising standards on all fronts.

Within his first two years at the helm, Flower had won two Ashes campaigns, home and away, achieved unmatched levels of consistency in 50-over cricket, and delivered England their first global ICC trophy at the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean in May 2010. He was at the helm in 2011, when England battered India 4-0 in a much-anticipated Test series that culminated in them moving to No. 1 in the Test rankings.
Cricinfo staff

Andy Flower

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