Full name Andrew Flower
Born April 28, 1968, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Current age 51 years 229 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
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 |
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 |
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 |
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.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2002
Awarded the OBE on 11th June 2011