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Andy Flower

Andy Flower
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Personal information
Full name Andrew Flower
Born (1968-04-28) 28 April 1968 (age 48)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname Petals; Flower Power (along with brother Grant)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Wicket-keeper, Coach
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 6) 18 October 1992 v India
Last Test 16 November 2002 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 20) 23 February 1992 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 15 March 2003 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no. 33
Domestic team information
Years Team
2002–2006 Essex
1996–2005 MCC
2003/04 South Australia
1993/94-2002/03 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA
Matches 63 213 223 380
Runs scored 4794 6786 16379 12511
Batting average 51.54 35.34 54.05 38.97
100s/50s 12/27 4/55 49/75 12/97
Top score 232* 145 271* 145
Balls bowled 3 30 629 132
Wickets 7 1
Bowling average 38.57 103.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/1 1/21
Catches/stumpings 151/9 141/32 361/21 254/48
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2007

Andrew "Andy" Flower OBE (born 28 April 1968) is a former international cricketer for Zimbabwe and a former England cricket coach.

Flower was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and starting from his high school days at Oriel Boys' High School and Vainona High School played most of his career alongside his younger brother Grant Flower. He is considered to be one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen, alongside players such as Australian Adam Gilchrist. Flower made his international debut in a One Day International against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth, New Zealand, in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He was Zimbabwe's wicket-keeper for more than 10 years and statistically by far the finest batsman the country has fielded. A good player of spin, he made 550 runs in a Test series against India in 2000/01. This tally came in just four innings and he was only dismissed twice. He is one of the few players to score a century on ODI debut.

Towards the end of his career, Flower achieved international recognition when he and teammate Henry Olonga wore black armbands during the 2003 Cricket World Cup match against Namibia to protest against Robert Mugabe's policies. He and Olonga released a statement on 10 February, stating in part:


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