Andy Flower

Andy Flower
Personal information
Full name Andrew Flower
Born (1968-04-28) 28 April 1968
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname Petals; Flower Power (along with brother Grant)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling 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
YearsTeam
2002–2006 Essex
1996–2005 MCC
2003/04 South Australia
1993/94-2002/03 Mashonaland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI 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 Flower OBE (born 28 April 1968) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and a former captain for Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was Zimbabwe's wicket-keeper for more than 10 years and statistically by far the finest batsman the country has fielded.

He was a former England cricket coach as well. The Mirror reported that Flower became a British citizen [1]

Playing career

Flower was born in Cape Town, South Africa,[2] 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.[3] Flower made his international debut in a One Day International against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth, New Zealand, in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. 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.[4] He and Olonga released a statement on 10 February, stating in part:

In all the circumstances, we have decided that we will each wear a black armband for the duration of the World Cup. In doing so we are mourning the death of democracy in our beloved Zimbabwe. In doing so we are making a silent plea to those responsible to stop the abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe. In doing so, we pray that our small action may restore sanity and dignity to our Nation.

Andy Flower's career performance graph.

This act led to pressure from Zimbabwe's government and Flower's retirement from Zimbabwean cricket. He later played an English county cricket season for Essex and an Australian domestic season for South Australia.

Flower played 63 Test matches for Zimbabwe, scoring 4,794 runs at an average of 51.54 and taking 151 catches and 9 stumpings, and 213 One Day Internationals, scoring 6,786 runs at an average of 35.34 and taking 141 catches and 32 stumpings. He holds the Zimbabwean records for the most Test career runs, the highest Test batting average, and most ODI career runs. He is the only Zimbabwean in the ICC's Top 100 All-time Test Batting rankings at number 31 (November 2013), putting him in the company of Brian Lara (ranked 23), Sachin Tendulkar (29), Steve Waugh (equal 31 with Flower on 895 points) and Rahul Dravid (33).

His aggregate score of 341 in the first Test against South Africa in 2001 is the second highest ever by a batsman on the losing side.[5]

Andy Flower is also the only player to score an ODI hundred on debut in a world cup match.[6] He also has the record for the most number of matches(149) to score his second ODI ton after scoring a century on debut, when he did it in only in his 150th ODI.

He also holds the record for the highest ever test score posted by a wicketkeeper batsman in an innings of a test(232*).[7]

He along with Heath Streak set the record for the highest 7th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIs(130)[8]

Coaching career

On 7 May 2007, Flower was appointed Assistant Coach of the England team, replacing Matthew Maynard. The Zimbabwean joined up with Peter Moores and the rest of the squad for the first Test match against the West Indies at Lord's on 17 May 2007. Upon his appointment to this role with the ECB, Flower, having not played that season due to injury, ended his playing spell at Essex, bringing his playing career to a close.

On 15 April 2009, following England's Caribbean tour, for which he was installed as interim team director following the departure of Peter Moores, he was appointed full-time team director.[9] In the Summer of 2009, during his tenure as team director, England won The Ashes, beating Australia by two Test matches to one. In May 2010, they won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In November–January 2010/2011 England won the Ashes in Australia by three Test matches to one.

Flower was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to sport.[10][11]

On 13 August 2011 Flower led the England cricket team to become the number one ranked team in terms of test playing countries.[12] On 22 December 2011, he was awarded the 2011 Coach of the Year in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

He also successfully led England to Ashes victory in July–August 2013 winning the test series 3–0.

A major blip in his coaching career was the 5–0 drubbing by Australia in November–January 2013 – 2014 Ashes series. On 31 January 2014, Flower stepped down as head coach, a position he had held for five years. From March 2014, he continued his employment with the England and Wales Cricket Board as its 'Technical Director of Elite Coaching',[13] a role that has involved mentoring English county coaches and looking at best practice in coaching and performance in other organisations.[14] Since July 2014, this role has also encompassed him being head coach of the England Lions team,[15][16] most recently leading the side on an ODI tour of the UAE in January 2016.[17]

He wa s appointed as director of cricket for Indian Tigers

Pakistan Super League

In 2016 He is appointed as Batting Coach Of Peshawar Zalmi. [18]

Charity

In September 2007, Flower became an Ambassador for the children's charity, Hope for Children, and has assisted in raising thousands of pounds for needy children in Zimbabwe and around the world.[19] In July 2011, Flower became an Ambassador for the malignant melanoma support group, Factor 50, having suffered from the illness himself. He underwent surgery to remove a melanoma from his right eye in 2010. In the summer of 2012 Andy agreed to undertake another term as Ambassador to Factor 50. Having run the marathon in April 2012 Andy said “It wasn’t a hard decision for me to continue in my role as Ambassador to Factor 50. They do an excellent job in patient support, fund raising and raising awareness of the dangers of the sun. I wish them continued success in the coming year and who knows, another marathon might be on the cards!”[20]

International cricket centuries

Test centuries

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
Test centuries of Andy Flower
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart dateResult
[1]1154 IndiaIndia New Delhi, IndiaFeroz Shah Kotla16 March 1993Lost
[2]15611 PakistanZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club31 January 1995Won
[3]11221 EnglandZimbabwe Bulawayo, ZimbabweQueens Sports Club19 December 1996Drawn
[4]105*26 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaSSC Ground17 January 1998Lost
[5]100*29 PakistanZimbabwe Bulawayo, ZimbabweQueens Sports Club17 March 1998Drawn
[6]12938 Sri LankaZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club29 November 1999Drawn
[7]113*40 West IndiesTrinidad and Tobago Port of Spain, TrinidadQueen's Park Oval18 March 2000Lost
[8]183*46 IndiaIndia Delhi, IndiaFeroz Shah Kotla19 November 2000Lost
[9]232*47 IndiaIndia Nagpur, IndiaVCA Stadium29 November 2000Drawn
[10]14253 South AfricaZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club9 September 2001Lost
[11]199*53 South AfricaZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club10 September 2001Lost
[12]114*56 BangladeshBangladesh Chittagong, BangladeshMA Aziz Stadium15 November 2001Won

One Day International centuries

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career
One Day International centuries of Andy Flower
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueDateResult
[1]115*1 Sri LankaNew Zealand New Plymouth, New ZealandPukekura Park23 February 1992Lost
[2]120*150 Sri LankaUnited Arab Emirates Sharjah, UAESharjah Cricket Stadium21 October 2000Lost
[3]142*178 EnglandZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club7 October 2001Lost
[4]145196 IndiaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium14 September 2002Lost

International Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Sri Lanka Pukekura Park, New Plymouth 23 February 1992 115* (152 balls, 8x4, 1x6) ; WK 1 Ct.  Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.[21]
2 Pakistan Harare Sports Club, Harare 26 February 1995 73 (104 balls, 3x4) ; WK 2 Ct. 1 St.  Zimbabwe won by 74 runs.[22]
3 New Zealand McLean Park, Napier 3 February 1996 57 (67 balls, 5x4) ; WK 2 Ct.  Zimbabwe won by 21 runs.[23]
4 Kenya Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi 16 October 1997 WK 2 Ct. 1 St. ; 66 (86 balls, 8x4)  Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets.[24]
5 Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi 18 October 1997 79 (90 balls, 10x4) ; WK 1 Ct. 1 St.  Zimbabwe won by 83 runs.[25]
6 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 21 March 1999 79 (99 balls, 4x4) ; WK  Zimbabwe won by 126 runs.[26]
7 Australia Harare Sports Club, Harare 24 October 1999 99* (111 balls, 7x4, 2x6) ; WK 1 Ct.  Australia won by 9 wickets.[27]
8 South Africa Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 2 February 2000 WK 2 Ct. ; 59 (91 balls, 3x4)  Zimbabwe won by 2 wickets.[28]
9 Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 21 February 2000 120* (141 balls, 8x4, 1x6) ; WK  Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets.[29]
10 New Zealand Owen Delany Park, Taupo 2 January 2001 80 (88 balls, 10x4) ; WK  Zimbabwe won by 70 runs (D/L).[30]
11 England Harare Sports Club, Harare 7 October 2001 142* (128 balls, 16x4, 1x6) ; WK 2 Ct.  England won by 4 wickets.[31]

Player of the series awards

# Series Season Match Performance Result
1 1997 President's Cup 1997/98 375 runs: 5x50. avg. 62.50 SR 86.00 (6 Matches)  Zimbabwe Won the series.[32]

References

  1. ↑ "Mirror interview"
  2. ↑ "Born in one country, played for another". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Dhruv Rupani. "Top 10 Wicketkeeper Batsmen of all Time". Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Andy Flower & Henry Olonga: the 'death of democracy' remembered". BBC Sport. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Most runs in a match on the losing side". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Hundred on debut | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Records | Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in an innings by a wicketkeeper | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | / | Zimbabwe | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "ECB appoint Flower as team director". 15 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
  10. ↑ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 10.
  11. ↑ "Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook lead Birthday Honours list". BBC. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "England beat India to become world number one Test side"
  13. ↑ "Andy Flower takes up new ECB role as technical director". BBC Sport. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Scyld Berry (5 July 2014). "Former England coach Andy Flower finds peace coaching local cricket club after traumatic Ashes winter". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  15. ↑ Alan Gardner (24 July 2014). "Flower to coach strong Lions team". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  16. ↑ Will Macpherson (14 September 2015). "Steve Rhodes in frame for England Lions role". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  17. ↑ Will Carpenter (20 January 2016). "CRICKET: Overton injury disappoints Lions coach Andy Flower". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  18. ↑ Ali, Sarah. "Peshawar Zalmi". HBL Pakistan Super League. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  19. ↑ Our patrons, archived from the original on 18 December 2014, retrieved 17 December 2014
  20. ↑ Melanoma UK, retrieved 1 November 2017
  21. ↑ "Benson & Hedges World Cup, 3rd Match: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at New Plymouth, Feb 23, 1992". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  22. ↑ "Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe, 3rd ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Feb 26, 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  23. ↑ "Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand, 3rd ODI: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Feb 3, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  24. ↑ "President's Cup, 6th Match: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Aga), Oct 16, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  25. ↑ "President's Cup, 1st Final: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 18, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "1998–1999 Meril International Tournament – 3rd Match – Bangladesh v Zimbabwe – Dhaka (Dacca)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  27. ↑ "1999-2000 Zimbabwe v Australia - 3rd Match - Harare". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  28. ↑ "1999-2000 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament - 6th Match - South Africa v Zimbabwe - Durban". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  29. ↑ "2000-2001 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy - 2nd Match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe - Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  30. ↑ "2000-2001 New Zealand v Zimbabwe - 1st Match - Taupo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  31. ↑ "2001-2002 Zimbabwe v England - 3rd Match - Harare". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  32. ↑ "President's Cup, 2009/10". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
Preceded by
David Houghton		 Zimbabwean national cricket captain
1993/4-5/6		 Succeeded by
Alistair Campbell
Preceded by
Alistair Campbell		 Zimbabwean national cricket captain
1999/2000-2000		 Succeeded by
Heath Streak
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