andy flower Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
andy flower is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Andrew Flower
Born
April 28, 1968, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
Age
55 years old
Nicknames
Petals
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Height
5ft 10in
Education
Vainona High School
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 63 | 213 | - | - |
Inn | 112 | 208 | - | - |
Runs | 4794 | 6786 | - | - |
Avg | 51.55 | 35.34 | - | - |
SR | 45.07 | 74.6 | - | - |
HS | 232 | 145 | - | - |
NO | 19 | 16 | - | - |
100s | 12 | 4 | - | - |
50s | 27 | 55 | - | - |
4s | 543 | 532 | - | - |
6s | 20 | 26 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 63 | 213 | - | - |
Inn | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Balls | 3 | 30 | - | - |
Runs | 4 | 23 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 0 | 9 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 0 / 0 | 9 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 0.0 | 4.6 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- GW Flower
- Zimbabwe
- Essex
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Mashonaland
- South Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
One of the best players of spin, his control over the reverse sweeps left the bowlers dumb founded. Andy debuted against Sri Lanka in the 1992 WC and made history by scoring a century on debut. Often deprived of long tours abroad thanks to Zimbabwe’s position in the world order, Andy did not get the amount of chances that would have made him a greater player than people thought. He did make the most of whatever opportunities that came his way, once looting India for 540 runs in just 2-Test matches which included a career best 232* at Nagpur in 2000. He followed it with a sublime 142 and 199* in a single Test against neighbors South Africa at Harare. He holds the Zimbabwean records for the most Test career runs, the highest Test batting average, and most ODI career runs.
Flower’s keeping was neat and tidy making him a versatile all-rounder in the squad. As a leader, Andy was adequate. He had two stints as a captain and was the first Zimbabwean to lead his country for a test tour of England. Andy Flower quit Zimbabwe after a difficult 2003 WC at home. He wore black arm bands all throughout the tournament as a protest against what he called ‘Death of Democracy’ in Zimbabwe. He was joined in the protest by Henry Olonga. Flower left Zimbabwe and represented Essex in the UK domestic scene where he was joined by his brother Grant. They became the first set of brothers to score a century in the same match. Andy also played for South Australia for a season in 2003-04.
Flower joined the English set-up as an assistant to Peter Moores in early 2009 and was appointed as the interim coach after Moores fell out with Kevin Pietersen. Flower’s first assignment was a disastrous one with England being rolled over for just 51 by West Indies at Jamaica. Flower was later appointed as the full time director of the England team. Under his guidance, England has peaked in all formats of the game. They won the ICC T20 championship in West Indies in 2010 while the Test team has risen to unprecedented peaks. They won the Ashes home and away and then whitewashed India to become the new World No.1 Test team.
Flower continued his good work as England transformed into a potent force. He was conferred with the 'Coach of the Year' honour in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in 2011 following which he led the Poms to Ashes glory in 2013.
However, a reversal in the return Ashes Down Under saw Andy Flower quit the English coaching job. Having said that, Flower's remarkable contribution to English cricket cannot be undermined.
Meanwhile, speculations are rife that he has been offered a new role with the emphasis on nurturing leadership skills in young English cricketers.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
The older of two Test-playing brothers, Andy Flower was for a long time Zimbabwe's only batter of true Test quality in all conditions. For a period of about two years from the start of 2000, he was so phenomenally consistent as to have no rival as the best player in Zimbabwe's history.
Flower continued to take on the tough roles after he quit playing, moving into coaching within the England set-up, first as assistant to Peter Moores and then, after the very public falling out between Moores and Kevin Pietersen, as interim coach for the 2009 West Indies tour. A few weeks after that trip the top job - team director - came his way.
Flower had two stints as Zimbabwe captain, leading them to their first Test victory, against Pakistan in 1994-95. 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 tour of India early in 2001, he made 540 runs for twice out.
Opposing bowlers targeted him accordingly and after a phenomenal Test against South Africa in Harare, when he made 142 and 199 not out, he suffered a slump. He announced his retirement from international cricket after a turbulent 2003 World Cup, which started with an unprecedented brave protest by Flower and his team-mate Henry Olonga about what they called the "death of democracy" in Zimbabwe. Flower played for Essex from 2002 until 2006, and 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.
Flower confronted many challenges in his career, but the manner in which he 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 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean in 2010. He was at the helm in 2011, when England battered India 4-0 and became No. 1 in the Test rankings. But a humiliating 5-0 defeat in the 2013-14 Ashes forced him to step down from the role. Flower worked as the ECB's technical director for a period after that and also coached in T20 leagues around the world.