grant flower Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
grant flower is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Grant William Flower
Born
December 20, 1970, Salisbury (now Harare)
Age
52 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Allrounder
Height
5ft 10in
Education
St George's College, Harare
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 221 | - | - |
Inn | 123 | 214 | - | - |
Runs | 3457 | 6571 | - | - |
Avg | 29.55 | 33.53 | - | - |
SR | 34.53 | 67.58 | - | - |
HS | 201 | 142 | - | - |
NO | 6 | 18 | - | - |
100s | 6 | 6 | - | - |
50s | 15 | 40 | - | - |
4s | 349 | 557 | - | - |
6s | 16 | 37 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 221 | - | - |
Inn | 60 | 156 | - | - |
Balls | 3378 | 5462 | - | - |
Runs | 1537 | 4225 | - | - |
Wkt | 25 | 104 | - | - |
BBI | 41 / 4 | 32 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | 104 / 8 | 32 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | 2.73 | 4.64 | - | - |
Avg | 61.48 | 40.62 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- A Flower
- Zimbabwe
- Cheshire
- Essex
- Essex 2nd XI
- Leicestershire
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Mashonaland
- Mashonaland A
- Mashonaland Eagles
- Mashonaland Under-24s
- Young Mashonaland
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
His finest moment came in 1995 when Pakistan toured Zimbabwe. He registered his first Test ton and also converted it into a double, joining an elite list of batsmen to have achieved that feat. The knock became sweeter as it helped Zimbabwe register their first ever Test win. He also saved his best for Pakistan, scoring 3 of his 6 Test tons against them. Another highlight of his Test career was his hundred in each innings against New Zealand in 1997. His ODI career was an impressive one too as his consistency never dipped despite a shift to the middle order after opening for some time. His stats would have made a better reading too if he had converted at least a few of his 9 innings when he finished in the 'nervous nineties'. His tight left-arm spin came to the fore in the shorter formats and his all-round contributions were of significant importance to the young team. His bowling action came under scrutiny a few times but he continued on to produce some useful spells for Zimbabwe.
He announced his retirement in 2004 along with a lot of other players in protest against the Zimbabwe Cricket union. He was also named as the spokesperson for the rebel group of players. He moved to England soon after and had a successful stint with Essex before surprising everyone with a comeback into the Zimbabwe squad in 2010. He played only two ODIs in this stint and retired for good soon after, shifting his focus to full-time coaching.
Grant has served as Zimbabwe batting coach since October 2010. He applied for the head coach post but lost out to Andy Waller.
Trivia: Grant Flower missed the Australian tour in late 2003 with an injury. This was the first time since 15 years that the name 'Flower' was absent on a full Zimbabwe score board
By Ganesh Chandrasekaran
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Grant Flower was an experienced top-order batter who began his career as an opener but then slipped down to No. 6 after success there in one-day internationals. He had the stubborn temperament needed to play long innings, but could be a powerful hitter when required. He was also a brilliant fielder anywhere close to the wicket, and a handy left-arm spinner in white-ball cricket, although his bowling action was questioned occasionally. After an impressive start to international cricket, including 82 on his Test debut against India in October 1992 and an unbeaten double-hundred in Zimbabwe's first Test win, against Pakistan early in 1995, his average in both forms of the game gradually crept down. Asked to open the batting on the 2003 England tour after his brother Andy's retirement, he failed to lead his side out of trouble - though he did make a match-winning 96 not out at Trent Bridge in the NatWest Series. During the dispute between the Zimbabwe board and the rebel players in 2004, Flower emerged as a spokesperson for the latter, speaking his mind with courage. Later that year he announced his retirement from international cricket and signed a contract with Essex, where Andy had already established himself. Flower spent six successful seasons with the club, guiding them to three one-day trophies and a T20 title between 2005 and 2010. After that Flower returned to Zimbabwe and made a brief international comeback, playing two ODIs against South Africa, and captaining Mashonaland Eagles to the domestic T20 title in 2010-11. Thereafter, he worked as a batting coach, for Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.