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Grant Flower

Zimbabwe

Full name Grant William Flower

Born December 20, 1970, Salisbury (now Harare)

Current age 38 years 205 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Cheshire, Essex, Essex 2nd XI, Leicestershire, Marylebone Cricket Club, Mashonaland, Mashonaland A, Mashonaland Under-24s, Young Mashonaland

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Height 5 ft 10 in

Education St George's College, Harare

Relation Brother - A Flower

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	67	123	6	3457	201*	29.54	10013	34.52	6	15	349	16	43
ODIs	219	212	18	6536	142*	33.69	9677	67.54	6	40			86
First-class	185	313	23	10775	243*	37.15			23	58			171
List A	346	327	33	10092	148*	34.32			11	67			132
Twenty20	38	28	5	507	61	22.04	461	109.97	0	1	52	3	11

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	67	60	3378	1537	25	4/41	8/104	61.48	2.73	135.1	2	0
ODIs	219	154	5420	4187	104	4/32	4/32	40.25	4.63	52.1	2	0
First-class	185		12457	5573	165	7/31		33.77	2.68	75.4		3
List A	346		8590	6364	182	4/32	4/32	34.96	4.44	47.1	3	0
Twenty20	38	15	274	354	22	3/20	3/20	16.09	7.75	12.4	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Bulawayo, Feb 26-Mar 1, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 25, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, Mar 14, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1989/90
Last First-class	Essex v West Indians at Chelmsford, Apr 25-27, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1990/91
Last List A	Lancashire v Essex at Manchester, May 23, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Sussex v Essex at Hove, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard

Profile

The younger brother of Andy Flower, Grant is an experienced top-order batsman who began his career as an opener but then slipped down to No. 6 after success there in one-day internationals. Grant has the stubborn temperament needed to play long innings, but he is also a powerful hitter when required. He is also a brilliant fielder anywhere close to the wicket, and a handy left-arm spinner at one-day level, although his bowling action has been questioned occasionally. After an impressive start to international cricket, including 82 on his debut against India in October 1992 and an unbeaten double-hundred in Zimbabwe's first ever Test win, his average in both forms of the game has gradually crept down. Asked to burden the batting on the 2003 England tour after his brother Andy's retirement, he failed to lead his side out of trouble, except for matchwinning 96 not out at Trent Bridge in the NatWest Series. A broken thumb ruled him out of the 2003-04 Australian tour, meaning that for the first time in 15 years, the name `Flower' will not be on a full Zimbabwe team scoresheet. He emerged during the dispute between the Zimbabwe board and the rebel players as spokesman for the latter, speaking his mind with courage. An introverted but amiable character, he is a fitness fanatic and spends hours in the gym. In 2004 he announced his retirement from international cricket, although that had already in effect been sealed by the dispute between the rebels and the ZCU, and signed a contract with Essex, where Andy had already established himself.
Geoffrey Dean September 2006