(1970-12-20) 20 December 1970 (age 53) Salisbury, Rhodesia
Nickname
Flower Power
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Slow left arm orthodox
Role
Opening batsman
Relations
Andy Flower (brother)
International information
National side
Zimbabwe (1992–2010)
Test debut (cap 7)
18 October 1992 v India
Last Test
26 February 2004 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 27)
25 October 1992 v India
Last ODI
17 October 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.
68
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1994/95–2003/04
Mashonaland
2002
Leicestershire
2005–2010
Essex
2010/11
Mashonaland Eagles
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
67
221
188
366
Runs scored
3,457
6,571
10,898
10,758
Batting average
29.54
33.52
37.19
34.92
100s/50s
6/15
6/40
23/58
13/69
Top score
201*
142*
243*
148*
Balls bowled
3,378
5,462
12,511
8,962
Wickets
25
104
166
188
Bowling average
61.48
40.62
33.76
35.77
5 wickets in innings
0
0
3
0
10 wickets in match
0
0
0
0
Best bowling
4/41
4/32
7/31
4/32
Catches/stumpings
43/–
86/–
174/–
140/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2022
Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team, Pakistan cricket team, and Sussex.
He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his consistent left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spent hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully. "Flower Power", the combination of Grant and his brother Andy Flower, was the mainstay of Zimbabwean batting for a decade.[1] He was his team's most successful opening batsman who played the role of anchorman, with strokeplayers coming in down the order.
He played a lead role in, arguably, Zimbabwe's finest Test victory, against a strong Pakistan side. He would show a liking for the Pakistani side over his career, averaging over 40 against them and scoring 3 centuries including an unbeaten 201. In July 2014, he was appointed as batting coach of the Pakistan cricket team for a period of two years but went onto serve in the position until August 2019.[2][3]
He was also the first batsman to have carried his bat across two different formats and also the only batsman to have carried out his bat in both ODIs as well as in tests.
^"Grant Flower: Nine facts about the former Zimbabwe batsman". Cricket Country. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^"Grant Flower starts Pakistan job". New Zimbabwe. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
^"PCB retains Grant Flower as Pakistan batting coach; extends services by a year". Firstpost. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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instances of a player carrying their bat. The first occasion was when GrantFlower made 84—in Zimbabwe's total of 205—against England in December 1994....
was a strong one, and included world class players such as Andy Flower, GrantFlower amongst others. Today, Zimbabwe's National Cricket Team still has...
his former teammate GrantFlower, Streak became a supporting coach of Zimbabwe under former English cricketer Alan Butcher. Flower and Streak became batting...
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International Stadium. Giants are captained by English batter, James Vince. Andy Flower was appointed head coach of the team ahead of its first season. In August...
a point of concern before the tournament. Two Zimbabwean players, Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands in their opening game protesting against...
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career (23) where a batsman batted twice in every match. Rennie and GrantFlower set the record for the highest 2nd wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in...
and Travis Friend (Zim) made their Test debuts. GrantFlower (Zim) played his 50th Test. Andy Flower (Zim) equalled the Everton Weekes' record for fastest...
for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1894 runs scored in 1998. GrantFlower scored 1116 runs in 2001, the most for a Zimbabwe batsmen in a year....
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