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Andrew Flower OBE (born 28 April 1968) is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and a former cricketer. As a cricketer, he captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team and is widely regarded as the greatest Zimbabwean cricketer ever and one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batters of all time. [ 1 ]
The idea of a protest was started when Andy Flower was taken by a friend, Nigel Huff, to see a farm impacted by the government's land reforms. [7] In 2000, Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwean government had begun a plan of land reforms for redistribution of 3,000 farms, [ 8 ] and began compulsorily seizing land from white farmers, with forced ...
Cricket in Zimbabwe suffered a crisis that lasted from 2003 to 2011 where player withdrawals such as the "Black-armband protest" by Andy Flower and Henry Olonga along with a mass loss of players in 2004 due to a general strike resulted in very poor performances by the national team. Presently Zimbabwe is in the period of rebuilding itself as ...
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.
Bill Flower, father of Andy Flower supported the early members of Takashinga. [2] [3] Givemore Makoni told Cricinfo, "We have changed the name to identify with ourselves and our community. We are a black club, and 'Winstonians' does not identify with us in any way. 'Takashinga' means we are brave and we will fight all the way.
As of 2024, the team was captained by Faf du Plessis and is coached by Andy Flower. Royal Challengers have finished as runners-up on three occasions, in 2009, 2011, and 2016, and have qualified for the playoffs in nine seasons. The franchise has competed in the Champions League Twenty20, finishing as runners-up in the 2011 season. RCB is valued ...
Andy Flower and Grant Flower's partnership of 158 runs was Zimbabwe's highest for the fourth wicket in an ODI. [2] Ajit Agarkar (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs. [2] Zimbabwe's total of 284 was their highest against India in ODIs. [2] Zimbabwe's win margin of one wicket was their narrowest in ODIs. [2]
Andy Flower: Captain: Faf du Plessis: Ground(s) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru: IPL League: Qualified for Playoffs (Eliminator) IPL Eliminator: Eliminated (4th in tournament) Most runs: Virat Kohli (741) Most wickets: Yash Dayal (15) Most catches: Faf du Plessis (8) Most wicket-keeping dismissals: Anuj Rawat (5)