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  Andy Flower
Andrew "Andy" Flower (born 28 April, 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe.
Flower had always been a keen student of Zimbabwean history, and is now arguably a significant part of that subject.
Flower played 63 Test matches for Zimbabwe, scoring 4,794 runs at an average of 51.54 and taking 151 catches and 9 stumpings, and 213 one-day internationals, scoring 6,786 runs at an average of 35.34 and taking 141 catches and 32 stumpings.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/an/andy_flower.html   (347 words)

  
 Andy Flower to continue protest
Flower and team-mate Henry Olonga both donned fl armbands in their opening match against Namibia to mark what they described as the death of democracy in Zimbabwe and lashed out at the violence and famine which has ravaged thecountry.
Flower was going to be dropped for the game against  Australia until a group of senior players said they would not play in that match if the threat was carried out.
Flower, one of the world's top batsmen, said his protest will now be represented by wearing white armbands.
www.rediff.com /wc2003/2003/feb/26flower.htm   (318 words)

  
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 SI.com - 2003 Cricket World Cup - Andy Flower set for sad Zimbabwe exit - Monday March 03, 2003 06:23 AM
Flower, in all probability, had accepted that his declaration would mean the end of his Zimbabwe career.
Flower will be remembered as a neat gloveman and a tenacious, flinty, formidable left-handed batsman who delved deep into the psychology of his art.
Flower, an articulate man who has played alongside brother Grant for most of his international career -- they often call in Afrikaans when batting together to confuse opponents -- made an immediate impression for 'his country'.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cricket/2003/world_cup/news/2003/03/03/flower_zim   (736 words)

  
 indya.com Zimbabwe-India Cricket - Injured Andy Flower out of tri-series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Flower, who was injured while keeping wickets in on the last day of the second Test against India, has been advised rest for at least six weeks.
However, there were strong rumours that Andy Flower was deliberately sitting out of the tournament as he wants his fees to be raised.
Andy Flower, in a recent interview, had lamented that Zimbabwe cricketers are being paid a pittance and called for a minimum pay structure for international cricketers, to been forced by the International Cricket Council.
www.indya.com /zimbabwetour/articles/0620andy_flower.htm   (187 words)

  
 India - Sports - Flower Shies Away From Comparison With Sachin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Andy Flower, who is in Brisbane along with his team to prepare for the triangular Benson & Hedges one-day internationals tournament, has managed to join the international batsmen’s elite club on the strength of his performance last year.
Flower may have managed to reach the third spot behind Sachin, Waugh and Brian Lara, but the humble 32-year-old southpaw refuses his comparison with those two master batsmen.
Andy Flower has also scored nearly 5,000 runs in his 161 one-day international matches.
www3.estart.com /india/sports/andyflower.html   (520 words)

  
 ABC Sport - Cricket World Cup - Flower must fire on home patch
Flower has coped with the heavy burden of being Zimbabwe's premier batsman as well as keeping wicket and captaining the team in 16 Test matches and 46 one-day internationals.
Flower's cricket pedigree is long and rich, beginning with his first century - run out for 116 - in primary school.
Flower's epic effort, significantly, made him the obvious winner of the man-of-the-match award but it was not enough to guide Zimbabwe to victory.
www.abc.net.au /cricket/items/s780785.htm   (415 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andy Flower hits century
Andy Flower has been around for a decade and from the time Zimbabwe began playing Test match cricket.
The third-wicket pair in Vermeulen and Andrew Flower strove to stabilise the Zimbabwe innings.
Andy Flower had picked Muralitharan in his ninth over, stepping out to send the ball over cover and excelling in the reverse hits.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2000/10/22/stories/07220281.htm   (765 words)

  
 indya.com Zimbabwe-India Cricket - Flower may miss One-day series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Flower injured his thumb with the first delivery of the fourth day of the second test against India on Monday.
Seam bowler Andy Blignaut was bowling to Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who left the ball and it carried through to Flower and struck him awkwardly on the thumb.
Flower was one of the key players against India in the two-match Test series that was shared at 1-1.
www.indya.com /zimbabwetour/articles/0619andy_flower.htm   (412 words)

  
 indya.com India-Zimbabwe Cricket - How to solve the Andy Flower problem?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
The computer assistance, in the form of a 14-kg machine which simulates live action and analyses each player's strengths and weaknesses, could be very harsh and candid in analysing a cricketer.
Andy Flower would present a dead bat to all his fast, skidding deliveries.
In all, 78 of Flower's runs came of flicks and sweeps while 45 runs came through cut and glides on the off side.
www.indya.com /zimbabwetour/articles/1606flower_analysis.htm   (612 words)

  
 Defiant duo expecting the worst - smh.com.au
Grant Flower was more specific in outlining the fears held for the safety of Andy, his teammate and brother, as well as Olonga.
Andy Flower, the ex-Zimbabwean skipper, and Olonga, the nation's first fl Test player, released a statement 30 minutes before they took the field against Namibia, outlining the reasons for their courageous stand.
Even in spite of the dangers, Andy Flower said the silent protest was a worthwhile exercise and had struck a chord with Zimbabweans and foreigners alike.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/02/12/1044927665742.html   (941 words)

  
 Andy Flower retains Zimbabwe captaincy
Harare: Andy Flower has retained the Zimbabwean captaincy until the tour of England starting in May, Despite his team's poor showing in the home series against Sri Lanka.
Flower, Zimbabwe's captain until after the 1996 world cup, regained the leadership after Alistair Campbell resigned the captaincy two days before the one-off test against South Africa in November.
Flower scored a century and three half-centuries in the three tests to finish with a series average of 97, while Campbell broke a long run drought with a one-day half century.
thatscricket.oneindia.in /news/22spd30.html   (278 words)

  
 Andy Flower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He is considered to be one of the best wicket - keeper batsman next only to Australian Adam Gilchrist.He made his international debut in a one-day international against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth, New Zealand in the 1992 cricket World Cup.
He was Zimbabwe's wicket-keeper for over 10 years and, according to official statistics, by far the finest batsman the country has ever fielded.
This act led to pressure from Zimbabwe's government and Flower's retirement from Zimbabwean cricket.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andy_Flower   (408 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andy Flower blossoms under trying conditions
Captain Andy Flower got a gift from umpire Steve Bucknor before he had a run on the board and proceeded to lead a Zimbabwe recovery on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies.
Flower scored a half-century at Queen's Park Oval late on Friday after television replays clearly showed he had gloved the first ball after tea from fast bowler Courtney Walsh down the leg-side for wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs to complete a catch.
Andy Flower, striking the ball with crisp assurance, has now batted confidently for just over three hours to strike seven 4s from 130 balls and enhance his side's grip on the match.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/03/19/stories/07190282.htm   (537 words)

  
 Flower Power (from Bishop's Stortford Citizen)
ANDY FLOWER is defying the years as he continues to plunder runs in emphatic style for Essex this season, writes Peter King.
It must have been disappointing for Flower that his efforts failed to stave off defeat particularly as a number of his batting colleagues failed to attempt to emulate his necessary vigilance.
Flower was also on the losing side on Sunday when Essex lost by five wickets to Middlesex at Lords that all but ended their interest in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy this year.
www.bishopsstortfordcitizen.co.uk /display.var.788433.0.flower_power.php   (621 words)

  
 Flower, Olonga await response - theage.com.au
"Andy and Henry stand to lose a lot in terms of cricket and their general wellbeing in Zimbabwe with the way things are politically," Grant Flower said.
Andy Flower and Olonga had released a statement before their match against Namibia, outlining the reasons for their stands.
Andy Flower said the silent protest was a worthwhile exercise, and had struck a cord with Zimbabweans and foreigners alike.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/12/1044927663101.html   (539 words)

  
 Andy Flower’s career ends on sad note -DAWN - Sport; March 16, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-11)
Flower had made 38 at the time and was at the wicket with brother Grant when he made his exit with the score at 140-4.
Flower and team-mate Henry Olonga won worldwide praise when they donned fl armbands during the country’s first World Cup match against Namibia in Harare to protest against the Zimbabwe government.
Flower, whose brother Grant also plays in the Zimbabwe team, had been threatened with being dropped from the squad if he did not give up on his protest which bitterly attacked the Mugabe regime.
www.dawn.com /2003/03/16/spt20.htm   (439 words)

  
 Flower cut down as he threatens to go the whole Hogg - theage.com.au
Brad Hogg's removal of Andy Flower was the highlight of a match that began nervously and started to relax as threatened protests petered out after 33 placard-carrying students were arrested while trying to enter the ground.
The brothers Flower had responded capably to their team's predicament only for their partnership to be cut short as the younger sibling omitted to follow the instructions of his elder and was run out, a turn of events that did not please Andy.
Not for the first time in Zimbabwean cricket, everything seemed to depend upon Andy Flower, whose position in the side had not been settled until late the previous night after his board had tried to force its selection committee to leave him out for disciplinary reasons.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/02/25/1046064033224.html   (789 words)

  
 Sport | Zimbabwe v Australia
Andy Flower is in, and steals two runs over backward point.
Andy Flower adds another four then, for good measure, four more, both off the middle of his bat.
Grant Flower is playing with a broken hand, or at least his index finger has been cut and stitched up at the very least, so he won't be bowling today.
sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4611943-111329,00.html   (2913 words)

  
 Andy Flower to captain MCC
London - Former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower will lead the MCC against Sussex at Lord's in a revival of the traditional curtain-raising fixture to the English season, MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) v The Champion County, it was announced here on Wednesday.
Flower, who now divides his time between English county Essex and Australian state side South Australia, effectively ended his international career in dramatic style at last year's World Cup.
Flower was recently appointed an honorary life member of MCC and will captain their team in a four-day, first-class match which starts at Lord's on Friday, April 9.
www.news24.com /News24/Sport/Cricket/0,,2-9-839_1506367,00.html   (373 words)

  
 The Hindu : Andy Flower out for six weeks
Andy Flower will miss his first one-day international for Zimbabwe in nine years.
Andy Flower was ruled out of the triangular series on Thursday due to a dislocated right thumb.
Andy Flower returned this morning from Johannesburg after seeing a specialist, who ruled him out for six weeks.
www.hindu.com /2001/06/22/stories/07220283.htm   (217 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Andy Flower
The elder of two Test-playing brothers, Andy Flower was for a long time Zimbabwe's only batsman of true Test quality in all conditions.
Off the field, Flower is a keen student of Zimbabwe's history, of which he is now a notable part.
Andy and Grant Flower at Essex's pre-season photocall
www.icc-cricket.com /wac/content/player/55427.html   (526 words)

  
 rediff.com: cricket channel - Andy Flower exhausts superlatives
Andy Flower's astonishing feats with the bat over the last year have rewritten the record books.
This month, Flower became the first wicketkeeper to score a century in each innings of a Test match.
Flower was disappointed but resigned after failing to reach another landmark with a double century in the second innings of the first Test.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/sep/26flower.htm   (883 words)

  
 rediff.com: cricket channel - Andy Flower ruled out of triseries
Leading Zimbabwe batsman Andy Flower has been ruled out of the triangular one-day series involving India and the West Indies after dislocating a thumb bone.
Flower, who was injured while keeping wickets in the second innings of the second Test against India, has been advised rest for at least six weeks.
Flower, in a recent interview, had lamented that Zimbabwe cricketers are being paid a pittance and called for a minimum pay structure for international cricketers which he said should be enforced by the International Cricket Council.
www.rediff.com /cricket/2001/jun/20andy.htm   (176 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
Andy Flower’s stupendous vigil was mainly responsible for Zimbabwe’s draw, after they were asked to follow-on with 227 runs behind.
Andy Flower and Alistair Campbell, who started the day unbeaten in their eighties, looked in an aggressive mood.
Andy Flower started the day’s proceedings in a billigerent manner, hitting Sunil Joshi for two thunderous fours in the second over of the day.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20001130/sports.htm   (4805 words)

  
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