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ANDY FLOWER: RECORD IN ALL FIRST-CLASS CRICKETComplete Andy Flower records in all First-Class cricket.
(Up to end of English season 2002)
Andrew Flower, born Cape Town, 28 April 1968
Left-hand bat, wicket-keeper, occasional right-arm slow-medium paceor off-break bowler
Career: 1986/87-2002

Abbreviations:Man – Manicaland MCD – Mashonaland Country DistrictsMash – Mashonaland Mid – MidlandsMat – Matabeleland Pres – President’s XIZim – Zimbabwe/ZimbabweansGrounds:Alex – Alexandra Sports Club OG – Old Georgians Sports ClubBAC – Bulawayo Athletic Club OH – Old Hararians Sports ClubHSC – Harare Sports ClubCapital letters for team names denotes a Test match.* indicates not out innings.+ indicates wicket-keeper or (after an innings) retired hurt.When there is a figure or a dash in the Ct (caught) column but not in the St (stumped)column, this indicates that Andy Flower did not keep wicket in that innings.No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1986/87 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total1 ZCU Pres v West Indies B (8) 13 239 – – — #414/6d(HSC, 21-23 Oct – drawn) — — –1986/87 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 1 0 13 13 13.00 – – – – –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1987/88 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total2 Zim B v Sri Lanka B (7) 1 #108 1 – — 356/5d(HSC, 22-24 March – lost) (1) 10 2441987/88 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 0 11 10 5.50 – – 1 – –Career 2 3 0 24 13 8.00 – – 1 – –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1988/89 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total3 Zim v Lancashire (3) 20 275 1 #86(HSC, 8-11 April – won) — 19/0 1 2061988/89 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 1 0 20 20 20.00 – – 2 –Career 3 4 0 44 20 11.00 – – 3 – –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1989/90 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalFrom the start of this season, Flower became a regular member of the Zimbabwean team,starting as a specialist batsman and later taking over the wicket-keeping gloves fromDave Houghton. Coaching commitments in Holland meant that he did not play for theZimbabwe team in England in 1990, the warm-up tour for the ICC Trophy in Holland,which Zimbabwe won.)4 Zim v Young West Indies (3) 39 #344/9d – — 396(HSC, 10-13 Oct – drawn) (3) 44* 156/35 Zim v Young West Indies (3) 0 #106 1 — 438(HSC, 24-26 Oct – lost) (3) 1 1026 Zim v Young West Indies (4) 8 #106 1 — 344(HSC, 31 Oct-2 Nov – lost) (3) 43 1827 Zim v England A (6) 28 #290 3 – — 366(HSC, 3-8 March – lost) (3) 15 118 – – — 43/08 Zim v England A (7) 37 403 1 – — #529/9d(BAC, 10-15 March – drawn) — 1 – — 133/59 Zim v England A (3) 36 #149 1 1 — 377/9d(HSC, 24-29 March – drawn) (3) 78 296/71989/90 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM6 11 1 329 78 32.90 – 1 8 1 –Career 9 15 1 373 78 26.64 – 1 11 1 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1990/91 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower scored his maiden first-class century for Zimbabwe B against Pakistan B, whenhe also captained his team for the first time in first-class cricket. As was to bethe case so often throughout his career, he made his runs with little support.10 Zim v Pakistan B (3) 50 #436 1 – — 204(BAC, 8-13 Oct – won) (4) 14* 65/2 3 – — 29511 Young Zim v Pakistan B (5) 121* 187 1 — #469(Alex, 16-19 Oct – drawn) — – — 86/312 Zim v Pakistan B (3) 19 #252 1 – — 421(HSC, 22-27 Oct – lost) (6) 1 14413 Zim v Glamorgan (4) 16 253/8d – – — #320/6d(BAC, 2-4 April – won) (4) 4 296/8 – – — 225/6d14 Zim v Worcestershire (4) 22 157 1 – — #377/4d(HSC, 8-10 April – drawn) (5) 63 276/71990/91 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 9 2 310 121* 44.28 1 2 7 – –Car. 14 24 3 683 121* 32.52 1 3 18 1 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1991/92 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total15 Zim v Australia B (4) 20 193 2 – — #483(BAC, 16-19 Sept – lost) (4) 17 309 – – — 20/016 Zim v Australia B (4) 3 #239 – – — 383(HSC, 21-25 Sept – lost) (4) 6 179 – – — 36/11991/92 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 4 0 46 20 11.50 – – 2 – –Car. 16 28 3 729 121* 29.16 1 3 20 1 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1992/93 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalZimbabwe were awarded Test status in July 1992. Flower had reached just the rightlevel of maturity as a player to fit in with success.17 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Only) (7) 59 #456 1 – — 307(HSC, 18-22 Oct – drawn) (6) 1* 146/4d18 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (7) 81 219 – – — #325/3d(BAC, 1-5 Nov – drawn) — 197/1 1 – — 222/5d19 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (6) 14 283/9d 4 – — #335(HSC, 7-12 Nov – lost) (6) 9 137 – 1 — 262/5d1992/93 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 1 164 81 41.00 – 2 6 1 –Car. 19 33 4 893 121* 30.79 1 5 26 2 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1992/93 (India) bat Score Total bowl TotalA magnificent batting double in the one-off Test match brought Flower to the attentionof the cricket world and launched his outstanding record against India in Test cricket.20 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Only) (5) 115 322 1 1 — #536/7d(Delhi, 13-17 March – lost) (5) 62* 2011992/93 (INDIA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 1 177 115 177.00 1 1 1 1Car. 20 35 5 1070 121* 35.66 2 6 27 3 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1993 (England) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower took over the captaincy of Zimbabwe from Houghton from this tour onwards.21 Zim v President’s XI (5) 1 #160 3 1 — 460/7d(Scarborough, 1-3 Sep – D) — 279/222 Zim v Surrey (5) 11 221/9d 1 – — #304/7d(The Oval, 8-10 Sep – D) (1) 82 196/6 2 1 — 189/9d1993 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 3 0 94 82 31.33 – 1 6 2 –Car. 22 38 5 1164 121* 35.27 2 7 33 5 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1993/94 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total23 Mash XI v Western Province (5) 43 116 1 – — #310/6d(HSC; 12-14 Oct – lost) (5) 8 246 – 1 — 143/4dM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 23 40 5 1215 121* 34.71 2 7 34 6 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1993/94 (Pakistan) bat Score Total bowl Total24 Zim v Bank of Khyber XI (6) 103*+ #405/5d – (5) 6.1 1 9 0 254/3(Peshawar, 26-28 Nov – D) –25 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (5) 63 289 4 – — #423/8d(Karachi, 1-6 Dec – L) (5) 21 134 – – — 131/3d26 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (5) 12 254 1 – — #245(Rawalpindi, 9-14 Dec – L) (5) 0 187 2 – — 24827 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (3rd) (5) 62* 230 – — #147(Lahore, 16-21 Dec – D) — – — 174/11993/94 (PAKISTAN) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 6 2 261 103* 65.25 1 2 7 – 6.2 1 9 0 –Car. 27 46 7 1476 121* 37.84 3 9 41 6 –No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1993/94 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalThis season the Logan Cup was elevated to first-class status.28 Mash v MCD (4) 35 140 – (7) 2.4 1 1 1 #210(Harare South, 14-16 Jan – D) — – (6) 11 1 31 0 203/629 Mash v Mash Under-24 (3) 9 75 1 – — #284(HSC, 11-13 Feb – lost) (3) 59 253 – – — 45/030 Mash v Mat (3) 85 #358 2 – — 214(HSC, 4-6 March – drawn) (3) 40* 160/3d 1 – — 253/931 Mash XI v Warwickshire (6) 113 296/9d – – (7) 1 0 5 0 #396/5d(OH, 12-14 March – drawn) — 138/4 2 — 165/9d1993/94 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 8 1 392 113 56.00 1 2 7 1 14.4 2 37 1 37.00 1/1 – -Car. 31 52 8 1817 121* 41.29 4 11 47 6 14.4 2 37 1 37.00 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1994/95 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total32 Mash v Mat (4) 134* #344/7d 3 – — 178(BAC, 16-18 Sept – won) — 76/1 4 – — 24133 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (5) 26 319/8 1 — #383(HSC, 11-16 Oct – drawn) –34 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (5) 50 #462/9d – — 218(Quuens, 20-24 Oct – drawn) 1 — 193/435 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd) (5) 10 375 3 — #402(HSC, 26-31 Oct – drawn) – — 89/3M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 35 56 9 2037 134* 43.34 5 12 59 6 14.4 2 37 1 37.00 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1994/95 (Australia) bat Score Total bowl Total36 Zim v Tasmania (5) 0* 141/3d 2 – — #257/5d(Devonport, 18-20 Dec – D) (5) 53* 156/5 – 1 — 136/3d37 Zim v Queensland (5) 139* #294/6d – — 223/5d(Maryborough, 29-31 Dec – L) (7) 31 129 1 — 201/61994/95 (AUSTRALIA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 4 3 223 139* 223.00 1 1 3 1 –Car. 37 60 12 2260 121* 47.08 6 13 62 7 14.4 2 37 1 37.00 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1994/95 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower was the first Zimbabwean captain to lead his team to victory in Test cricket,and he played the decisive part in that epic match with the bat.38 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (5) 156 #544/4d 1 – — 322(HSC, 31 Jan-4 Feb – won) — 2 – — 15839 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (5) 14 #174 2 – — 260(Queens, 7-9 Feb – lost) (5) 8 146 – – — 61/240 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (3rd) (5) 37 243 1 – — #231(HSC, 15-19 Feb – lost) (4) 35 139 4 – — 25041 Mash v MCD (3) 22 #188 – (5) 7 2 13 1 182(HSC, 10-12 March – won) (3) 103 421 1 (5) 14 9 36 1 16142 Mash v Mash Under-24 (3) 77 #258 – (5) 2 0 3 0 157(HSC, 24-26 March – won) (5) 15 347/6d 1 (5) 2 0 5 0 28343 Mash XI v Northamptonshire (5) 24 83 1 (5) 6 1 13 1 #276/7d(HSC, 4-6 April) (5) 57* 417/4 1 — 2231994/95 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM10 15 2 768 156 59.07 3 3 26 – 31 12 70 3 23.33 1/13 – -Car. 43 71 13 2808 156 48.41 8 15 76 7 52 14 116 4 29.00 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total44 Mash XI v Tasmania (3) 28 #293 1 – — 311/6d(HSC, 3-5 Oct – drawn) (5) 57 296/7d – 1 — 162/345 ZCU Pres v Tasmania (3) 82 403/9d 3 – — #196(BAC, 9-11 Oct – drawn) — 1 – — 309/446 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (3) 7 #170 1 – — 346(HSC, 13-16 Oct – lost) (5) 63 283 1 – — 108/347 Mash v Young Mash (5) 9 457/6d – (6) 5 0 24 0 #262(HSC, 17-19 Nov – won) (2) 9* 59/0 – — 25048 Mash v MCD (5) 1 #133 – (5) 8 1 23 0 279(Harare South, 8-10 Dec – L) (5) 28 352 – — 207/81995/96 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 9 1 284 82 35.50 – 3 7 1 13 1 47 0 — — – -Car. 48 80 14 3092 156 46.84 8 18 83 8 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1995/96 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl Total49 Zim v New Zealand Academy XI (5) 73 #274/7d – – — 213/1d(Whangarei, 6-8 Jan – drawn) — 207/4d – – — 109/150 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (5) 6 196 3 – — #230/8d(Hamilton, 13-17 Jan – D) (5) 58* 208/6 1 – — 222/5d51 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (5) 35 326 3 – — #251(Auckland, 20-24 Jan – D) (4) 45* 246/4 1 – — 441/5d1995/96 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 2 217 73 72.33 – 2 8 – –Car. 51 85 16 3309 156 47.95 8 20 91 8 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1996 (England) bat Score Total bowl Total52 MCC v South Africa A (6) 70 391/7d 1 – — #204(Shenley, 10-12 July – D) – – — 490/4d1996 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 1 0 70 70 70.00 – 1 1 – –Car. 52 86 16 3379 156 48.27 8 21 92 8 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Sri Lanka) bat Score Total bowl TotalAfter the World Cup at the end of the 1995/96 season, Flower resigned the captaincyof the national team, to be replaced by Alistair Campbell.53 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (4) 2 145 1 – — #349(Colombo Pre, 11-14 Sep – L) (5) 0 12754 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (5) 3 #141 2 1 — 350/8d(Colombo SSC, 18-21 Sep – L) (5) 31 235 – – — 30/01996/97 (SRI LANKA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 4 0 36 31 9.00 – – 3 1 –Car. 54 90 16 3415 156 46.14 8 21 95 9 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total55 Mash v Mat (5) 61 314 1 – — #118(BAC, 4-6 Oct – won) — 85/2 — 279M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 55 91 16 3476 156 46.34 8 22 96 9 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Pakistan) bat Score Total bowl Total56 Zim v Combined XI (5) 100* #307/7d – – — 236/8d(Sahiwal, 12-14 Oct – drawn) (5) 0 203/8d 1 – — 238/957 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (5) 11 #375 1 1 — 553(Sheikhapura, 17-21 Oct – D) (5) 18 241/758 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (6) 16 #133 4 – — 267(Faisalabad, 24-26 Oct – L) (6) 23 200 – – — 69/01996/97 (PAKISTAN) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 6 1 213 100* 42.60 1 1 6 1Car. 58 97 17 3689 156 46.11 9 23 102 10 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1996/97 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total59 Mash v Mat (6) 4* #503/4d 3 – — 448(Alex, 15-17 Nov – D)60 Mash v Mat (5) 73* #477/6d – – — 69/4d(BAC, 22-24 Nov – W) — forfeit 3 – — 19561 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (5) 112 #376 1 – — 406(Queens, 18-22 Dec – D) (5) 14 234 – – — 204/662 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (5) 6 215 2 – — #156(HSC, 26-30 Dec – D) — – – — 195/31996/97 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 6 2 270 112 67.50 1 2 10 – –Car. 62 102 19 3898 156 46.96 10 24 111 10 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1997 (England) bat Score Total bowl Total63 MCC v Pakistan A (5) 14 362 – — #119(Shenley, 9-11 July – W) — 18/0 – — 2571997 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 1 0 14 14 14.00 – – – –Car. 63 103 19 3912 156 46.57 10 24 111 10 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1997/98 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total64 Mash v Mash A (4) 201 485/8d 1 1 — #181(Harare South, 28-29 Aug – W) — – – — 15865 Mash v Mat (4) 116 #307 3 – — 129(OH, 4-5 Sept – W) — 2 – (4) 1 1 0 0 14266 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (3) 8 #298 2 – — 207(HSC, 18-22 Sept – D) (3) 20 311/9d 2 – — 304/867 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (3) 39 #461 – – — 403(Queens, 25-29 Sept – D) (3) 7 227/8d – – — 275/8M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 67 109 19 4303 201 47.81 12 24 121 11 65 15 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1997/98 (Sri Lanka) bat Score Total bowl Total68 Zim v Sri Lanka Board XI (5) 101* #311/6d 2 – — 313/8d(Matara, 2-5 Jan – D) –69 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (4) 8 140 – – — #469/9d(Kandy, 7-11 Jan – L) (5) 67 338 – – — 10/270 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (5) 8 #251 3 – — 225(Colombo SSC, 14-18 Jan – L) (6) 105* 299 2 – — 325/51997/98 (SRI LANKA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 2 289 105* 96.33 2 1 7 – –Car. 70 114 21 4592 156 49.37 14 25 128 11 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1997/98 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl Total71 Zim v New Zealand A (4) 3 #67 2 – — 271/8d(Dunedin, 8-10 Feb – L) (5) 1 19572 Zim v Canterbury (5) 13 422/8d 2 2 — #100(Timaru, 13-16 Feb – W) — 1 – — 26673 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (5) 2 #180 3 – — 411(Wellington, 19-22 Feb – L) (6) 6 250 – – — 20/074 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (5) 65 #170 2 – — 460(Auckland, 26-28 Feb – L) (5) 83 2771997/98 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 7 0 173 83 24.71 – 2 10 – –Car. 74 121 21 4765 156 47.65 14 27 138 13 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1997/98 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total75 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (5) 44 #321 2 – — 256(Queens, 14-18 March – D) (6) 100* 302/4d 2 – — 258/676 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (5) 1 #277 2 – — 354(HSC, 21-25 March – L) (5) 49 268 1 1 — 192/71997/98 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM6 10 1 585 201 65.00 3 – 7 2 –Car. 76 125 22 4959 201 48.14 15 27 145 14 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total77 ZCU Pres v Plascon Academy (4) 36 194 – — #358/7d(Sunrise, 21-23 Aug – W) (4) 167* 307/4 – — 137/2d78 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Only) (5) 30 #221 2 – — 280(HSC, 7-10 Oct – W) (5) 41* 293 2 – — 173M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 78 129 24 5233 201 49.83 16 27 149 14 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Pakistan) bat Score Total bowl Total79 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (1st) (5) 0 238 2 – — #296(Peshawar, 27-30 Nov – W) (5) 17* 162/3 2 – — 10380 Zim v Lahore City CA (5) 1 #394 1 – — 287/9d(Lahore, 4-7 Dec – L) (3) 1 239/6d 2 – — 350/981 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (2nd) (5) 60* #183 1 – — 325/9d(Lahore, 10-14 Dec – D) — 48/01998/99 (PAKISTAN) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 2 79 60* 26.33 – 1 8 – –Car. 81 134 26 5312 201 49.18 16 28 157 14 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1998/99 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total82 Mash v Mat (5) 1 #243 1 – — 232(BAC, 5-7 Jan – D) — 333/2d – 1 — 278/683 ZCU Pres v England A (4) 194* 493 1 – — #267(Kwekwe, 26-29 Jan – D) — – – — 327/71998/99 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 6 3 469 194* 156.33 2 – 6 1 –Car. 83 136 27 5507 201 50.52 17 28 159 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1999 (England) bat Score Total bowl Total84 MCC v Sri Lanka A (5) 8* 102/4d 1 – — #188/9d(Shenley, 17-20 Aug – D) (6) 32 201/8 1 – — 169/9d1999 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 1 40 32 40.00 – – 2 – –Car. 84 138 28 5547 201 50.42 17 28 161 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl Total85 ZIMBABWE v AUSTRALIA (Only) (5) 28 #194 3 – — 422(HSC, 14-17 Oct – L) (6) 0 232 – – — 5/0M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 85 140 28 5575 201 49.77 17 28 164 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (South Africa) bat Score Total bowl Total86 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only)(5) 13 #192 1 – — 417(Bloemfontein, 29-1 Nov – L) (5) 39 2121999/2000 (SOUTH AFRICA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 2 0 52 39 26.00 – – 1 – –Car. 86 142 28 5627 201 49.35 17 28 165 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl TotalWith the sudden resignation of Alistair Campbell, Flower took over as Zimbabwecaptain again.87 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Only)(5) 8 #102 2 – — 462(HSC, 11-14 Nov – L) (5) 14 14188 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (5) 86 #286 4 – — 428(Queens, 18-22 Nov – D) (5) 15* 136/389 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (5) 74 #174 3 – — 432(HSC, 26-30 Nov – L) (6) 129 292 1 – — 38/490 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd) (5) 14 #218 4 – — 231(HSC, 4-8 Dec – D) (5) 70* 197/7d 1 – — 36/11999/2000 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM5 10 2 438 129 54.75 1 3 18 – –Car. 90 150 30 6037 201 50.30 18 31 180 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.1999/2000 (West Indies) bat Score Total bowl Total91 Zim v West Indies Board XI (5) 13 #428 1 – — 198(St George’s, 4-6 March – D) — 24/092 ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (1st) (5) 113* 236 2 – — #187(Port-of-Spain, 16-20 Mar-L) (5) 5 63 2 – — 14793 ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (2nd) (5) 66 #308 4 – — 339(Kingston, 24-28 March – L) (5) 10 102 – – — 75/01999/2000 (WEST INDIES) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 1 207 113* 51.75 1 1 9 – –Car. 93 155 31 6244 201 50.35 19 32 189 15 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2000 (England) bat Score Total bowl Total94 Zim v Essex (5) 30 #315 3 – — 249(Chelmsford, 11-14 May – D) — 75/0d95 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (1st) (5) 24 #83 1 – — 415(Lord’s, 18-21 May – L) (6) 2 12396 Zim v Yorkshire (5) 47 #235 – — 124(Leeds, 24-27 May – W) (5) 15 68 3 – — 14797 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (2nd) (5) 42 285/4d – – — #374(Nottingham, 1-5 June – D) — 25/1 5 – — 14798 Zim v West Indians (5) 0 275/8d – – — #407(Arundel, 10-12 June – D) — 108/1 – 1 — 200/5d99 Zim v Gloucestershire (5) 24 #568 4 – — 167(Gloucester, 16-19 June – W) (4) 116* 258/2d – – — 135100 Zim v British Universities (6) 0 441/6d – — #261/8d(Cambridge, 21-23 June – D) –2000 (ENGLAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM7 10 1 300 116* 33.33 1 – 16 1 –Car. 100 165 33 6544 201 49.20 20 32 205 16 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower was controversially stripped of the captaincy after the England tour,with Heath Streak taking over.101 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (1st) (5) 29 #350 2 – — 338(Queens, 12-16 Sept – L) (5) 22 119 – – — 132/3102 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (2nd) (5) 48 #166 2 1 — 465(HSC, 19-23 Sept – L) (5) 65 370 – – — 74/2M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 102 169 33 6708 201 49.32 20 33 209 17 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (India) bat Score Total bowl TotalThis tour began the period of the best batting form of Flower’s career.103 Zim v Nat. Cricket Academy (5) 0 #322/6d 1 – — 323/6d(Indore, 8-10 Nov – D) (4) 119*+ 320/5d – – — 42/1104 Zim v Board Pres XI — 236/5d – – — #314/5d(Faridabad, 13-15 Nov – W) (4) 94 262/6 1 – — 183/2d105 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (1st) (5) 183* #422/9d 1 – — 458/4d(Delhi, 18-22 Nov – L) (5) 70 225 – – — 190/3106 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (2nd) (5) 55 #382 1 – — 609/6d(Nagpur, 25-29 Nov – D) (5) 232* 503/6d2000/01 (INDIA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 7 3 753 232* 188.25 3 3 4 – –Car. 106 176 36 7461 232* 53.29 23 36 213 17 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (New Zealand) bat Score Total bowl Total107 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (Only)(5) 79 340/6d 1 – — #487/7d(Wellington, 26-30 Dec – D) — 60/2 2 – — 153/4d2000/01 (NEW ZEALAND) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM1 1 0 79 79 79.00 – 1 3 – –Car. 107 177 36 7540 232* 53.47 23 37 216 17 66 16 163 4 40.75 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2000/01 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl TotalA hand injury sustained while keeping wicket in the Second Test against India putFlower out of the two Test matches against West Indies and the triangular tournamentthat preceded it, the first international matches he has missed for Zimbabwe sincemaking his debut in 1991/92.108 Mashonaland v CFX Academy (4) 69* #253/3d – — forfeit(HSC, 16-18 Feb – W) — forfeit 1 (6) 5 2 10 0 188109 Mashonaland v Mashonaland A (6) 2 #171 – — forfeit(HSC, 2-4 March – W) (5) 33 66/5d 1 — 122110 Mashonaland v Manicaland (5) 24 205 – (5) 2 0 8 0 #205(HSC, 9-11 March – W) (5) 0 115/8 – (3) 4 1 8 0 114111 Mashonaland v Matabeleland (5) 74 #194 1 — 115(HSC, 23-25 March – W) (6) 4* 225/5d – — 19112 Mashonaland v Midlands (5) 18 #357/7d – — 92(Kwekwe, 30 Mar-1 Apr – W) (5) — 3 — 222113 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (1st) (5) 73 457 2 – — #257(Queens, 19-22 Apr – W) — – – — 168114 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (2nd) (5) 23 421/9d 1 1 — #254(HSC, 26-30 Apr – W) — 100/2 3 – — 266115 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (1st) (5) 51 #173 3 – — 318(Queens, 7-10 June – L) (6) 83 328 – – — 184/2116 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (2nd) (5) 45 315 1 – — #237(HSC), 15-18 June – W) (8) 8* 157/6 4 – — 2342000/01 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM11 18 3 671 83 44.73 – 6 24 2 11 3 26 0 –Car. 116 191 38 8047 232* 52.59 23 42 236 18 77 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Zimbabwe) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower enjoyed probably his greatest match in the First Test against South Africa atHarare Sports Club, where he scored two centuries in a match for the first time andbecame only the second player in Test history to score more than half his team’s totalruns in a match. He almost made it a double-century in the second innings but, aftera lucky escape himself on 198, he was left stranded on 199 by a dubious lbw decisionagainst Zimbabwe’s last batsman.117 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (1st)(5) 142 286 1 – — #600/3d(HSC, 7-11 Sept – L) (5) 199* 391 – — 79/1118 ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (2nd)(5) 67 #419/9d 1 1 — 519/8d(Queens, 14-18 Sept – D) (5) 14* 96/3M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCar. 118 195 40 8469 232* 54.63 25 43 238 19 77 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Bangladesh) bat Score Total bowl Total119 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (1st) (5) 28 431 2 – — #107(Dhaka, 8-12 Nov – D) — – – — 125/3120 ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (2nd) (5) 114* #542/7d 1 – — 251(Chittagong, 15-19 Dec – W) — 11/2 – 1 — 3012001/02 (BANGLADESH) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM2 2 1 142 114* 142.00 1 – 3 1 –Car. 120 197 41 8611 232* 55.19 26 43 241 20 77 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Sri Lanka) bat Score Total bowl Total121 Zim v Board XI (5) 51* #319/6d – – — 269/4d(Colombo PS, 21-23 Dec – L) (6) 25* 169/5d 2 – — 223/5122 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (1st) (5) 42 184 3 – — #586/6d(Colombo SSC, 27-31 Dec – L) (5) 10 236123 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (2nd) (5) 8 #236 1 – — 505(Kandy, 4-7 Jan – L) (5) 11 175124 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (3rd) (5) 6 236 2 – — #418(Galle, 12-15 Jan – L) (5) 3 212/2d – – — 212/2d2001/02 (SRI LANKA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM4 8 2 156 51* 26.00 – 1 8 – –Car. 124 205 43 8767 232* 54.11 26 44 249 20 77 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (India) bat Score Total bowl TotalFlower was now removed from the position of wicket-keeper, Tatenda Taibu takingover the job. As a result, he moved up to number four in the batting order.125 Zim v President’s XI (4) 94 340 1 — #361/3d(Vijayawada, 15-17 Feb – D) — – — 154/1126 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (1st) (4) 3 #287 1 — 570/7d(Nagpur, 21-25 Feb – L) (4) 8 182127 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (2nd) (4) 92 #329 – — 354(Delhi, 28 Feb-4 March – L) (4) 0 146 1 — 1462001/02 (INDIA) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 5 0 197 94 39.40 – 2 3 –Car. 127 210 43 8964 232* 53.67 26 46 252 20 77 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2001/02 (Zimbabwe, cont.) bat Score Total bowl Total128 Mashonaland v Mashonaland A (4) 114 362/8d 2 (5) 3 0 9 0 #483(HSC, 5-8 April – W) (4) 156* 340/3d – — 218/3d2001/02 (ZIMBABWE) SEASON TOTALM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM3 6 3 692 199* 230.66 4 1 4 1 3 0 9 0 –Car. 128 212 44 9234 232* 54.96 28 46 254 20 80 19 198 4 49.50 1/1 – -No. Own Team Ct St No. O M R W Opp.2002 (England) bat Score Total bowl Total129 Essex v Cambridge University (3) 20 #370/8d – – — 139(Cambridge, 20-22 Apr – L) (2) 1 245/4d 1 – — 218130 Essex v Gloucestershire (5) 91 379 2 – — #379(Chelmsford, 24-27 Apr – D) — – – — 195/4d131 Essex v Nottinghamshire (5) 4 #130 2 – — 213(Nottingham, 8-10 May – L) (5) 25 270 1 – — 188/3132 Essex v Worcestershire (5) 45 373 – – — #367(Worcester, 15-18 May – W) (5) 47 135/5 1 – — 140133 Essex v Derbyshire (4) 8 168 2 – — #158(Chelmsford, 26-29 May – W) (4) 55* 193/4 2 – — 199134 Essex v Northamptonshire (5) 103* 497/7d 1 – — #632(Northampton, 31May-3Jun -W) (3) 92* 291/6 1 – — 155135 Essex v Northamptonshire (5) 85 #498/9d 3 – — 204(Ilford, 12-15 June – W) — 68/1 1 – — 361136 Essex v Gloucestershire (5) 3 325 – – — #383(Gloucester, 26-29 June – W) (4) 13 381/7 1 – — 322/7d137 Essex v Glamorgan (5) 16 #283 – – — 311(Swansea, 3-6 July – L) (5) 33 139 1 – — 112138 Essex v Worcestershire (5) 41 #197 1 – — 373(Southend, 10-13 July – L) (5) 17 257 – – — 62/2139 Essex v Middlesex (4) 0 441 1 — #538(Southgate, 18-21 July – D) — 53/1 – (8) 6 0 19 0 426/4d140 Essex v Glamorgan (4) 5 #231 – – — 575(Chelmsford, 24-27 July – D) (3) 172* 514/4d -141 Essex v Derbyshire (4) 10 #268 2 – — 301(Derby, 7-10 Aug – W) (4) 75 324 1 – — 151142 Essex v Indians (3) 59 279 2 — #516(Chelmsford, 14-17 Aug – D) (3) 23*+ 186/3 – — 327/6d143 Essex v Durham (4) 6 271 3 – — #259(Colchester, 21-25 Aug – W) (4) 27 322/6 1 – — 332144 Essex v Middlesex (4) 32 278 2 1 — #295(Chelmsford, 4-7 Sept – W) (4) 43* 111/4 3 – — 93M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wM16 29 6 1151 172* 50.04 2 6 35 1 6 0 19 0 –Car. 144 241 50 10385 232* 54.37 30 52 289 21 86 19 217 4 54.25 1/1 – -RECORD SEASON BY SEASONM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5I 10M1986/87 1 1 0 13 13 13.00 – – – – –1987/88 1 2 0 11 10 5.50 – – 1 – –1988/89 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 – – 2 –1989/90 6 11 1 329 78 32.90 – 1 8 1 –1990/91 5 9 2 310 121* 44.28 1 2 7 – –1991/92 2 4 0 46 20 11.50 – – 2 – –1992/93(Z) 3 5 1 164 81 41.00 – 2 6 1 –1992/93(I) 1 2 1 177 115 177.00 1 1 1 1 –1993 (E) 2 3 0 94 82 31.33 – 1 6 2 –1993/94(P) 4 6 2 261 103* 65.25 1 2 7 – 6.2 1 9 0 –1993/94(Z) 5 8 1 392 113 56.00 1 2 7 1 14.4 2 37 1 37.00 1/1 – -1994/95(A) 2 4 3 223 139* 223.00 1 1 3 1 –1994/95(Z) 10 15 2 768 156 59.07 3 3 26 – 31 12 70 3 23.33 1/13 – -1995/96(Z) 5 9 1 284 82 35.50 – 3 7 1 13 1 47 0 –1995/96(NZ) 3 5 2 217 73 72.33 – 2 8 – –1996 (E) 1 1 0 70 70 70.00 – 1 1 – –1996/97(SL) 2 4 0 36 31 9.00 – – 3 1 –1996/97(P) 3 6 1 213 100* 42.60 1 1 6 1 –1996/97(Z) 5 6 2 270 112 67.50 1 2 10 – –1997 (E) 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 – – – –1997/98(SL) 3 5 2 289 105* 96.33 2 1 7 – –1997/98(NZ) 4 7 0 173 83 24.71 – 2 10 2 –1997/98(Z) 6 10 1 585 201 65.00 3 – 17 2 1 1 0 0 –1998/99(P) 3 5 2 79 60* 26.33 – 1 8 – –1998/99(Z) 4 6 3 469 194* 156.33 2 – 6 1 –1999 (E) 1 2 1 40 32 40.00 – – 2 – –1999/00(SA) 1 2 0 52 39 26.00 – – 1 – –1999/00(Z) 5 10 2 438 129 54.75 1 3 18 – –1999/00(WI) 3 5 1 207 113* 51.75 1 1 9 – –2000 (E) 7 10 1 300 116* 33.33 1 – 16 1 –2000/01(I) 4 7 3 753 232* 188.25 3 3 4 – –2000/01(NZ) 1 1 0 79 79 79.00 – 1 3 – –2000/01(Z) 11 18 3 671 83 44.73 – 6 24 2 11 3 26 0 –2001/02(B) 2 2 1 142 114* 142.00 1 – 3 1 –2001/02(SL) 4 8 2 156 51* 26.00 – 1 8 – –2001/02(I) 3 5 0 197 94 39.40 – 2 3 –2001/02(Z) 3 6 3 692 199* 230.66 4 1 4 1 3 0 9 0 –2002 (E) 16 29 6 1151 172* 50.04 2 6 35 1 6 0 19 0 –144 241 50 10385 232* 54.37 30 52 289 21 86 19 217 4 54.25 1/1 – -RECORD IN EACH COUNTRYM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5I 10MZimbabwe 73 121 22 5462 201 55.17 16 25 145 10 73.4 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -England 28 46 8 1669 172* 43.92 3 8 60 4 6 0 19 0 –Australia 2 4 3 223 139* 223.00 1 1 3 1 –South Africa 1 2 0 52 39 26.00 – – 1 – –West Indies 3 5 1 207 113* 51.75 1 1 9 – –New Zealand 8 13 2 469 83 42.63 – 5 21 2 –India 8 14 4 1127 232* 112.70 4 6 8 1 –Pakistan 10 17 5 553 103* 46.08 2 4 21 1 6.2 1 9 0 –Sri Lanka 9 17 4 481 105* 37.00 2 2 18 1 –Bangladesh 2 2 1 142 114* 142.00 1 – 3 1 –144 241 50 10385 232* 54.37 30 52 289 21 86 19 217 4 54.25 1/1 – -RECORD ON ZIMBABWEAN GROUNDSM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5I 10MAlexandra 2 2 2 125 121* — 1 – 4 – –Bulawayo AC 10 13 3 590 134* 59.00 1 5 25 1 –Harare South 3 4 0 265 201 66.25 1 – 1 1 21.4 3 55 1 55.00 1/1 – -Harare SC 43 78 12 3010 156 45.60 7 14 84 7 50 15 129 3 43.00 1/13 – -Kwekwe SC 2 2 1 212 194* 212.00 1 – 4 – –Old Hararians 2 2 0 229 116 114.50 2 – 7 – 2 1 5 0 –Queens SC 10 18 3 828 112 55.20 2 6 20 1 –Sunrise 1 2 1 203 167* 203.00 1 – – – –73 121 22 5462 201 55.17 16 25 145 10 73.4 19 189 4 47.25 1/1 – -LOGAN CUP RECORD (FOR MASHONALAND)M I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct St O M R W Av. BB 5I 10M1993/94 3 5 1 228 85 57.00 – 2 4 – 13.4 2 32 1 32.00 1/1 – -1994/95 3 5 1 351 134* 87.75 2 1 9 – 25 11 57 2 28.50 1/13 – -1995/96 2 4 1 47 28 15.66 – – – 13 1 47 0 –1996/97 3 3 2 138 73* 138.00 – 2 7 – –1997/98 2 2 0 317 201 158.50 2 – 6 1 1 1 0 0 –1998/99 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 – – 1 1 –1999/2000 -2000/01 5 8 2 224 74 37.33 – 2 6 11 3 26 0 –2001/02 1 2 1 270 156* 270.00 2 – 2 3 0 9 0 –20 30 8 1576 201 71.63 6 7 35 2 66.4 18 171 3 57.00 1/1 – -RECORD AGAINST OTHER LOGAN CUP TEAMSM I NO Runs HS Av. 100 50 Ct/St O M R W Av. BB 5wI 10wMCFX Academy 1 1 1 69 69* — – 1 1 5 2 10 0 –Manicaland 1 2 0 24 24 12.00 – – – 6 1 16 0 –Mashonaland A 3 5 1 506 201 126.50 3 – 4 1 3 0 9 0 –Mash Country D 3 5 0 189 103 37.80 1 – 1 42.4 14 104 3 34.66 1/1 – -Matabeleland 8 10 5 592 134* 118.00 2 4 24 1 1 1 0 0 –Midlands 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 – – 3Young Mash/U24 3 6 1 178 77 35.60 – 2 2 – 9 0 32 0 –20 30 8 1576 201 71.63 6 7 35 2 66.4 18 171 3 57.00 1/1 – -CENTURIES1 121* Young Zimbabwe v Pakistan B (Alexandra Sports Club, Harare) 1990/912 115 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Delhi) 1992/933 103* Zimbabweans v Bank of Khyber XI (Peshawar) 1993/944 113 Mashonaland XI v Warwickshire (Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare) 1993/945 134* Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Bulawayo Athletic Club) 1994/956 139* Zimbabweans v Queensland (Maryborough) 1994/957 156 ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Harare Sports Club) 1994/958 103 Mashonaland v Mashonaland Country Districts (Harare Sports Club) 1994/959 100* Zimbabweans v Combined XI (Sahiwal) 1996/9710 112 ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (Queens Sports Club) 1996/9711 201 Mashonaland v Mashonaland A (Harare South Country Club) 1997/9812 116 Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Old Hararians Sports Club) 1997/9813 101* Zimbabweans v Board XI (Matara) 1997/9814 105* ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo) 1997/9815 100* ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Queens Sports Club) 1997/9816 167* ZCU President’s XI v Plascon Cricket Academy (Sunrise Sports Club, Harare) 1998/9917 194* ZCU President’s XI v England A (Kwekwe Sports Club) 1998/9918 129 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Harare Sports Club) 1999/200019 113* ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (Port-of-Spain) 1999/200020 116* Zimbabweans v Gloucestershire (Gloucester) 200021 119* Zimbabweans v National Cricket Academy (Indore) 2000/0122 183* ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Indore) 2000/0123 222* ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Nagpur) 2000/0124 142 ) ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Harare Sports Club) 2001/0225 199*)26 114* ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (Chittagong) 2001/0227 114 ) Mashonaland v Mashonaland A (Harare Sports Club) 2001/0228 156*)29 103* Essex v Northamptonshire (Northampton) 200230 172* Essex v Glamorgan (Chelmsford) 2002TWO CENTURIES IN A MATCH142 and 199* ZIMBABWE v SOUTH AFRICA (Harare Sports Club) 2001/02114 and 156* Mashonaland v Mashonaland A (Harare Sports Club) 2001/02CENTURY AND FIFTY IN THE SAME MATCH115 and 62* ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Delhi) 1992/9374 and 129 ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Harare Sports Club) 1999/2000183* and 70 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Delhi) 2000/0155 and 232* ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Nagpur) 2000/01103* and 92* Essex v Northamptonshire (Northampton) 2002TWO FIFTIES IN THE SAME MATCH65 and 83 ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (Auckland) 1997/9851 and 83 ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Queens Sports Club) 2000/01MATCH DOUBLE OF 100 RUNS AND FIVE DISMISSALS134* and 7 catches Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Bulawayo Athletic Club) 1994/95116 and 5 catches Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Old Hararians Sports Club) 1997/988 and 105*; 5 catches ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo) 1997/98DETAILS OF DISMISSALS AS A BATSMANbowled 25 13.09lbw 32 16.76caught 86 45.03caught by wicketkeeper 37 19.37caught and bowled 3 1.57stumped 4 2.09run out 4 2.09TOTAL 191 100.00%DETAILS OF DISMISSALS AS A BOWLERbowled 1 25.00lbw – –caught 3 75.00caught by wicket-keeper – –caught and bowled – –stumped – –TOTAL 4 100.00%BEST CAREER BOWLING FIGURES1/1 (2.4-1-1-1) Mashonaland v Mashonaland Country Districts (Harare South) 1993/94FOUR OR MORE DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS5 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v ENGLAND (Nottingham) 20004 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (Harare Sports Club) 1992/934 (3 ct, 1 st) Zimbabweans v World XI (Scarborough) 19934 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Karachi) 1993/944 (all ct) Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Bulawayo Athletic Club) 1994/954 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Harare Sports Club) 1994/954 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Faisalabad) 1996/974 (2 ct, 2 st) Zimbabweans v Canterbury (Timaru) 1997/984 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Queens Sports Club) 1999/20004 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v WEST INDIES (Kingston) 1999/20004 (all ct) Zimbabweans v Gloucestershire (Gloucester) 2000FIVE OR MORE DISMISSALS IN A MATCH7 (all ct) Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Bulawayo Athletic Club) 1994/956 (5 ct, 1 st) Essex v Middlesex (Chelmsford) 20025 (4 ct, 1 st) ZIMBABWE v NEW ZEALAND (Harare Sports Club) 1992/935 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v PAKISTAN (Harare Sports Club) 1994/955 (all ct) Mashonaland v Matabeleland (Old Hararians Sports Club) 1997/985 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo) 1997/985 (3 ct, 2 st) Zimbabweans v Canterbury (Timaru) 1997/985 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v SRI LANKA (Harare Sports Club) 1999/20005 (4 ct, 1 st) ZIMBABWE v BANGLADESH (Harare Sports Club) 2000/015 (all ct) ZIMBABWE v INDIA (Harare Sports Club) 2000/01

Worcestershire County Cricket Club has announced that Graeme Hick will not be leading the side on the field in 2003.Hick has captained the County for three years and has seen the team make significant progress on the field. In 2001 the side gained promotion to the First Division of the National Cricket League. In 2002 the County came second in the NCL, reached the semi-final of the B & H Cup, the quarter final of the C & G Trophy and narrowly missed out on promotion to the First Division of the Frizzell County Championship.Commenting on the decision, Director of Cricket, Tom Moody, said, "The Club feels that the time is right to move forward with the captaincy of the team. It is also felt that this would allow Graeme to concentrate on being the County and Country’s leading batsman and help the newly shaped team strive for higher honours into the future. He has already re-written many of the Club’s batting records and I have no doubt many more will be written in the future. On behalf of the club I would like to thank Graeme for his commitment to the job over the past three season."Graeme Hick has issued his own statement as follows:-"Sadly the Worcestershire County Cricket Club have asked me to relinquish the captaincy of the side although my contract as a player continues until 2004.I was particularly proud that 2002 was one of our best seasons for years and, building on that solid groundwork, I was looking forward to leading the team in 2003 with every prospect of achieving the promotion that narrowly eluded us this year. Therefore, I was surprised and disappointed to be told so soon after the close of the season that my services were no longer required and at no time did I have the opportunity to express my ideas as Captain to the Committee. Thus when I received the call informing me that a decision had already been made its abruptness came as something of a shock.The 2003 season holds enormous promise. The team has worked incredibly hard and it has forged a great spirit, both of optimism and determination, which I believe will win us promotion. They deserve it! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the players for their efforts and support during my captaincy.It has been a tremendous honour and privilege to have captained Worcestershire. I would like to have led the team to success next year and to have retired on a high note. However, that task now falls to whoever is appointed in my place. I wish him well and I shall give him all my support."The Club hope to announce a replacement in the near future.

Whoever eventually replaces Rashid Latif is unlikely to match his unique career statistics. Wasim Bari did play a record 81 Tests for Pakistan but even he did not come close to Rashid’s achievement in just 31 Tests over a 10 year span.Cricket, like all sports, thrives on its personalities and glamourised by the media. Ask any avid cricket lover or a man on the street to name a few players and quickly, names of Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi will roll off his tongue.

Not surprising, considering they are the ones who provide the colour and glamour to international cricket and make the media’s day. But as fate would have it, uncannily, in recent months the subject of wicket-keepers has been widely reported on and discussed by the critics.England ‘keeper James Foster has been in the limelight by being written up after he was preferred over the vastly experienced Alec Stewart until he injured himself.During India’s recent West Indian tour, Deep Dasgupta and Ajay Ratra caught everyone’s attention over the perennial argument of whether it is better to play a specialist wicket-keeper/batsman or a specialist batsman/wicket-keeper.Ratra, meanwhile, with his maiden Test hundred in Antigua has apparently made it obvious that in these days of non-stop international cricket, there is no such thing as a specialist wicket-keeper who is a rabbit with the bat.

Today, not many teams have a wicket-keeper who is a complete novice with the bat. Adam Gilchrist in fact can be credited with glamorising the role of the wicket-keeper in recent times. Such has been his impact on Australian cricket that he is mentioned now in the same league as Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting.Mark Boucher of South Africa is everyone’s favourite with his “boy next door” looks and clean-cut image. Sri Lanka have Romesh Kaluwitharana and Kumar Sangakkara, both capable of playing on their own as batsmen, while Zimbabwe has been served brilliantly by Andy Flower or the schoolboy Tatenda Taibu.Even the Bangladesh team captain Khalid Mashud has become integral to the Test cricketing babes with his ‘keeping and above average batting ability.But, perhaps, no wicket-keeper has enjoyed a success story as perfect as Pakistan’s Rashid Latif.Last year, at the age of 32, he made a comeback to the Pakistan squad in England after three years in the wilderness and since then, has confounded everyone with his brilliance behind the stumps and his many valuable knocks at critical times. His is a story of determination; a narrative marked by incidents of controversy.A few years ago, Rashid hit the headlines for blowing the whistle on his teammates in South Africa and Zimbabwe when the match-fixing scandal first reared its ugly head. Today, however, he has a different tale to tell. A tale where the Pakistan team can’t afford to do without him. A tale where he has matured as a person and realised that loyalty counts for a lot and that at times a person has to make compromises for his family and friends.When he came back to the team in England, his critics were sceptical of his performances and doubted he could fill Moin Khan’s boots, given the latter’s uncanny knack of bailing out Pakistan time and again when facing disaster.Rashid proved everyone wrong, for in his very second comeback Test at Manchester he scored a match winning 71 and accounted for seven dismissals in Pakistan’s upset win. It was ironic that Rashid made such a decisive comeback in the same country and against the same opposition against whom he made his Test debut with a bang in 1992 but also lost favour of his teammates and selectors in 1996.Today, Rashid realises just how much of a difference it makes to be in the Pakistan team and out of it. “I have learnt my lessons. Today I have nothing on my mind except to continue playing as long as I can for Pakistan. Today I have learnt to play with niggling injuries and problems because I learnt the bitter way once you are out of the team; it is very hard to make a comeback. No one hands you a Pakistan place on a plate, you have to fight for it, and thus one must learn to appreciate the importance of wearing the Pakistan colours.”He has no complaints about what has happened in the past. “All that is history. Today I realise I have competition with Moin Khan. If I don’t perform he or the other youngsters are waiting to take my place.”They say statistics never lie in cricket and in Rashid’s case they say a lot about his contribution to the team and as a wicket-keeper/batsman of exceptional calibre. How many Pakistan players can claim to having been a member of a Pakistan team, which has a 75 per cent win record?Hard to believe but true in Rashid’s case. Of the 31 Tests he has played, Pakistan has won 22, lost five and drawn four. More interestingly, in these 22 Tests, Rashid has been a member of the winning team and has contributed 916 runs with five 50s with one century at an average of 36.64. But the topping on the cake, besides his runs, are 84 dismissals as a wicket-keeper.Consider this: with his overall record of 1,162 runs in 31 Tests at an average of 29.05 with five fifties and one hundred and a total of 108 dismissals and it is obvious just how much of a key role Rashid has played in matches that Pakistan won.Compare this with Wasim Bari’s record of having seen Pakistan win just 17 matches in 81 Tests in which his contribution was 202 runs at an average of 22 with one fifty and he effected a total of only 60 dismissals.Compare it with Moin Khan’s record of 63 Test appearances in which Pakistan won 18 when he was keeping. A total of 636 runs at an average of 26.50 with six fifties and total of 46 dismissals in these victories. Or even with that of Saleem Yousuf who also enjoyed a remarkable run as wicket-keeper/batsman under Imran Khan’s leadership.When Yousuf was wicket-keeper in 32 Tests, Pakistan won12 of them in which he scored 351 runs at an average of 25.07 with two half-centuries and executed an impressive 57 dismissals. So where does Rashid Latif stand in the hall of fame when it comes to Pakistani wicket-keepers?Not to forget that he completed 100 dismissals in Tests in the quickest time of 28 Tests, whereas Yousuf did so in 31 Tests, Bari in 36 Tests, Moin in 49 Tests and Imtiaz Ahmed managed 93 victims in 41 Tests which included three as a fielder.Rashid is also the only Pakistani ‘keeper to have effected five dismissals in an innings five times in his short Test career; the second best are Bari and Yousuf with two such instances each.Another interesting piece of information as far as Pakistani wicket-keepers are concerned is that there were 40 innings in Bari’s Test career when he didn’t have a single dismissal, whereas Moin went through 35 such innings, Yousuf 10 innings, Imtiaz 22 innings and Rashid 13 innings without a dismissal.So what do all these stats prove or do they prove anything at all? Sure, there will be critics who will argue that in Bari’s time Pakistan’s bowling attack was not as effective as it is today. As such there were fewer opportunities for a ‘keeper to take catches or perform stumpings.But if these statistics don’t really give a clear answer to who is the best wicket-keeper/batsman to have represented Pakistan, they do make one thing very clear, the attitude of the Pakistan teams in the last five decades.Given the win ratio when either Rashid or Moin played in 94 Tests between them, Pakistan won a total of 40 tests, drew 28 and lost 26, which is not a bad record at all. The figures indicate that the Pakistan team during the period when these two played in the 1990s and in the last two years had more belief in itself and could win matches consistently.Now compare this with Wasim Bari’s 81 Tests with 17 wins and 43 draws and it becomes obvious that in the period he played in the late 1960s, the ’70s and early ’80s, the Pakistan team was clearly more content to play safe.What is interesting is that Pakistan won six of these 17 matches during a golden period of 14 Tests, with Mushtaq Mohammad as captain between 1976 and 1979 when Pakistan beat New Zealand (twice), Australia at Sydney, the West Indies in Port-of-Spain and then India at home (twice). They drew five of the matches and lost the remaining three to Australia in Australia and the West Indies at Port-of-Spain and Kingston, Jamaica.Bari did not play in one of the drawn matches at Karachi against New Zealand and in his place Shahid Israr kept wicket for Pakistan. That was the only time that Bari missed a Test since making his debut in 1967 at the age of 19 years and 126 days.Then we come to the record of the Pakistan team when Imtiaz Ahmed was the ‘keeper between 1952 and 1962, when the Pakistan team was at its weakest and lacked superstars apart from Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad or Imtiaz himself.Pakistan won eight Tests and drew 20 in this period, most of the wins being credited to that outstanding leader, Abdul Hafeez Kardar.Let us look at the stats in more detail:

Injuries to paceman Alan Mullally and wicket-keeper Nic Pothas sees Hampshire go into their Norwich Union League Division Two match with Middlesex with their youngest side yet.Second XI keeper Iain Brunnschweiler steps in for Pothas, who strained ligaments at the back of his knee and is rested in an attempt to get him fit for the vital Championship visit to Hove on Thursday. Brunnschweiler will make his competitive first XI debut having played in tourist and university first-class games.James Adams keeps his place from that beaten by Surrey in the floodlit clash at The Oval, while James Hamblin and Lawrence Prittipaul are also included.But there is no place for John Crawley, who has been ordered by the England management to rest before the fourth and final npower Test match against India at the Oval, starting on Thursday.Team: Jason Laney, Neil Johnson, James Adams, John Francis, Will Kendall (capt), James Hamblin, Lawrence Prittipaul, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Shaun Udal, Iain Brunnschweiler (w-k), James Tomlinson.

The West Indies Cricket Board today announced the names of 14 of the16 players who will form the West Indies “A” team to tour the UnitedKingdom and Canada later this summer.Discarded West Indies opening batsman, Daren Ganga was named as theteam’s provisional captain. The remaining two spots will go to eitherRyan Hinds, Wavell Hinds or Chris Gayle. In the event that WavellHinds is chosen, he will replace Ganga as captain.The inclusion of Darren Powell, who was earlier selected to be amongthe latest inductees to the Shell Cricket Academy located at St.George’s University in Grenada, now means that a replacement will haveto be named and shortly. The next set of young cricketers to attendthe cricket academy will be enrolled later this week.The West Indies selectors will await the conclusion of the currentseries between India and the West Indies to name the remaining twopersons for the “A” team’s tours of the United Kingdom and Canada.The squad is a mixture of youth and experience and will place on showa number of players who are on the verge of making their internationaldebuts for the West Indies. Meanwhile, there are a number of playerswho will also be trying to revive their international careers.The release from the WICB did not name a management team for thesquad, but one is expected to be named shortly.The full squad reads: Daren Ganga, Sulieman Benn, Tino Best, MarlonBlack, Dwayne Bravo, Gareth Breese, Keith Hibbert, Reon King, JermaineLawson, Runako Morton, Donovon Pagon, Darren Powell, Lendl Simmons,Devon Smith.

Lanky Winchester KS all-rounder Dave Greatham has announced that he is off to Normandy – and won’t be playing any part in the cathedral city’s Southern Electric Premier League Division 2 promotion bid this summer.It’s not the lure of the sandy French Channel beaches that has attracted Greatham away from River Park.But the opportunity to help Normandy – the Castle Lager Surrey Championship club, based just off the Hog’s Back -push for a promotion place.Greatham, who lives in Petersfield, still hopes to play for the Hampshire Board side in the 38 County Championship. He took three wickets in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy defeat by Ireland last September.

ScorecardYuvraj Singh’s double-century went in vain as the Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Rituraj Singh stand won the match for Central Zone•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Fast bowler Ashok Dinda’s seven-wicket haul brought East Zone to the brink of a stunning victory in Visakhapatnam before an unbeaten 43-run ninth-wicket partnership saved South Zone the humiliation and helped them to draw the game. The result, however, didn’t matter as the East Zone marched into the final of the Duleep Trophy courtesy a first-innings lead.South’s collapse started in the third over, when opener Abhinav Mukund was bowled by Dinda. South had not added to their score when Dinda bowled No. 3 Ramaswamy Prasanna for a duck in the fifth over. After 14.2 overs, he had claimed all seven wickets to fall to reduce South to 40 for 7 and he became only the third bowler after Ramesh Powar and Ravi Shastri to have two seven-wicket hauls in the Duleep Trophy. When No. 9 Abhimanyu Mithun was dismissed by seamer Basant Mohanty, East Zone had a miraculous victory in sight. That was not to be as wicketkeeper Muralidharen Gautam and No. 10 KP Appanna stuck for 61 more deliveries to deny East the win.When the day started, East Zone had a lot to do to be in a secure position in the game. At 129 for 6, middle-order batsman Biplab Samantray and Mohanty struck a partnership to rescue them. Samantray departed after having scored a half-century, and his side managed to go past the 200-run mark, to be eventually bowled out for 215.South Zone, chasing 239 off 51 overs, were then reduced to 85 for 8 in 36 overs before the two teams agreed on a draw with 15 overs remaining.
ScorecardCentral Zone are the other team who have qualified for the final, thanks to Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s century and his 127-run last-wicket partnership with No. 11 Rituraj Singh that secured an improbable first-innings lead. The match was controlled by North Zone for the most part through Yuvraj Singh’s double-century on his return to first-class cricket. The game hung in the balance by the end of the third day, when Central needed 10 more runs with only a wicket left to secure the lead.North Zone had to wait for that final elusive wicket for 31 overs, but that arrived only after Central Zone went ahead by 18 runs ahead.North Zone still attempted to force a result out of an impracticable position. Opener Rahul Dewan scored 80, putting on 75 and 54 runs respectively with fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan and No. 3 Nitin Saini. At 129 for 1, they lost two quick wickets, and Paras Dogra scored 24 to take them to 187 for 4 before they declared. Central Zone played 13 overs to take the game to its inevitable conclusion – a draw.

The high-quality fielding and the controlled bowling the West Indies exhibited at Sabina Park last weekend were nowhere to be seen at the Antigua Recreation Ground here yesterday. The batting was also not exactly up to par for the first phase of play, but for 60 overs, at least, the West Indies remained competitive.The rest of the afternoon, however, was one-way traffic and South Africa sped to an emphatic victory by eight wickets with 25 balls in reserve to level the Cable & Wireless series at 1-1.Once Nixon McClean, always one to struggle with his accuracy, came into the attack with South Africa on 40 for one in search of 221 from 50 overs, he served up a handful of loose, innocuous deliveries that were predictably punished. The 25 runs he gave away from two overs simply set Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kallis on their way to a big, record century partnership and the intensity of West Indians on the field appeared to have been significantly reduced.Gibbs negotiated the early tight stuff from Cameron Cuffy before unleashing a series of commanding strokes on route to his fourth 100 (103 off 141 balls) in One-Day Internationals. His Western Province teammate Kallis was just as convincing and was unbeaten on 78 when the target was reached for the loss of just two wickets.”It was disappointing,” captain Carl Hooper said after the West Indies’ first defeat in five matches at the ARG.”I don’t think we batted as well as we could have. The first 25 overs were a bit too slow. Looking at the wicket, it was probably more a 250-260 wicket. The South Africans showed us it was a good track to bat on.”Hooper was also not happy with the bowling.”We expect one of the bowlers to have a bad day, but too many guys had poor days. We’ve got to be a bit more consistent if we want to beat South Africa,” he said.”We definitely could have shown a lot more urgency and a lot more consistency in the field as well,” coach Roger Harper added.McLean’s first ball was pulled by four by Gibbs over mid-wicket, the second slapped over point for another boundary and his fourth hooked over long-leg for another four.The syrup he dished out virtually negated the fantastic opening spell by Cameron Cuffy. Impeccably consistent with his immaculate line and occasional awkward bounce, Cuffy gained an early breakthrough with a delivery that moved and took the inside edge of Gary Kirsten’s bat before going onto the stumps.Cuffy’s control was matched by left-arm spinner Neil McGarrell, but the other West Indies bowlers were disappointing.After the onslaught against McLean, nothing troubled Gibbs and Kallis in their second-wicket stand of 179, the highest South African partnership in the 20 One-Day Internationals between the two countries, the highest partnership on the ground and the highest South African second-wicket stand in 225 matches of this type.West Indies’ fielding could not repeat the standard it set in Jamaica. When Gibbs was on 56, he should have been run out, but Chris Gayle opted to rifle a return from point directly to the stumps when the safe hands of wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs was a better option.And Jacobs himself, whose mistakes behind the stumps have been few this season, dropped Gibbs off Marlon Samuels’ off-spin when the batsman was 76.Even then, the West Indies were in with a faint chance with 84 runs still needed off the last 90 balls.In a jiffy four sixes were carted out of the ground from the West Indies’ spin combination of Hooper, Samuels and Chris Gayle. At the half-way stage of their innings, the West Indies were 76 for one and didn’t seem likely to get their eventual total.It was a start-stop process for the most part, and they required lusty hitting from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and an almost equally destructive Carl Hooper to boost their fortunes in a fifth-wicket stand of 85 in 13 overs.Chanderpaul, included only because of Ricardo Powell’s right thigh strain, finally showed the form that has eluded him all season in an innings of 60 off 54 balls.While the more distinguished hitters like Brian Lara and Gayle were outfoxed in trying to despatch Lance Klusener over the top, Chanderpaul made it look simple. In successive overs, Klusener was clobbered onto the sightscreen and lifted over mid-wicket for sixes.When Allan Donald, an impressive first-spell performer, was recalled, he too was carted over mid-wicket for Chanderpaul’s third six that triggered wild scenes among a crowd of about 9 000.But just when he was in full flow and seemingly about to provide a final flurry in the last seven overs, he was run out in attempting a non-existent second run to square-leg that gained no response from Hooper.The West Indies captain duly took it the cue with a few meaty blows, including a straight six off Jacques Kallis and a couple of lofted off-side drives.Hooper’s dismissal for 48 off 46 balls virtually ended the West Indies’ flow of runs. He was the first of four wickets that fell in the last 20 balls that brought only 10 runs.Gayle provided the early impetus with an even half-century, but while he was flowing, his fellow Jamaican Leon Garrick and Lara took up too many dot balls.Garrick, who suggested he would be run out anytime, eventually fell that way after struggling to 16 off 61 balls, while Lara could not deliver something special on his 32nd birthday and needed 38 balls for his 13. The pair were especially contained by Donald and Kallis.

The members of the press descended upon the County Ground on Wednesday morning to meet the players and take pre-season photographs.The morning started in the Colin Atkinson Pavilion where the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was on display. Somerset Chief Executive Peter Anderson welcomed those present and said that it was an honour for the club that the C and G had chosen Taunton to launch their national tour of the trophy.Mr Anderson also welcomed back Marcus Trescothick who was sitting looking relaxed amongst his county team mates after spending the majority of the winter on tour with England.Following the formalities the players went outside to face the chilly wind and pose for the group photographs, one of which was in white kit, another in NUL coloured kit and a third with C and G `winners’ caps on their heads. After the team groups the players posed for individual photographs before making themselves available for interviews.Somerset coach Kevin Shine was in buoyant mood when I spoke to him early in the morning. He told me: “The boys are fit and strong and ready to go, in fact they are as fit as they have ever been at this time of the season. We are now keeping our fingers crossed that they all stay fit before the start of the season.”When I asked Kevin about the pre season friendly matches he told me: “All of the players were up for them and took them very seriously which was what I wanted. Matt Bulbeck bowled beautifully, he had that old zip back about his action that has been missing and he is fully fit and ready to start the season.”He continued; “Now we are gearing ourselves up ready for the first county championship match against Sussex on April 24th, and taking it all very seriously.”

Mashonaland Eagles are on the lookout for a new coach after it was confirmed that Chris Silverwood would not be returning to the franchise next season. They have, however, already filled the post of assistant coach, with Grant Flower set to take up the role when he returns to Zimbabwe at the end of the current English season.”Silverwood is not coming back and we are still discussing with the prospective candidates for the job and hopefully we will be announcing the name of the new coach soon,” Eagles’ chief executive Hugo Ribatika told in Zimbabwe.Flower, 39, is in his final season with Essex after spending six years at the county. As well as the post with Eagles, he is expected to become part of the national coaching set-up and work with Zimbabwe’s batsmen as part of coach Alan Butcher’s technical team.Mashonaland Eagles won Zimbabwe’s domestic first-class competition, the Logan Cup, last season, and were also beaten finalists in the Faithwear-Met Bank one-day competition and the inaugural Stanbic Bank Twenty20 tournament.Eagles’ captain Elton Chigumbura, who is playing county cricket with Northamptonshire, is likely to miss the opening matches of the forthcoming season, but the franchise has already begun its preparations and the squad will be travelling to Chimanimani in the east of the country for a pre-season retreat next week.”It’s a team building exercise. We have invited a number of professionals to come and talk to the players because we want to build strong individuals on and off the pitch,” said Ribatika.With several franchises making changes to their squads ahead of the new season – Matabeleland Tuskers have parted ways with Mark Vermeulen and Dion Ebrahim, while Tatenda Taibu and Stuart Matsikenyeri are moving from Mountaineers to Southern Rocks – Eagles have signed national Under-19 captain Peter Moor.”We have high chances because we have managed to retain most of our players and we are looking to add one or two,” explained Ribatika. “Negotiations are still going on. We also have got exciting prospects coming up as we have secured the national Under-19 captain Peter Moor to play first class cricket for Eagles this year.”