Andy Flower

Currently, he is the head coach of Trent Rockets in The Hundred and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

[5][6] In August 2023, he was appointed as the head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore after his term ended with Lucknow Super Giants.

He is considered to be one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time, alongside players such as MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist, Kumar Sangakkara and Jeff Dujon.

[10] Andy Flower is also the only player to score an ODI hundred on debut in a world cup match.

[13] He along with Heath Streak set the record for the highest 7th wicket partnership for Zimbabwe in ODIs (130)[14] Towards the end of his career, Flower achieved international recognition when he and teammate Henry Olonga wore black armbands during the 2003 Cricket World Cup match against Namibia to protest against Robert Mugabe's policies.

[15] He and Olonga released a statement on 10 February, stating in part: In all the circumstances, we have decided that we will each wear a black armband for the duration of the World Cup.

In doing so, we pray that our small action may restore sanity and dignity to our Nation.This act led to pressure from Zimbabwe's government, Flower's retirement from Zimbabwean cricket and exile from Zimbabwe itself, only briefly returning in 2023 as a commentator during the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

[17] The Zimbabwean joined up with Peter Moores and the rest of the squad for the first Test match against the West Indies at Lord's on 17 May 2007.

[18] In the Summer of 2009, during his tenure as team director, England won The Ashes, beating Australia by two Test matches to one.

Flower was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to sport.

[23] Since July 2014, this role has also encompassed him being head coach of the England Lions team,[24][25] most recently leading the side on an ODI tour of the UAE in January 2016.

[28] On 4 August 2023, He was appointed as head coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League.

Having run the marathon in April 2012 Andy said "It wasn't a hard decision for me to continue in my role as Ambassador to Melanoma UK.

Andy Flower's career performance graph. The red bars indicate the player's test match innings, while the blue line shows the average of the ten most recent innings at that point
Flower in 2014 with the England cricket team
Flower in 2021 as the coaching consultant of the Afghanistan cricket team