He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his consistent left arm spin and fine batting skills.
[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.
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.
Grant Flower was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia and was educated along with his brother Andy at North Park School where they were the best players in their age groups.
Quite clearly, Flower is part of the famous talent production line from St George's College, which also includes England cricketers Sam Curran and Tom Curran as well as New Zealand international Colin de Grandhomme among a plethora of other internationally capped players.
In his second match he opened the innings and was rewarded with a fifty adding what would be the first of many century partnerships with his brother Andy.
Playing against Kenya he smashed an 82 ball century and finished with 140, just 2 short of the national record at the time.
[7] He also holds the unique record for being the only batsman in ODI cricket to have carried his bat in a One Day International match in a winning cause.
[14] His contract was ended in August 2019 by PCB after Pakistan's dismal performance at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
[15][16] He was instrumental in Pakistan's triumph at the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy which Flower himself considers as his personal achievement.
[23][24] It was revealed that Flower is under stable position along with Sri Lanka cricket data analyst GT Niroshan.