PRETORIA - Veteran Zimbabwe national cricket team batsman, Grant Flower, is set to be roped into the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) administrative structures as a batting coach soon after the 2011 Cricket World Cup, The Zimbabwean has established. (Pictured: Grant Flower will soon j
The development will see Grant joining his brother Andy Flower, who is the head coach of the England national cricket team. ZC convenor of selectors Alistair Campbell – who wooed the experienced 39-year-old batsman out of retirement – believes Flower can play a key role in the rebuilding of the Zimbabwe team, who are hoping that they will regain the same form of the 1990s within a few years.
“We need more senior players to come and assist us in any way possible as this is critical for the development of the sport,” he said. According to one senior member of the Zimbabwe team that toured South Africa, Flower has already started mentoring the younger players such as top order batsmen Brendan Taylor and Justice Chibhabha. “He is one of the most experienced players we have around so we hope that his experience will rub onto us through playing in the same team as him, said one national team player.
During his heyday, Flower was regarded as one of the best opening batsmen in the world and he is one of the few members in the current national side – together with the likes of Hamilton Masakadza and Tatenda Taibu – who have played the sport at Test level.
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