Andy Flower

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - Zimbabwe batsman Andy Flower told AFP todayhe will retire from international cricket as soon as his team's WorldCup campaign comes to an end.

Andy Flower has just returned from a season playing county cricket for Essex, during which he scored 1151 first-class runs at an average of 50.04 and completed 36 dismissals, mainly behind the stumps

It is now ten years since Zimbabwe first entered Test cricket and amazed the cricketing world with their performance against India

Complete Andy Flower records in all First-Class cricket

Major teams: Zimbabwe (since 1988/89), Mashonaland (1993/94 to date)

Andy Flower is a great cricketer

The remarkable Andy Flower hit yet another fifty as Zimbabwe declared their innings closed at 419 against South Africa just before the close of the third day at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo

Andy Flower became only the second batsman in Test history, after Jimmy Sinclair of South Africa against England in 1898/99, to score more than half his team's entire run aggregate in both innings of a Test match when his side was bowled out twice

Andy Flower has gone to Number One in the PwC Ratings for batsmen

Andy Flower, a giant among pygmies, again played the role of Horatius on the bridge, frustrating the might of South Africa as they attempted to wrap up the First Test match against Zimbabwe in four days

A superb tenth Test century by Andy Flower was the highlight of the third day's play at Harare Sports Club, but despite his efforts Zimbabwe, whose batting closely resembled the legendary curate's egg, were forced to follow on after being dismissed

Zimbabwe cricket did very well indeed at the annual Zimbabwe Sportsmen of the Year awards ceremony held last night

Sir Donald Bradman, as anyone even remotely associated with the game of cricket is aware, ended his Test career with an average of 99.94

Andy Flower talks to John Ward about the recent tour of Zimbabwe by Bangladesh

Zimbabwe duly wrapped up their one-day series against Bangladesh with a third consecutive victory, this time at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo and by 36 runs

Many of the Zimbabwean national players turned out for their respective clubs for the first time this season to add some spice to the penultimate round of Vigne Cup matches of the season