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GW Flower

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

GW Flower — 22 career matches, 627 runs and 9 wickets across all formats.

Matches
0
Runs
0
Wickets
0
Explore Full Stats
Bat Avg
39.2
Bowl Avg
50.8

Career stats overview

22 ODI appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

22 matches

627
Runs scored
9
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32
econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1
batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

38
career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33
vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102
outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

3
white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams GW Flower has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

South Africa

Matches
4
Runs
63

Australia

Matches
3
Runs
77
Wickets
3

India

Matches
3
Runs
74
Wickets
2

England

Matches
2
Runs
97

Kenya

Matches
2
Runs
66

Pakistan

Matches
2
Runs
20

Sri Lanka

Matches
2
Runs
92

Bangladesh

Matches
1
Runs
59
Wickets
3

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where GW Flower has turned out most often.

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Matches
4
Runs
140

Harare Sports Club

Matches
3
Runs
160
Wickets
6

Bellerive Oval

Matches
2
Runs
55
Wickets
1

Goodyear Park

Matches
2
Runs
8

Buffalo Park, East London

Matches
1
Runs
31

County Ground, Bristol

Matches
1
Runs
1

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches
1
Runs
36

OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein

Matches
1
Runs
13

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.