Taylor vs Flower A

[lloydwinini]

if brendan taylor played for 5 mo years in his current form, could he be a greater one day player than Anndy flower. look at the stats...

Flower: 213 matches 6786 runs ave 35.34 4 centuries 55 half centuries
taylor: 132 matches 4112 runs ave 34.84 6 centuries 26 half centuries

think about it..

[masombocricketfan]

Interesting!

[ZIMDOGGY]

misleading

[brmtaylor.com admin]

As it stands, their records against Test nations (excluding Bangladesh) are quite comparable. Taylor's average is 34.37 while Flower's is 33.31.

[takleg]

Taylor sure has picked up the pace in 50 over the last 2-3 years. I remember the tour of the WI in 2010, he wasn't even close to averaging 30, but now I have to say a comparison with A Flower in 50 over cricket isn't a bad one.

[lloydwinini]

i think taylor will be a better batsman than flower if he continues at this pace. hw just needs good batters around him.

[eugene]

Taylor does need good batsmen around him. Andy Flower didn't have or need good players around him for most of his career. Andy Flower is clearly the better player, although Taylor is very good also.

[ZIMDOGGY]

Taylors my homie but can i ask you this...

Whens the last time a test nation sent a first string side to zimbabwe?

[zimbos_05]

I dont think you can compare them because Flower played against all teams, India, Aus, Eng, NZ, Sri Lanka etc etc in ODIs and Tests.

Brendan has played against Bangladesh mostly and hasnt been able to test himself against these big teams on a regular basis apart from the odd T20 or World cup game.

[eugene]

When Taylor starts scoring centuries in the subcontinent on turning wickets while the rest of the side is collapsing then maybe we can start talk about comparing him to Andy Flower.

I don't think people realise just how special Andy Flower was. He is a once in a generation type of player for a national like Zimbabwe which has a very small player base. Zimbabwe may not produce such a player again in our lifetimes.