New Delhi. Pairs of brothers or twins have played together for some team in international cricket. There have been some occasions when three brothers played together for one team. There have been a few incidents of brothers playing with one pair each from both the teams, but the incident of 4 pairs of brothers playing for the same team in the same match is really unique. In October 1997, in the third match of the ODI series played between Zimbabwe and New Zealand in Harare, four pairs of brothers… yes, four pairs of brothers had created history by playing for one team.
In this match, Zimbabwe had eight players in the playing eleven – four pairs of brothers. Apart from Andy and Grant Flower, Paul and Brian Strang, Guy and Andy Whittle, Gavin and John Rennie played in this match. Guy and Andy Whittle were cousins in this. Apart from the four pairs of brothers, Alistair Campbell, Dave Houghton and Craig Evans were the three other members of Zimbabwe’s playing XI.
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In this ODI, New Zealand team won by 83 runs. Batting first in the match, the Kiwi team made a big score of 294 runs losing 7 wickets in 50 overs, which included half-centuries from Chris Cairns (71), captain Stephen Fleming (62) and Craig McMillan (66). Apart from the two Strong brothers – Paul and Brian, Grant from the Flower brothers, John from the Rennie brothers and Andy from the Whittle brothers had tried their hand at bowling. Brian took three wickets while Grant Flower, John Rennie and Andy Whittle took one wicket each. Paul Strang did not get any wicket.
In response to New Zealand’s score of 294 runs, Zimbabwe team was all out after scoring 211 runs in 44.1 overs. Guy Whittle contributed 49 runs, Andy Flower 44, Paul Strang 27 and Gavin Rennie 17 runs while Andy Whittle contributed 14 not out, Grant Flower 24, Brian Strang 27 and John Rennie 6 runs. Was. For New Zealand, Daniel Vettori took maximum three wickets while Gavin Larson, Chris Cairns and Nathan Astle took one wicket each. In this match, four Zimbabwe batsmen including captain Campbell were run out.
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In the same year, three pairs of brothers had also appeared together in the test.
Before this ODI series against New Zealand, a special record was also made in the Test series when 3 pairs of brothers from Zimbabwe became part of the playing eleven of a Test. Andy and Grant Flower, Paul and Brian Strang and Gavin and John Rennie played for Zimbabwe in the match. Guy Whittle was also in the playing XI while his cousin Andy Whittle was the 12th man of the match. This match ended in a draw and Grant Flower, who scored centuries in both the innings, became the player of the match. Batting in this match, Zimbabwe scored 298 runs in the first innings with the help of Grant’s 104 runs. In reply, Brian Strang took four wickets and Paul Strang and Adam Huckle took two wickets each, reducing the New Zealand team to 207 runs.
In the Harare Test against New Zealand, three pairs of brothers played together for Zimbabwe – Andy and Grant Flower, Paul and Brian Strang and Gavin and John Rennie. Sukriti Kuila/X
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Grant Flower scored centuries in both innings
In this test, Zimbabwe declared the second innings after scoring 311 runs losing 9 wickets. By scoring 151 runs, Grant Flower had made a place in the exclusive club of batsmen who scored centuries in both the innings of the same Test. He became the first batsman for Zimbabwe to score centuries in both innings of the Test. Gavin Rennie also contributed 57 runs. New Zealand had a target of 403 runs to win but the team was able to score 304 runs after losing 8 wickets and the match was drawn. For Zimbabwe, Adam Huckle took maximum three wickets while Heath Streak and Brian Strang managed to take two wickets each. This ODI and Test of the Zimbabwe-New Zealand series had become very special due to the participation of more than two pairs of brothers in the same team.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 16, 2024, 07:45 IST