Russell Flower, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRussell Flower
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1942
Place of Birth: Stone, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Russell Flower
- Russell William Flower (born 6 November 1942) is a former English cricketer.
- Flower was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
- He was born in Stone, Staffordshire. Flower made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.
- Flower played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1964 to 1988, which included 107 Minor Counties Championship matches.
- and 4 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
- Following success with over the course of a decade with Staffordshire, Flower played first-class cricket for Warwickshire in 1978, making his debut against Surrey.
- Flower played 9 first-class matches that season, although without success.
- He took just 10 wickets at an expensive average of 55.40, with best figures of 3/45.
- Dropped midway through the season, Flower never appeared again for Warwickshire. Continuing his Minor counties career with Staffordshire, he proceeded to make his List A debut for the Minor Counties cricket team against Yorkshire in the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup.
- He made a further appearance for the team in that season's competition against Leicestershire.
- He played his first limited overs match for Staffordshire against Gloucestershire in the NatWest Trophy.
- He made 3 further List A appearances for the county, the last coming against Surrey in the 1988 NatWest Trophy.
- Like in his first-class career, Russell struggled against first-class opposition.
- He took just 2 wickets in List A cricket, at an expensive average of 93.00 runs per wicket.
- It was only in one of his six matches that he took wickets, taking 2/34 against Glamorgan in the 1986 NatWest Trophy.
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