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Flower-less Zimbabwe

CricInfo, Harare
Craig Wishart and Trevor Gripper have been recalled to the squad for Zimbabwe's maiden Test tour of Australia next month. Also included are the hard-hitting all-rounder Craig Evans, who played the last of his two Tests against India in October 1998, and the uncapped off-spinner Gavin Ewing.
Zimbabwe will also feature in the tri-series competition with India bein the other team.
For the first time in 15 years, however, there will be no Flowers in Zimbabwe's squad - Andy retired after the 2003 World Cup, while Grant broke his thumb in a recent Logan Cup match and will be out of action for up to six weeks.
Flower, 32, was fielding in the slips for champions Mashonaland against Manicaland at Mutare Sports Club last week, when he was hit on the right thumb while attempting a tough catch.
"It was very fast and low, and the ball swung at the last moment, causing me to misjudge it," said Flower, who left the field immediately in considerable pain.
Flower said he had just undergone an operation to insert a wire into the thumb, which would be in plasterfor six weeks. He is hoping to be fit to play again when West Indies arrive in Zimbabwe at the beginning of November, but it will be a race against time.
Flower is Zimbabwe's most experienced player, with 65 Tests and 209 one-day internationals behind him, and on the recent tour to England he was the only member of
the side to have scored a Test century.
He has never quite regained the brilliant form and confidence he showed about six years ago, when he looked on the verge of becoming a truly world-class player, but he remains totally committed to Zimbabwe cricket, and to lose him for Zimbabwe's first Test-playing tour of Australia is a serious blow to a team that will, in any case, be looking down the barrel.
"This first Test tour of Australia is a milestone in the history of Zimbabwe cricket," said the captain,
Heath Streak.
"It offers us a fantastic opportunity to pit our skills against some of the best players in the world. We know that the cricket will be intense and we do not expect Australia to underestimate us or take the Tests lightly.
"Every player in the squad will be looking to learn from the tour and to advance his game," added Streak. "With a coaching team of Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid we will have the very best information and advice on the Australians, and will be straining every sinew to put them under as much pressure as possible."
Marsh, who coached Australia to the 1999 World Cup, has been in charge of Zimbabwe since October 2001. The recruitment of Reid, however, is quite a coup. He and Marsh go back a very long way, having played for Western Australia together in four Sheffield Shieldwinning sides in the 1980s and early '90s. They made their Test debuts in the same game, against India in 1985-86, and both featured in Australia's World Cup-winning team against England at Calcutta in 1987-88.
Zimbabwe's two Tests will be played at Perth and Sydney, and all insightswill be vital.
"Playing conditions at the WACA and the SCG are very different and very demanding of a player's technique, whether batting or bowling," said Marsh.
"With a tight playing schedule there is little time to acclimatise, so it is important that the coaching team is highly experienced in those con ditions. Bruce will help the bowlers come to terms with the bounce at
the WACA, as well as the turn they are likely to encounter at the SCG. I
will obviously be doing the same for the batters."
SQUAD
Heath Streak (captain), Tatenda Taibu (vice-captain and wicketkeeper), Dion Ebrahim, Mark Vermeulen, Trevor Gripper, Stuart Carlisle, Raymond Price, Douglas Hondo, Andy Blignaut, Craig Wishart, Craig Evans, Sean Ervine, Gavin Ewing, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Gary Brent, Blessing Mahwire