Andrew Hall
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| Andrew Hall | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Andrew James Hall | |||
| Born | 31 July 1975 | |||
| Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa | ||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 284) | March 8, 2002: v Australia | |||
| Last Test | January 28, 2007: v Pakistan | |||
| ODI debut (cap 54) | January 27, 1999: v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | July 1, 2007: v India | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1995/96-2000/01 | Transvaal/Gauteng | |||
| 2001/02-2003/04 | Easterns | |||
| 2003-2004 | Worcestershire | |||
| 2004/05-2005/06 | Lions | |||
| 2005-2007 | Kent | |||
| 2006/07 | Dolphins | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 21 | 88 | 126 | 242 |
| Runs scored | 760 | 905 | 5353 | 4686 |
| Batting average | 26.20 | 21.04 | 33.66 | 30.23 |
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 0/3 | 5/36 | 5/25 |
| Top score | 163 | 81 | 163 | 129* |
| Balls bowled | 3001 | 3341 | 21210 | 9912 |
| Wickets | 45 | 95 | 382 | 277 |
| Bowling average | 35.93 | 26.47 | 26.15 | 26.80 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/1 | 5/18 | 6/77 | 5/18 |
| Catches/stumpings | 16/- | 29/- | 91/- | 70/- |
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As of September 1, 2007 |
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Andrew James Hall (born July 31, 1975, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa) is a South African cricketer and a former member of the South African cricket team (playing from 1999 until 2007). He is an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium pace, and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order. Prior to making it on the South African first class cricket scene he played indoor cricket for South Africa. He broke through in 1995/96 and has played for Transvaal, Gauteng and Easterns.
Hall was initially thought of solely as a limited overs cricket specialist and made his ODI debut against the West Indies at Durban in 1999. He has been a regular in the ODI side ever since, taking part in South Africa's 2003 Cricket World Cup squad and the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
He appears in the Test side sporadically and made his debut in 2002 against Australia at Cape Town. Batting at number 8, he scored 70 but didn't pick up any wickets in the match.
He retired from international cricket in September 2007 and then went on to play for the Hyderabad Heroes of the rebel Indian Cricket League and was a part of the squad that won the second Edelweiss Challenge.
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[edit] Career Highlights
During the 2003 England tour he received a late call-up to the squad and impressed with 16 wickets in the Test series. He scored a matchwinning 99 not out at at Headingley and became the 5th batsman in Test cricket to have been stranded one short of a hundred.
In 2004, due to the absence of the recently retired Gary Kirsten and non-touring Herschelle Gibbs, he was promoted to open the batting in the Test series against India. He responded to the added responsibility by scoring 163 at Kanpur - his maiden Test century. The century was made against the likes of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh, batting for almost ten hours.
He holds the World Record 8th wicket stand in ODI cricket of 138 with Justin Kemp, made against India in November 2006. His contribution was an unbeaten 56 from 47 balls and went on to take 3 wickets in the second innings.
During the 2007 Cricket World Cup in West Indies he took his maiden 5 wicket haul 5-18 against England on the 17 April at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.
[edit] County Cricket
In 2003 he had a stint with Worcestershire and in 2005 he became an overseas player at Kent, returning for a part of the 2006 season before returning to South Africa for their two-Test match series against Sri Lanka.
[edit] Mugging Incident
Hall was the victim of a robbery at an automatic teller machine in 1998, during which he was shot in his left hand. The mugger is said to have fired six shots at him but the incident has developed into an urban myth in which the extent of his injuries are greatly exaggerated.
[edit] International retirement
Hall retired from international cricket in September 2007. Whilst not giving a reason for his decision, Graham Ford - Hall's coach at Kent - speculated it was due to his omission from the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship squad, saying:[1]
| “ | I can only assume that he was reacting to the bitter disappointment of being left out of the World Cup [Championship] squad. | ” |
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