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Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall
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Personal information
Full name Andrew James Hall
Born (1975-07-31) 31 July 1975 (age 41)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname Brosh, Merv
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right arm fast medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 284) 8-12 March 2002 v Australia
Last Test 26-28 January 2007 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 54) 27 January 1999 v West Indies
Last ODI 1 July 2007 v India
ODI shirt no. 99
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995–2001 Gauteng
2001–2004 Easterns
2003–2004 Worcestershire
2004–2006 Lions
2005–2007 Kent
2006–2009 Dolphins
2008–2014 Northamptonshire (squad no. 1)
2010-2011 Mashonaland Eagles (squad no. 7)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 21 88 242 318
Runs scored 760 905 11,072 5,990
Batting average 26.20 21.04 35.20 29.80
100s/50s 1/3 0/3 15/66 6/33
Top score 163 81 163 129*
Balls bowled 3,001 3,341 36,355 12,616
Wickets 45 95 639 365
Bowling average 35.93 26.47 27.88 27.59
5 wickets in innings 0 1 17 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 3/1 5/18 6/77 5/18
Catches/stumpings 16/– 29/- 228/– 92/1
Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2016

Andrew James Hall (born 31 July 1975) 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 was a regular in the ODI side until 2007, taking part in South Africa's 2003 Cricket World Cup squad and the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

He appeared in the Test side sporadically and made his debut in 2002 against Australia at Cape Town. Batting at number 8, he scored 70 but did not pick up any wickets in the match.

He retired from international cricket in September 2007 and went to play for the Hyderabad Heroes in the Indian Cricket League and was a part of the squad that won the second Edelweiss Challenge.

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 match-winning 99 not out 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 reacted 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.


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