Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall

Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Hall
Born	(1975-07-31) 31 July 1975 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	South Africa
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.

International career

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.

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 he went on to take 3 wickets in the second innings.

During the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies he took his maiden 5 wicket haul (5-18) against England on 17 April at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

County career

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. He returned to England in 2008 when he signed for Northamptonshire as a Kolpak player. While playing for the Steelbacks, he set a record for the best Twenty20 figures taking 6/14 in 2008. He also achieved his best Twenty20 batting performance in the same game (66 not out). He became captain of the county in 2010 after fellow South African Nicky Boje resigned the captaincy. He remained captain until after the 2012 season when he was replaced by Stephen Peters.^[1] During his tenure as captain he nearly led Northants to promotion in the County Championship. He continued to play for Northants until the end of the 2014 season, when he was not offered a new contract. He announced his retirement from professional cricket shortly afterwards.^[2]

Mugging Incident

Hall was the victim of a robbery at an automatic teller machine in 1999, 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 is greatly exaggerated. In 2002, he was driven around in his own car with a gun pointed to his head.^[3]

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:^[4]

Career Best Performances

References

External links

• Player profile: Andrew Hall from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Andrew Hall from CricketArchive

South Africa squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Pollock (c) 2 Boucher 3 Boje 4 Dippenaar 5 Donald 6 Gibbs 7 Hall 8 Kallis 9 Kirsten 10 Klusener 11 Langeveldt 12 Ntini 13 Peterson 14 Rhodes 15 Zondeki 16 Smith Replacement for Rhodes

South Africa squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists
1 Bosman 2 Boucher 3 de Villiers 4 Gibbs 5 Hall 6 Kallis 7 Kemp 8 Langeveldt 9 Nel 10 Ntini 11 Peterson 12 Pollock 13 Prince 14 Smith (c) 15 Telemachus Coach: Arthur