Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall

South African AllRounder

Personal Information

Full Name Andrew James Hall
Date of Birth July 31, 1975
Nationality South African
Role All rounder / Right hand Batsman

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 88 56 905 1206 13 21.04 75.04 0 3 81 90 10 29 0
TESTs 21 33 760 1650 4 26.20 46.06 1 3 163 96 4 16 0
T20Is 2 1 11 10 0 11.00 110.00 0 0 11 1 0 0 0
T20s 101 86 1420 1197 21 21.84 118.62 0 4 66 147 25 27 0
LISTAs 318 251 5990 0 50 29.80 0 6 33 129 0 0 92 1
FIRSTCLASS 242 361 11072 0 47 35.26 0 15 66 163 0 0 228 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 88 78 556.5 2515 95 26.47 4.51 5/18 1 0
TESTs 21 38 500.1 1617 45 35.93 3.23 5/20 0 0
T20Is 2 2 8 60 3 20.00 7.50 3/22 0 0
T20s 101 97 319.4 2432 118 20.61 7.60 6/21 2 0
LISTAs 318 0 2102.4 10072 365 27.59 4.79 5/18 2 0
FIRSTCLASS 242 0 6059.1 17818 639 27.88 2.94 0 17 1

Andrew Hall: A Brief Biography

Andrew Hall Biography

Andrew Hall is a former South African cricketer who represented his country from 1999 to 2011. Born on 31 July 1975 in Johannesburg, the all rounder was an opening batsman and a right arm medium-pace bowler.

He has played 21 Tests, 88 ODIs and two T20 Internationals in his career of 12 years.

Background

Hall used to play first class cricket in 1995 before he was selected to represent the national side in the ODI in 1999.

Debut

Andrew Hall made his ODI debut on 27th January 1999 against West Indies. While his performance was average in his ODI debut, he scored 70 runs in his test debut against Australia on 8th March 2002.

During the 2003 South Africa tour of England, he picked up an impressive 16 wickets and made a well hit 99 at Headingley to seal the series in favour of South Africa. Owing to his impressive performances he became a regular in the test series team.

Rise to glory

In the South Africa tour of Australia in 2000, Australia were looking for a comfortable victory but Andrew Hall had other plans as he came in to bowl in the 45th over. He gave just 8 runs in the 3 overs he bowled, making way for the victory for South Africa. He was awarded Man of the Match for his performance.

During the Kanpur test in 2004, Hall scored his maiden century of his test career against India. Opening the innings, he slammed a massive 163, with seventeen fours. He also took 3 crucial wickets and was awarded Man of the Match for his performances.

In the year 2006, Andrew Hall won two important matches for his side. Sri Lanka needed 11 runs from the last over and Hall bowled 5 dots and a leg-bye to secure a narrow win for his team at the Adelaide Oval.

During the 2007 World Cup, Andrew Hall took 14 wickets in the tournament and was instrumental in guiding his team to the semi-finals.

Low points

On September 2007, Andrew Hall retired from international cricket at the age of 31 without any specific reason. It can be speculated that the decision came after Hall was dropped from the 2007 World T20 squad.

Club Career

After his retirement, Hall has been quite successful in English County Cricket. He has played for Worcestershire, Kent and Northamptonshire with his last First-Class appearance coming in 2014.

Records

Andrew Hall holds the record for the highest stand for eighth wicket in ODI history along with Justin Kemp. He ended his Test career with a batting average of 26.20 and bowling average of 35.93.