1. Andrew William Gale was born on 28 November 1983 and is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer, who was first XI coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2016 to 2021.
11 Facts About Andrew Gale
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Andrew Gale later moved to Cleckheaton Cricket Club, hoping initially to become a footballer, before joining Driffield in the Yorkshire League.
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Andrew Gale played for England Youth teams from U15 to U19 level, and made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Yorkshire in 2004.
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Andrew Gale became a more regular member of Yorkshire's one-day and Twenty20 sides, and played six one day internationals for England's Under 19s, captaining that team.
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In December 2009, Anthony McGrath resigned from his post as Yorkshire captain, with Andrew Gale being named as his replacement.
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Andrew Gale became the youngest captain of the county in the post-war era.
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In January 2014 Andrew Gale extended his contract with Yorkshire until 2016.
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Andrew Gale received a two-match ban in 2014 after accusations were made of him verbally abusing Lancashire batsman Ashwell Prince in September.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board referred the matter to the Cricket Discipline Commission, which imposed another suspension and ordered Andrew Gale to attend an anger management course.
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Andrew Gale was sacked by the club in December 2021 along with the Director of cricket and all other members of the coaching staff.
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Andrew Gale's brother-in-law is former Yorkshire and now Warwickshire cricketer Tim Bresnan.