20 Facts About Andrew Hall

Andrew James Hall was born on 31 July 1975 and is a former South African first-class cricketer who played from 1999 until 2011.

Andrew Hall played as an all-rounder who bowled fast-medium pace and has been used as both an opening batsman and in the lower order.

Andrew Hall was born in Johannesburg in South Africa in 1975 and educated at Hoerskool Alberton in Alberton, Gauteng.

Internationally, 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.

Andrew Hall 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.

Andrew Hall appeared in the Test side sporadically and made his debut in 2002 against Australia at Cape Town.

Andrew Hall retired from international cricket in September 2007 but continued to play domestic cricket in both South Africa and England until 2014.

Andrew Hall 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.

Andrew Hall reacted to the added responsibility by scoring 163 at Kanpur - his maiden Test century.

Andrew Hall holds the World Record 8th wicket stand in ODI cricket of 138 with Justin Kemp, made against India in November 2006.

Andrew Hall's contribution was an unbeaten 56 from 47 balls and he went on to take 3 wickets in the second innings.

Andrew Hall played for Durham Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy, his first experience in English County Cricket.

Andrew Hall then played his first senior English cricket for Worcestershire in the 2003 and 2004 English seasons.

Andrew Hall moved to play for Kent from 2005 to 2007, playing parts of each season when not appearing for the South African side.

Andrew Hall returned to England in 2008 when he signed for Northamptonshire as a Kolpak player.

Andrew Hall achieved his best Twenty20 batting performance in the same game.

Andrew Hall became captain of the county in 2010 after fellow South African Nicky Boje resigned, remaining captain until after the 2012 season when he was replaced by Stephen Peters.

Andrew Hall continued to play for Northants until the end of the 2014 season when he was not offered a new contract.

Andrew Hall announced his retirement from professional cricket shortly afterwards.

Andrew Hall was the victim of a robbery at an automatic teller machine in 1999 during which he was shot in his left hand.