| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Grant Halsall | |||
| Born | 1 October 1968 Salisbury, Rhodesia |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | England fielding coach | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2000-2001 | Sussex Cricket Board | |||
| 1999 | Cambridge University | |||
| 1993/94 | Mashonaland Country Districts | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | ||
| Matches | 8 | 5 | ||
| Runs scored | 171 | 36 | ||
| Batting average | 19.00 | 18.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | –/1 | –/– | ||
| Top score | 76 | 17 | ||
| Balls bowled | 1,236 | 126 | ||
| Wickets | 13 | 5 | ||
| Bowling average | 44.38 | 20.60 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | ||
| Best bowling | 3/64 | 4/34 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | –/– | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2010 | ||||
Richard Grant Halsall (born 1 October 1968) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. Halsall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Salisbury, Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe).
Halsall made his debut in first-class cricket for Mashonaland Country Districts against Mashonaland Under-24s in the 1993/94 Logan Cup. This was the only first-class match he played in Zimbabwe.[1]
His next appearance in first-class cricket came for Cambridge University in English county cricket. His first-class debut for the University came against Lancashire in 1999. During the 1999 season, he repesented the University in 7 first-class matches, the last of which came against Oxford University.[2] In his combined total of 8 first-class matches, he scored 171 runs at a batting average of 19.00, with a single half century high score of 76. In the field he took 5 catches. With the ball he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 44.38, with best figures of 3/64.
Halsall later represented the Sussex Cricket Board in List A cricket. His debut List A match came against Herefordshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy. From 2000 to 2001, he represented the Board in 5 List A matches, the last of which came against the Essex Cricket Board in 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001.[3] In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17.[4] With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60, with best figures of 4/34.[5]
After a spell coaching at Sussex, Halsall was in 2007 appointed as the first full-time fielding coach of the England national cricket team,[6] a role he still holds at the National Cricket Performance Centre.