Richard Grant Halsall (born 1 October 1968) is a Zimbabwean former

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er. A right-handed

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who bowled right-arm fast-medium, he was born at Salisbury, Rhodesia (today

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). Halsall made his debut in

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for Mashonaland Country Districts against Mashonaland Under-24s in the 1993/94

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. This was the only first-class match he played in Zimbabwe. His next appearance in first-class cricket came for

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in English

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. His first-class debut for the university came against

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in 1999. During the 1999 season, he represented the university in 7 first-class matches, the last of which came against

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. In his combined total of 8 first-class matches, he scored 171 runs at a

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of 19.00, with a single

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high score of 76. In the field he took 5 catches. With the ball he took 13 wickets at a

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of 44.38, with best figures of 3/64. Halsall later represented the

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. His debut List A match came against

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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

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in 1st round of the

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which was held in 2001. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at an average of 18.00, with a high score of 17. With the ball he took 5 wickets at an average of 20.60, with best figures of 4/34.

Coaching career

After a spell coaching at

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, Halsall was in 2007 appointed as the first full-time fielding coach of the

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, After his contract expired on 3 October with the ECB, he joined as the fielding coach of the

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for the next two years. Having worked with Andy Flower as fielding coach of Multan Sultans in PSL, he was subsequently appointed as fielding coach of

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for IPL 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halsall, Richard 1968 births Rhodesian people of British descent White Rhodesian people Zimbabwean emigrants to the United Kingdom Living people Cricketers from Harare Zimbabwean cricketers Mashonaland cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Sussex Cricket Board cricketers Coaches of the England cricket team Zimbabwean cricket coaches