Andrew James Moles (born 12 February 1961) is an English cricket coach and former

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er who played

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for

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and

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. He has served as head coach of numerous international teams, including

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and the

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. In April 2020, Moles had his left leg amputated below the knee, after contracting

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Playing career

Moles was a gritty and determined right-handed opening batsman. He played from 1986 until his retirement in 1997 for Warwickshire, where he scored 13,316 runs at an average of 38.59. During the late 1980s, he also played domestic cricket in South Africa for Griqualand West and in three seasons managed 1,989 runs at 64.16.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, he started his coaching career at Griqualand West, staying there for five years. His first appointment as the head coach of a national team came in 2001, when he coached

at the

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. In 2003, he was appointed as the national coach of

, where he had a turbulent time due to infighting between the

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and the players which led him to quit the job at the end of 2004. He took over as the coach of

in January 2005 but left the role after less than a year as a result of disagreements with some of the senior players. He was appointed coach of Northern Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket for the 2006–07 season and in his first season helped guide the team to the

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. In November 2008, New Zealand Cricket announced that Moles had been appointed to succeed

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as the New Zealand Coach. He resigned from that position in October 2009 over differences with senior members of the team. Moles had a stint as a coach at

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in Northamptonshire. before being appointed as batting coach for the

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in June 2014. Later, on 3 September 2014, he was named head coach replacing Kabir Khan ahead of the

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. In 2021, Moles was hired as the head coach of the

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prior to the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moles, Andy 1961 births Living people English cricketers Warwickshire cricketers Griqualand West cricketers English cricket coaches Coaches of the Scotland national cricket team Coaches of the New Zealand national cricket team Coaches of the Kenya national cricket team Coaches of the Afghanistan national cricket team Coaches of the Hong Kong national cricket team 20th-century English sportsmen