James William Hall is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Hall was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break

Off break

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. He was born in Chichester

Chichester

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, Sussex

Sussex

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Hall made his first-class

First-class cricket

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 debut for Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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 against Glamorgan

Glamorgan County Cricket Club

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 in the 1990 County Championship. He made 96 further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1996 County Championship. In his 97 first-class matches, he scored 4,997 runs at an average

Batting average

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 of 30.28, with a high score of 141 not out

Not out

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. This score, which was one of six first-class centuries

Century (cricket)

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 he made, came against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in 1992. This was on top of 30 half centuries he made. He passed 1,000 runs for a season twice, in 1990 when he scored 1,140 and in 1992 when he scored 1,125.

He also made his List A debut in 1990 against the touring Zimbabweans. Hall would go on to make 53 further appearances in that format, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy

1996 NatWest Trophy

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. In his 54 List A matches, he scored 1,578 runs at an average of 29.77, with a high score of 81. This score, one of thirteen half centuries he made in that format, came against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in 1992. He left Sussex at the end of the 1996 season

1996 English cricket season

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Hall now works as the regional manager of Posturite UK Ltd, a company specialising in office furniture.

External links

• Jamie Hall at ESPNcricinfo
• Jamie Hall at CricketArchive
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