Andrew Charles Hudson (born 17 March 1965) is a former South African Test and ODI

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er. The right-handed batsman played 35

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and 89

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s for

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in the 1990s. His career spanned 16 consecutive summers, playing for both his country and his province

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. Andrew Hudson finished his career with 2,007 Test runs and 2,559 ODI runs.

Retirement

His final year in

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came in 2000/01.Andrew Hudson to call it a day
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Andrew 1965 births Living people People from Eshowe South African people of British descent South African cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers South African Universities cricketers South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Cricketers who made a century on Test debut Alumni of Kearsney College Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games