David Andrew Hale (born 20 March 1966) is a former English

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er. Hale was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Hale made his debut for

in the 1984

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against

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. Hale played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1984 to 1991, which included 31 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his

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debut against

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in the

1987 NatWest Trophy The 1987 NatWest Trophy was the 7th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1987. The tournament was won by Nottinghamshire who defeated Northamptonshire by 3 wicke ...

. He played 3 further List A matches for Oxfordshire, the last coming against

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in the

1991 NatWest Trophy The 1991 NatWest Trophy was a limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991. The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's. Format The seventeen first-cl ...

. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 50 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 30. Playing for Oxfordshire entitled Hale to represent the Minor Counties cricket team. He played 2 List A matches for the team in the

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against

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and

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. In total, he made 6 List A appearances. In these he scored 58 runs at a batting average of 11.60, with a high score of 33. With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a

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of 41.20, with best figures of 2/35. He had previously played Second XI cricket for the Hampshire Second XI in 1983 and 1984.

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