Hallam Reynold Moseley (born 28 May 1948) is a former

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er who played for

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and

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in a career spanning from 1969 to 1982. He was a right-arm

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pace bowler who, in the opinion of Sir Garry Sobers, was never far away from a place in the West Indies team.

Career

Touring

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at the age of 21 with a team from his native

, Moseley caught the eye of Bill Andrews, and with the recommendation of Sir Garry Sobers, he arrived in

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within a year. However, qualification problems were to delay his debut for

until the fourth match of the 1971

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. He provided good support for Allan Jones and

Tom Cartwright Thomas William Cartwright (22 July 1935 – 30 April 2007) was an English cricketer. Playing largely for Somerset and Warwickshire, he took over 1,600 wickets as a medium-pace bowler, though he began his career as a top-order batsman, and wa ...

, taking 19 one-day wickets at 20.26 in his first season. A particularly strong one-day bowler, Moseley led Somerset in wickets in the John Player League in 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982, and appeared in the victory in the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup final, though never quite showing the consistency needed to break into a West Indies squad already full of pacy seam bowlers. His relationship with the fans was exceptional; a happy, smiling, bespectacled West Indian whose distinctive under-arm returns to the wicket-keeper drew whistles of admiration and envy, and whose batting exploits, while unsuccessful helped turn him into a local star. He received his county cap during his second season at Somerset. Moseley's later career suffered greatly with the two overseas players limitation, with

Joel Garner Joel Garner (born 16 December 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer, and a member of the highly regarded late 1970s and early 1980s West Indies cricket teams. Garner is the highest ranked One Day International bowler according to the ICC bes ...

and

Viv Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely ...

filling those slots whenever available.

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