Andy Moles

Andrew James Moles (born 12 February 1961) is an English cricket coach and former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire and Griqualand West. After his playing career he became a coach with his most recent international coaching position being the coach of the Afghanistan national cricket team.[1] In April 2020, Moles had his left leg amputated below the knee.[2][3]

Andy Moles

Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Moles
Born	(1961-02-12) 12 February 1961 Solihull, Warwickshire
Nickname	Molar
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1986-1989	Griqualand West
1986-1997	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 230 185 Runs scored 15,305 4,733 Batting average 40.70 28.00 100s/50s 29/89 2/15 Top score 230* 127 Balls bowled 1,882 824 Wickets 40 12 Bowling average 47.05 69.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 3/21 2/24 Catches/stumpings 146/– 50/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 4 September, 2014

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 Hong Kong at the 2001 ICC Trophy.[4]

In 2003 he was appointed as the national coach of Kenya, but he had a turbulent time due to infighting between the Kenyan Cricket Board and the players which led him to quit the job at the end of 2004. He took over as the coach of Scotland in January 2005 but quit the job 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 State Championship. In November 2008, New Zealand Cricket announced that Moles had been appointed to succeed John Bracewell as the New Zealand Coach.[5] He resigned from this position in October 2009 after citing differences between himself and senior members of the team.[6]

Moles had a stint as a coach at Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire.[7] before being appointed as batting coach for the Afghanistan national cricket team in June 2014.[8] Later, on 3 September 2014, he was named head coach replacing Kabir Khan ahead of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.[9]

References

1. "Afghanistan coach Andy Moles on the 'most dangerous job in sport'". BBC Sport. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
2. "Andy Moles: Former Warwickshire batsman on leg amputation and PCA Trust". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
3. "Andy Moles: 'I haven't got my brain cut, just lost half a leg'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
4. (25 April 2001). "Road to Toronto: Latest news on all ICC Trophy First Division countries plus others" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
5. "Black Caps install Moles as coach". 25 November 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
6. "Moles quits as New Zealand coach". BBC Sport. 24 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
7. http://blog.thecricketer.com/?p=16427
8. Afghanistan appoint Moles as batting coach
9. Moles named new Afghanistan coach

External links

• Andy Moles at ESPNcricinfo