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Full name Richard Benjamin Richardson
Born January 12, 1962, Five Islands Village, Antigua
Current age 46 years 269 days
Major teams West Indies,Leeward Islands,Northerns,West Indies B,Windward Islands,Yorkshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
86
146
12
5949
194
44.39
16
27
23
90
0
ODIs
224
217
30
6248
122
33.41
9801
63.74
5
44
75
0
First-class
234
390
31
14618
194
40.71
37
68
207
0
List A
313
304
37
8458
122
31.67
6
59
92
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
86
7
66
18
0
-
-
-
1.63
-
0
0
0
ODIs
224
6
58
46
1
1/4
1/4
46.00
4.75
58.0
0
0
0
First-class
234
913
441
13
5/40
33.92
2.89
70.2
1
0
List A
313
88
85
2
1/4
1/4
42.50
5.79
44.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v West Indies at Mumbai, Nov 24-29, 1983 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 24-28, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v West Indies at Guwahati, Dec 17, 1983 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Mohali, Mar 14, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1981/82 - 2000/01
List A span
1981/82 - 1998/99
Profile
Out of the shadow of Viv emerged Richie. Richards followed by Richardson was somehow genealogically appropriate. There was a contrast, though. Richards was volatile and explosive in word and deed. His successor as West Indies captain was genteel and gentle, unfailingly courteous, and modest. He stood for sportsmanship in an age where such values were beginning to disappear, and deserved better than the shabby underhand powerbrokering that eventually saw him dethroned. Like Richards, he also declined to wear a helmet, and his wide-brimmed maroon sunhat became a trademark. He was a destructively brilliant batsman, particularly on hard pitches where he could throw the bat through the line with abandon, carving the ball square. He hooked willingly too, usually up, frequently for six. Criticism was usually directed at his lack of concentration, but he was capable of that: his 69 grafted out over four hours on a vile pitch at Edgbaston in 1995 was a masterly exhibition of bad-wicket play. He reserved his finest innings for the Australians: only Jack Hobbs has bettered his nine centuries against them. The finest was at Georgetown in March 1991, when he blasted 182, including 106 in the final session of the first day.
Mike Selvey
