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Richie Richardson
 Richie Richardson
develope a definite affinity to Australia during his playing career. He
made his first century in first class cricket, 102 against power house
Barbados in the 1993 Shell Shield at Kensington Oval, aged 21, actually
wearing a baggy green Australian test cap, loaned him by Viv Richards.
The first of his 16 Test centuries was against Australia, also at
Kensington, against Kim Hughes' 1984 team after which Richardson took a
futher eight off his favorite opponents. No other West Indian has
managed as many against Australia.
A brilliant cavalier batsman
Richie Richardson refused to wear a helmet for most of his career,
opting for his trademark broad brimmed maroon sunhat. An attractive
player with destructive shots square of the wicket and especially off
the back foot he was extremely severe with the hook, pull and
square-cut. Such was his confidence, and never one to refuse a
challenge from the fast bowlers Richardson often played the hook for
six over fielders position deep on the boundary set to trap him out
caught.
Well liked for his brazen
strokeplay by the cricket crazy fans of the Caribbean, Richardson did
face a few challenges in his career. When he was chosen over Richards
vice-captain Desmond Haynes for the captaincy and when Richards
himself, Gordon Greenidge and Jeff Dujon were over look for the World
Cup in Australia and New Zealand, with all three of them crying fowl of
the selectors and board some how Richardson was held
responsible.
When his inexperience side
didn't do well at the World Cup and Richardson made the naive comment
after being beaten in the first ever meeting of a still all white South
African team re-included to ICC tournaments after the apartheid banned
was lifted, that it was "just another cricket match". Richardson
returned home to face angry fans that booed him in his first appearance
as captain on West Indian soil.
In 1994 Richie Richardson became the first documented case in
International cricket of burnout when a joint staement from the West
Indies Cricket Board of Control and Richardson English county,
Yorkshire, on July 25th reveal both to be "concerned" about his
"general mental and physical well-being". This meant an end to his Two
year contract with Yorkshire and his exclusion from the West Indies
tour of India from October through December 1994.
After retiring from Test cricket, Richie Richardson played in South
Africa for Northerns. He is currently one of the Standford
20:20 legends with responsibility for Cayman Islands and Dominica.
Richie Richardson Test Cricket
Statistics
| Full Name |
Richard Benjamin Richardson |
|
Number
of Test
|
86 |
| Number of ODIs |
224 |
|
Test Run Aggregate
|
5,949 |
| ODI Run Aggregate |
6,248 |
|
Test
Batting Average
|
44.39
|
| ODI
Batting Average |
33.41 |
|
Total Test Wickets
|
0 |
| Total ODI Wickets |
1 |
|
Test Bowling Average
|
-- |
| ODI Bowling Average |
46.00 |
|
Test
Centuries
|
16 |
| ODI
Centuries |
5 |
|
Date of Birth
|
January
12, 1962, Five Islands Village, Antigua |
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Test Debut
|
India
v West Indies at Mumbai - Nov 24-29, 1983 |
|
Last Test Match
|
England
v West Indies at The Oval - Aug 24-28, 1995 |
|
ODI Debut
|
India v West Indies at
Guwahati - Dec 17, 1983 |
| Last ODI Match |
Australia v West Indies at
Chandigarh - Mar 14, 1996 |
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Batting
Style
|
Right hand bat |
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Bowling
Style
|
Right-arm medium |
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Description |
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Cricket
Legends These players are the 50 greatest cricketers of
the century, as voted by a blue-ribbon panel of judges assembled by
ESPN. The panelists were asked to list in order, their top 50 players.
Cricketing legends from Australia, England, India, New Zealand,
Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies all made it to the final 50.
Among them are some famous West Indies fast bowlers, great Aussie
legends, and modern heros of the game. Disc 5 features the great George
Headley. |
| Format |
Pages |
Cost |
| NTSC - DVD |
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£124.99 |
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