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Full name Mark Hunter Richardson
Born June 11, 1971, Hastings, Hawke's Bay
Current age 36 years 341 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Buckinghamshire,Otago
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
38
65
3
2776
145
44.77
7370
37.66
4
19
344
4
26
0
ODIs
4
4
0
42
26
10.50
97
43.29
0
0
4
0
1
0
First-class
157
264
31
9994
306
42.89
20
48
90
0
List A
91
87
7
2523
128*
31.53
3
15
16
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
38
3
66
21
1
1/16
1/16
21.00
1.90
66.0
0
0
0
ODIs
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
157
3966
1911
44
5/77
43.43
2.89
90.1
1
0
List A
91
810
592
12
2/25
2/25
49.33
4.38
67.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Bulawayo, Sep 12-16, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 26-30, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Jan 11, 2002 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 19, 2002 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span
1990/91 - 2002/03
Profile
Mark Richardson was undoubtedly one of the most admired players in the New Zealand game. A transformed left-arm spinner who turned his game from bowling to batting after suffering the yips, he became a masterful - if slightly dour - opening batsman who thrives on the challenge of holding his place at the crease for as long as he could. His Test average hovered around the 50 mark, and his adhesive qualities played a significant part in several New Zealand Test wins. The only blemish was a failure to convert fifties into bigger scores. But he reversed this trend somewhat on tour in England in 2004, where he struck 93 and 101 in the first Test at Lord's. And during the India tour of 2003 he made his highest Test score of 145, and put on the second-highest opening partnership for New Zealand in an overseas Test when he and Lou Vincent added 231 at Mohali. His after-match challenges to the opposition's slowest runner sometimes outstripped the games themselves for entertainment value. He announced his retirement, aged only 33, after the Australian tour late in 2004. Lynn McConnell October 2004
