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Full name Barry Anderson Richards
Born July 21, 1945, Morningside, Durban, Natal
Current age 63 years 4 days
Major teams South Africa,Gloucestershire,Hampshire,Natal,South Australia,Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
0
508
140
72.57
854
59.48
2
2
70
5
3
0
First-class
339
576
58
28358
356
54.74
80
152
367
0
List A
233
229
17
8506
155*
40.12
16
50
106
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
3
72
26
1
1/12
1/12
26.00
2.16
72.0
0
0
0
First-class
339
6126
2886
77
7/63
37.48
2.82
79.5
1
0
List A
233
270
185
7
2/8
2/8
26.42
4.11
38.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Jan 22-27, 1970 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-10, 1970 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1964/65 - 1982/83
List A span
1968 - 1982/83
Profile
Barry Richards played just four Tests - and the cricket world is poorer for it. They were all in 1969-70 against Australia, and Richards made the most of his limited time in the limelight. A talent of such enormous stature that he once batted (and did well) using only the leading edge in a Durban club match, Richards was forced by South Africa's sporting isolation to play elsewhere, thrilling spectators with his nimble, aggressive strokeplay for Hampshire, Natal and South Australia, and in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. There were many feats of remarkable batsmanship from one of the finest talents of the 20th century, including nine hundreds before lunch and 1000 runs in a season 15 times. But South Africans will never forget the Durban Test of 1969-70, when Richards and Graeme Pollock flayed the Australian attack to all parts of the Kingsmead ground. Neil Manthorp
