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Barry Richards

South African cricketer · South Africa · On the map · Athletes · Born 1945 · age 81

Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen.

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Career 5

ClubYears
South Africa1970
South Australia cricket team1970-1971
Hampshire County Cricket Club1968-1978
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club1965
KwaZulu-Natal cricket team1964-1983

Awards

Wisden Cricketer of the Year1969

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He was able to play only four Test matches - all against Australia - before South Africa's exclusion from the international scene in 1970. In that brief career, against a competitive Australian attack, Richards scored 508 runs at the high average of 72.57. Richards' contribution in that series was instrumental in the 4-0 win that South Africa inflicted on the side, captained by Bill Lawry. His first century, 140, was scored in conjunction with Graeme Pollock's 274 in a famous 103-run partnership. Mike Procter, whose South African and English career roughly paralleled that of Richards, was prominent in that series as a bowler.

Country
South Africa
Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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