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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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Close ties
- Gordon Greenidge Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1970-1978
- Mike Procter Teammate at KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, 1965-1983
- Andy Roberts Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1973-1978
- Trevor Jesty Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1968-1978
Bob Woolmer Teammate at KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, 1973-1976
- David O'Sullivan Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1971-1973
Peter Carlstein Teammate at KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, 1964-1967- Robin Smith Teammate at KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, 1981-1983
- Roy Marshall Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1968-1972
- Bob Cottam Teammate at Hampshire County Cricket Club, 1968-1971
- Richard Compton Teammate at KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, 1978-1980
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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.