Joshua Richards

{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1998)}}

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Joshua Richards (born 20 December 1998) is a South African cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/982593.html |title=Joshua Richards |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his first-class debut for Gauteng in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 4 October 2018, scoring a century in the first innings.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1157450.html |title=Pool A, CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup at Johannesburg, Oct 4-6 2018 |access-date=4 October 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his List A debut for Gauteng in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 7 October 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1157511.html |title=Pool A, CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge at Johannesburg, Oct 7 2018 |access-date=7 October 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was the leading run-scorer for Gauteng in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, with 828 runs in nine matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12621;team=3282;type=tournament |title=CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, 2018/19 - Gauteng: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=30 March 2019}}

In September 2019, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.sacricketmag.com/pongolo-to-captain-central-gauteng-lions/ |title=Pongolo to captain the CGL |work=SA Cricket Mag |access-date=12 September 2019}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Gauteng in the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup on 13 September 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1200365.html |title=2nd Match, Pool A, CSA Provincial T20 Cup at Benoni (A), Sep 13 2019 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=13 September 2019}}

In April 2021, Richards was named in the South Africa Emerging Men's squad for their six-match tour of Namibia.{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38167/SA-Emerging-men-to-tour-Namibia |title=SA Emerging men to tour Namibia |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417232410/https://cricket.co.za/news/38167/SA-Emerging-men-to-tour-Namibia |url-status=dead }} Later the same month, he was named in Gauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.{{cite web |url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |title=CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22 |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104034/http://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |url-status=dead }}