Mali Richards

{{short description|West Indian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mali Richards

| image =

| country = West Indies

| fullname = Mali Alexander Richards

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taunton, Somerset, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium pace

| role =

| family = Viv Richards (father)
Masaba Gupta (half-sister)

| club1 = Leeward Islands

| year1 = 2009–2014

| clubnumber1 =

| deliveries =

| columns = 3

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 275

| bat avg1 = 13.09

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 43

| deliveries1 = 1,332

| wickets1 = 15

| bowl avg1 = 56.46

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/62

| catches/stumpings1 = 12/–

| column2 = LA

| matches2 = 2

| runs2 = 1

| bat avg2 = 1.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 1

| deliveries2 = 0

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = T20

| matches3 = 1

| runs3 = 5

| bat avg3 = 5.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 5

| deliveries3 = 0

| wickets3 = –

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 0/–

| date = 16 January

| year = 2011

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45330/45330.html CricketArchive

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Mali Alexander Richards (born 2 September 1983, Taunton, Somerset) is a West Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands.

Personal life

The son of Viv Richards,[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/sir-viv-richards-at-60---754010 Sir Viv Richards at 60 by Ian Botham]. Daily Mirror Newspaper (UK). Published 7 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020854/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065395/ Cricket's Babe Ruth – Sports Illustrated]. Article: Clive Gammon. Published 27 October 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2013. Richards was born in England and educated at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.

Career

Richards has had a stint with Middlesex County Cricket Club and also played for Oxford UCCE and the Gloucestershire 2nd XI. Richards has also represented Antigua and Barbuda, hitting 319 for them in a game against the US Virgin Islands in 2003. The game however was not a first-class fixture and in 11 matches for various sides he is yet to pass 50. In June 2007 he accused Middlesex of failing to help him develop.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/middlesex/6719849.stm|title=County stint frustrated Richards|publisher=BBC|date=5 June 2007}} Through his father, he is the half-brother of fashion designer Masaba Gupta.

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