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
}}
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.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/engvwi/content/player/52915.html Cricinfo Profile]
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Category:Antigua and Barbuda cricketers
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Oxford MCCU cricketers
Category:Leeward Islands cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Taunton