Marlon Richards

{{short description|Trinidadian cricketer (born 1989)}}

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| fullname = Marlon Kevin Alexander Richards

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|1|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Linden, Guyana

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

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| club1 = Trinidad and Tobago

| year1 = 2013–present

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 37

| runs1 = 640

| bat avg1 = 12.07

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 60

| deliveries1 = 4515

| wickets1 = 84

| bowl avg1 = 26.59

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/46

| catches/stumpings1 = 20/0

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 9

| runs2 = 67

| bat avg2 = 16.75

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 31

| deliveries2 = 360

| wickets2 = 12

| bowl avg2 = 17.83

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/36

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/0

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| date = 9 June

| year = 2017

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/301/301623/301623.html CricketArchive

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Marlon Kevin Alexander Richards (born 10 January 1989) is a Guyanese-born Trinidadian cricketer who plays for the Trinidad and Tobago national team in West Indian domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Richards was born in Guyana,[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/466940.html West Indies / Players / Marlon Richards] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2016. eventually moving with his family to Trinidad at the age of 12.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101752/http://www.sportarchivestt.com/athletes/marlon-kevin-alexander-richards/ Marlon Kevin Alexander Richards]}} – National Sporting Archives of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 2 January 2016. He made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago during the 2012–13 Regional Four Day Competition,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/301/301623/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Marlon Richards] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2016. and in the tournament semi-final against Jamaica took a maiden five-wicket haul, 5/46.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/480/480390.html Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago], Regional Four Day Competition 2012/13 (Semi-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2016. In the 2014–15 Regional Four Day Competition, Richards took 27 wickets, with only Imran Khan taking more among his teammates.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/23/WICB_Professional_Cricket_League_Regional_4_Day_Tournament_2014-15/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament 2014/15 (ordered by wickets] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2016.