Mali Richards
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| Full name | Mali Alexander Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1983 Taunton, Somerset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Viv Richards (father) Masaba Gupta (half-sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2014 | Leeward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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,[1][2] 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.[3] Through his father, he is the half-brother of fashion designer Masaba Gupta.
References
- ^ Sir Viv Richards at 60 by Ian Botham. Daily Mirror Newspaper (UK). Published 7 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ Cricket's Babe Ruth – Sports Illustrated. Article: Clive Gammon. Published 27 October 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "County stint frustrated Richards". BBC. 5 June 2007.
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- Use British English from February 2016
- 1983 births
- Living people
- English cricketers
- Antigua and Barbuda cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Oxford MCCU cricketers
- Leeward Islands cricketers
- Cricketers from Taunton
- British Universities cricketers
- Gloucestershire Cricket Board cricketers