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Tracknfieldgear On August 18, 2010

Richards made his Test match debut for the West Indian cricket team in 1974 against India in Bangalore. He made an unbeaten 192 in the second Test of the same series in New Delhi. The West Indies saw him as a strong opener and he kept his profile up in the early years of his promising career. In his Test career, he scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23 (including 24 centuries). Richards also scored 5 centuries in World Series Cricket between 1977–79.

Personal information

Full name

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards

Born

7 March 1952 (1952-03-07) (age 58)

Nickname

Master Blaster, Smokey, Smokin Joe

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium/off-break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

West Indies

Test debut

22 November 1974 v India

Last Test

8 August 1991 v England

ODI debut

7 June 1975 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI

27 May 1991 v England


Career statistics

Competition

Test

ODI

Matches

121

187

Runs scored

8540

6721

Batting average

50.23

47.00

100s/50s

24/45

11/45

Top score

291

189*

Balls bowled

5170

5644

Wickets

32

118

Bowling average

61.37

35.83

5 wickets in innings

0

2

10 wickets in match

0

n/a

Best bowling

2/17

6/41

Catches/stumpings

122/–

100/–


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