| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Wayne Staple | |||
| Born | 25 November 1969 Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm off break | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | United States of America | |||
| ODI debut (cap 10) | 10 September 2004 v Australia | |||
| Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1998–2005 | United States | |||
| 1990–1995 | Jamaica | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | FC | LA | TRO |
| Matches | 2 | 22 | 32 | 14 |
| Runs scored | 4 | 712 | 498 | 276 |
| Batting average | 2.00 | 18.25 | 17.17 | 21.23 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
| Top score | 4 | 79 | 94 | 60 |
| Balls bowled | 60 | 206 | 532 | 281 |
| Wickets | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| Bowling average | 38.00 | 123.00 | 48.81 | 45.66 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 2/76 | 1/32 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 14/0 | 12/0 | 8/0 |
| Source: CricketArchive, 21 October 2008 | ||||
Richard Wayne Staple (born 25 November 1969) is a Jamaican born former American cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,[2] he was captain of the United States national cricket team at the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,[3] where the USA played their only One Day Internationals (ODIs) to date.[4] He had previously played first-class and List A cricket for his native Jamaica.[2]
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Born in Kingston in 1969,[2] Richard Staple first played for Jamaica at Under-19 level, playing in the Northern Telecom Youth Championships in August 1989.[5] He made his first-class debut for Jamaica the following year, playing against England.[6]
He played twice in the Red Stripe Cup against the Leeward Islands and Barbados in February 1991, and went on the West Indies tour of England that year, playing against a World XI at the North Marine Road ground in Scarborough.[6]
He became a regular member of the Jamaican side over the next three years, playing 16 Red Stripe Cup matches between 1992 and 1995.[6] He made his List A debut in 1992, playing against the Leeward Islands in the Geddes Grant Shield. He played twelve List A matches for Jamaica in all,[7] also playing for them twice against Bermuda in December 1993.[5] He didn't play for Jamaica after his final first-class match for them in 1995.[6][8]
More than three years after his final first-class match for Jamaica,[6] Staple returned to major cricket when he made his debut for the USA against the Leeward Islands in the Red Stripe Bowl.[7][8] He next played for them on a tour of England in 2000, playing against a combined Minor Counties team.[5] He also played for them in that years Red Stripe Bowl.[7]
He played for the USA at the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario,[9] by now captaining the side.[10] He next played for the USA in the 2004 ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates.[7]
He first played first-class cricket for the USA in 2004, playing ICC Intercontinental Cup matches against Canada and Bermuda.[6] In between the two matches, he played in the Americas Championship in Bermuda.[5] Later that year he played his only two ODIs, against New Zealand and Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in England.[3]
He last played for the USA in the 2005 ICC Trophy[8] in Ireland. After warm-up matches against the Northern Cricket Union President's XI and Namibia,[5] he played six matches in the tournament proper.[9] Shortly afterwards, he was axed as the USA captain[11] and he has not played for them since.[8]