Michael Richardson (cricketer)

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Michael Richardson

Personal information

Full name

Michael John Richardson

Born

4 October 1986
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa

Batting style

Right-handed

Role

Wicket-keeper

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2010–present

Durham (squad no. 18)

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	22	2	10
Runs scored	883	45	15
Batting average	27.59	45.00	15.00
100s/50s	2/5	0/0	0/0
Top score	129	45	8*
Catches/stumpings	53/1	1/0	4/0

Source: CricketArchive, 6 October 2013

Michael John Richardson (born 4 October 1986) is a South African born English cricketer. Richardson is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Port Elizabeth.

Richardson made his debut for Durham in a first-class match against Durham MCCU in 2010. Richardson is yet to feature in any other format for Durham, but has made 5 further first-class appearances.^[1] In his 6 first-class matches to date, he has scored 169 runs at an average of 21.12, with a high score of 73 not out.^[2] This score came against Yorkshire in the 2011 County Championship, with his other half century score of 67 also coming in this match.^[3] He has performed well behind the stumps, taking 27 catches and making a single stumping.

Richardson's family has a strong cricketing background. His father, Dave Richardson, played Test cricket for South Africa. His grandfather, John Richardson, uncle Ralph Richardson and cousin Mathew Richardson have all played first-class cricket.

References

↑ "First-Class Matches played by Michael Richardson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Richardson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
↑ "Yorkshire v Durham, 2011 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

External links

v t e Durham County Cricket Club – current squad

1 Jennings 4 Buckley 5 Collingwood 9 Onions 13 Harrison 16 Borthwick 17 Pringle 18 Richardson 19 Mustard 22 Rushworth 24 Muchall 26 Stoneman 33 Wood 38 Stokes 44 Benkenstein 70 Breese 78 Arshad Clark Poynter Singh Coach: Lewis

Persondata
Name	Richardson, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	4 October 1986
Place of birth	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province, South Africa
Date of death
Place of death

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