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Full name | Mali Alexander Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taunton, Somerset, England | 2 September 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) is a West Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands.
The son of Viv Richards, [1] [2] Richards was born in England and educated at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.
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.