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Full name | Richard Wayne Staple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kingston, Jamaica | 25 November 1969||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 10) | 10 September 2004 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 13 September 2004 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998–2005 | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1995 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 competitive 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 year's Red Stripe Bowl. [7]
He played for the US at the 2001 ICC Trophy in Ontario, [9] by now captaining the side. [10] He next played for the US in the 2004 ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. [7]
He first played first-class cricket for the US 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 US 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]
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