Ian Richards (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1957
Place of Birth: Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Ian Richards (cricketer)
- Ian Michael Richards (born 9 December 1957) is a former English cricketer.
- Richards was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. Richards made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Oxford University in 1976.
- He played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire from 1976 to 1979, making 23 first-class appearances.
- In his first-class career for the county, he scored 467 runs at an average of 22.23, with a high score of 50.
- This score, his only first-class fifty, came against Nottinghamshire in 1976.
- With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 28.71, with best figures of 4/57.
- His List A debut also came in 1976, when Northamptonshire played Nottinghamshire in the John Player League.
- Richards made nine further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1979 John Player League.
- In his ten List A matches for Northamptonshire, he scored 44 runs at an average of 8.80, with a high score of 18.
- With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 76.00, with best figures of 1/22.He later joined Durham, making his debut for the county in the 1981 Minor Counties Championship, playing a match each against Shropshire.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Durham in 1981 and 1982, making six appearances.
- He made a single List A appearance for the county in the 1982 NatWest Trophy against Surrey.
- In this match, he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by Kevin Mackintosh, with Surrey winning by 111 runs.
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