michael richardson Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
michael richardson is a cricketer(sportsman) from Germany. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Michael John Richardson
Born
October 04, 1986, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | - | 22 | - |
Inn | - | - | 21 | - |
Runs | - | - | 463 | - |
Avg | - | - | 28.94 | - |
SR | - | - | 101.31 | - |
HS | - | - | 61 | - |
NO | - | - | 5 | - |
100s | - | - | 0 | - |
50s | - | - | 2 | - |
4s | - | - | 40 | - |
6s | - | - | 5 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | - | 22 | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- DJ Richardson
- JH Richardson
- MF Richardson
- RP Richardson
- Badureliya Sports Club
- Durham
- Durham 2nd XI
- Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
However, unlike his father and grandfather, Michael plies his trade in England and only returns to South Africa during winter to play for Western Cape. He started by playing for Nottinghamshire University and Nottinghamshire Premier League, then was picked up by MCC Young Cricketers.
Playing for Young Cricketers turned out to be fruitful as only in his second season, Michael was named captain and at the end of the season he signed his first professional contract with Durham in 2009.
It took Michael two years to make it to Durham's first XI and he made his debut in 2011 against Yorkshire, scoring twin fifties and playing a key role in the 146-run win. His love affair with Yorkshire did not finish there. In the title winning season in 2013, Michael scored his maiden championship hundred against the White Roses that tipped the title in favor of Durham. He also recorded his career-best first-class score (148) against the same side next season.
For a while Michael was pipped as the best number 8 batsman in county circuit. But inconsistencies and dip in form did not allow him to take the next step. Michael also gave up keeping for a while in 2016 to concentrate solely on his batting.
Michael also had to rediscover his batting to accommodate white-ball cricket and he did it with aplomb. Playing plenty of handy knocks lower down the innings to take Durham to the finals day of the 2016 T20 Blast. However, with the progress of Stuart Poynter, Michael lost his place in Durham's T20 side.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
With a proud cricketing heritage in his family, it is hardly surprising that Michael Richardson chose to pursue a career in sport. A wicketkeeper-batsman like his father Dave - the former South Africa gloveman who became chief executive of the ICC in 2012 - he carved out a career at Durham, becoming a Championship winner and reliable contributor across the formats. He even won belated international recognition, making his T20I debut at the age of 32 for Germany, who he qualified for through a German grandfather.
Born in Port Elizabeth, Richardson took the initial step from university to professional cricketer when he became an MCC Young Cricketer in 2008, having played for Nottingham University and in the Nottinghamshire Premier League since 2006. The move to Lord's was a successful one, and in his second season he was named captain of the Young Cricketers. Towards the end of the season he signed a professional contract with Durham and was one of their leading batsmen in the 2010 Second Eleven Championship, scoring 562 runs at 70.25.
First-team appearances followed in 2011, and he made the most of Phil Mustard's absence to kick off the season with a pair of half-centuries on his Championship debut that helped set up a 146-run win over Yorkshire in April. Richardson batted down the Durham order in 2013 and when he made his maiden Championship hundred in Durham's defeat of Yorkshire at Scarborough, a result that tipped the title in their direction, he had claims to being the best No. 8 in the country. Yorkshire, again, became victims of another rise in his career-best - 148 this time - at Chester-le-Street in 2014. They must have been sick of the sight of him.
The runs did not always come so reliably, though, and he jettisoned the gloves for a time in 2016 to try to rediscover his best batting form. Returns were fitful over the following three seasons, with only one Championship hundred, although he did average more than 50 in the one-day cap. However, after playing three times for Germany in the ICC's T20 World Cup regional qualifier, he was released by Durham at the end of the 2019 summer.
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