As a former county player, Andrew Murtagh is often asked, 'who is the best batsman you have ever played with or against?' His answer is always unequivocal - 'Richards.' And then comes the inevitable rider - 'Barry, that is, t Viv.' It is a travesty that the cricket world has largely forgotten Barry Richards - a cricketing genius. Debuting for South Africa in 1970, his run-scoring, technique and audacious, extravagant strokeplay took the breath away. A glittering international career beckoned. However, the apartheid storm burst, and Richards had played his first and last Test series. Consigned to plying his trade for Hampshire, Natal and South Australia, Richards became increasingly frustrated and disenchanted with the game he had loved. Following retirement, personal tragedy and professional controversy continued to stalk him, though he has w come to an uneasy acceptance that he will be forever kwn as the genius lost to Test cricket.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
ISBN-10
1785311425
ISBN-13
9781785311420
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221118074
Product Key Features
Author
Andrew Murtagh
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biography: Sport
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Hove
Content Note
Separate Photo Section
Author Biography
Andrew Murtagh's first book, A Remarkable Man: The Story of George Chesterton, was short-listed for the MCC Cricket Society Book of the Year - for which award Touched by Greatness, his biography of Tom Graveney, was long-listed. All-rounder Andrew played for Hampshire in the 1970s, and subsequently became an English teacher at Malvern College.