Jack Richards

Who is Jack Richards?

Clifton James "Jack" Richards is an English former cricketer, who played in eight Tests and 22 ODIs for England from 1981 to 1988. He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-middle order batsman, who made 133 for England against Australia at the WACA, Perth in 1987.

The cricket correspondent Colin Bateman remarked that "an ability to rub people up the wrong way counted against Jack Richards, England's most gifted wicketkeeper-batsman since Alan Knott. Always competitive, often outspoken and sometimes disruptive, Richards was alert and agile with the gloves although prone to the odd lapse".