{{short description|West Indian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Mali Richards | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Mali Alexander Richards | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Taunton, Somerset, England | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = Viv Richards (father)<br>Masaba Gupta (half-sister) | club1 = Leeward Islands | year1 = 2009–2014 | clubnumber1 =
| deliveries = | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 15 | runs1 = 275 | bat avg1 = 13.09 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 43 | deliveries1 = 1,332 | wickets1 = 15 | bowl avg1 = 56.46 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/62 | catches/stumpings1 = 12/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 2 | runs2 = 1 | bat avg2 = 1.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 1 | deliveries2 = 0 | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 1 | runs3 = 5 | bat avg3 = 5.00 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 5 | deliveries3 = 0 | wickets3 = – | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 0/–
| date = 16 January | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45330/45330.html CricketArchive }} '''Mali Alexander Richards''' (born 2 September 1983) is a West Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Leeward Islands.
==Personal life== The son of Viv Richards,<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/sir-viv-richards-at-60---754010 Sir Viv Richards at 60 by Ian Botham]. Daily Mirror Newspaper (UK). Published 7 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2013.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020854/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065395/ Cricket's Babe Ruth – Sports Illustrated]. Article: Clive Gammon. Published 27 October 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2013.</ref> Richards was born in England and educated at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire.
==Career== Richards has had a stint with Middlesex County Cricket Club and also played for Oxford UCCE and the Gloucestershire 2nd XI. Richards has also represented Antigua and Barbuda, hitting 319 for them in a game against the US Virgin Islands in 2003. The game however was not a first-class fixture and in 11 matches for various sides he is yet to pass 50. In June 2007 he accused Middlesex of failing to help him develop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/middlesex/6719849.stm|title=County stint frustrated Richards|publisher=BBC|date=5 June 2007}}</ref> Through his father, he is the half-brother of fashion designer Masaba Gupta.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/engvwi/content/player/52915.html Cricinfo profile]
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