| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Ian Michael Richards |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Durham |
| Year1: | 1981 - 1982 |
| Club2: | Northamptonshire |
| Year2: | 1976 - 1979 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 467 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.23 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /1 |
| Top Score1: | 50 |
| Deliveries1: | 372 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 28.71 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/57 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 11 |
| Runs2: | 53 |
| Bat Avg2: | 8.83 |
| 100S/50S2: | - / - |
| Top Score2: | 18 |
| Deliveries2: | 150 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 76.00 |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/22 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 2/ - |
| Date: | 31 August |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19668.html Cricinfo |
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.[1] In his first-class career for the county, he scored 467 runs at an average of 22.23, with a high score of 50.[2] This score, his only first-class fifty, came against Nottinghamshire in 1976.[3] With the ball, he took 7 wickets at a bowling average of 28.71, with best figures of 4/57.[4] 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.[5] In his ten List A matches for Northamptonshire, he scored 44 runs at an average of 8.80, with a high score of 18.[6] With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 76.00, with best figures of 1/22.[7]
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.[8] He made a single List A appearance for the county in the 1982 NatWest Trophy against Surrey.[5] In this match, he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by Kevin Mackintosh, with Surrey winning by 111 runs.[9]