Sundial in the Shade: The Story of Barry Richards: the Genius Lost to Test Cricket - Hardcover

Murtagh, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785310100 ISBN 13: 9781785310102

Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

As a former county player, Andrew Murtagh is often asked, 'who is the best batsman he has ever played with or against?' His answer is always unequivocal - 'Richards.' And then comes the inevitable rider - 'Barry, that is, not 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 now come to an uneasy acceptance that he will be forever known as the genius lost to Test cricket.

About this title

About the Author

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, is now long-listed. All-rounder Andrew played for Hampshire in the 1970s, and subsequently became an English teacher at Malvern College.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785310100
• ISBN 13: 9781785310102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256