Richard Martin "Prof" Edwards (born 3 June 1940), is a former cricketer. He played five Test matches as an opening bowler for the West Indies on the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69.
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| Full name | Richard Martin Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 June 1940 Christ Church, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 26 December 1968 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 March 1969 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 10 June 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
After leaving The Lodge School in Barbados,[1] he played for Barbados between 1961–62 and 1969–70. Altogether he played 35 first-class matches in his career. His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 for Barbados against Leeward Islands in 1966/67.[2]
He holds the record for the greatest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over with 34 (4, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4) bowled by Joey Carew, Governor-General's XI v West Indians at Auckland, 1968–69.
He later worked as the groundsman at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown.
References
edit- ^ Keith A. P. Sandiford, Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados, University of West Indies Press, Kingston, 1998, pp. 61-62.
- ^ * Richard Edwards, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-10. (subscription required)
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