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Mark Richardson's remarkable millennium
[ Statistics Update ]
19 September 2000

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In just his second first-class appearance for New Zealand at the relatively late age of 29, Mark Richardson earlier this morning (New Zealand time) recorded the 128th triple century in first-class cricket history. It is only the 6th ever by a New Zealand batsman, and just the 2nd for New Zealand itself. It continues a remarkable calendar year for Richardson, bettering his previous career best made barely two months ago, an unbeaten double century against Sussex whilst on tour with the New Zealand 'A' side.

Richardson's innings was the keystone of New Zealand effort to record it's highest ever first-class total of 677 for seven declared in the process, also breaking various other Zimbabwe first-class records at the same time.

Richardson joins the exclusive club of former Otago representatives to have scored triple centuries in first-class cricket with the four other players sharing the previous five centuries being:

Playing for Otago in the New Zealand domestic first-class competition, the Shell Trophy, then selected for the New Zealand 'A' side to tour England, and now even higher honours with the New Zealand side in Zimbabwe, his playing record and statistics during the 2000 calendar year is as follows:

Shell Trophy, 1999/00 | New Zealand 'A' in England, 2000 |
New Zealand in Zimbabwe, 2000/01 | 2000 Calendar Year Statistics

Shell Trophy, 1999/00                                           R   M   B  4 6

v Canterbury at Christchurch, 12-15 Feb 2000
MH Richardson                        c & b Martin              70 121  93 10 0
MH Richardson         c Anderson         b Shaw                30  56  56  4 0

v Auckland at Dunedin, 18-21 Feb 2000
MH Richardson         c McIntosh         b Canning              0   7   3  0 0
MH Richardson         lbw                b Canning              0   1   1  0 0

v Central Districts at Palmerston North, 24-26 Feb 2000
MH Richardson         c Sigley           b Hamilton            61 174 135  9 0

v Wellington at Alexandra, 23-26 Mar 2000
MH Richardson         c Donaldson        b Kennedy              9  48  34  1 0
MH Richardson         run out (Patel/Franklin)                 51 146  98  5 0


New Zealand 'A' in England, 2000                                R   M   B  4 6

v Lancashire at Liverpool, 13-16 Jun 2000
MH Richardson                            b Schofield           47     156  5 0
MH Richardson         not out                                  57     112  7 0

v West Indies at Chelmsford, 21-24 Jun 2000
MH Richardson         c Lara             b King                39 140  91  5 0
MH Richardson         c sub              b Sarwan              74 252 218 10 0

v Sussex at Hove, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2000
MH Richardson         not out                                 212 669 561 22 0

v First Class Counties XI at Milton Keynes, 7-10 Jul 2000
MH Richardson         run out                                   1       6  0 0
MH Richardson         lbw                b Walker              29      75  4 0

v Hampshire at Portsmouth, 12-15 Jul 2000
MH Richardson         c Stephenson       b Tremlett             0       1  0 0
MH Richardson                            b Francis             85     163  8 0

v Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford, 18-21 Jul 2000
MH Richardson         run out                                  32      67  6 0
MH Richardson                            b Kruis               66     176  9 0


New Zealand in Zimbabwe, 2000/01                                R   M   B  4 6

v Zimbabwe President's XI at Mutare, 1-3 Sep 2000
MH Richardson                            b Strang              24
MH Richardson                            b Strang              47

v Zimbabwe 'A' at Kwekwe, 7-9 Sep 2000
MH Richardson         lbw                b Mutendera          306 785 669 43 0

v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 12-16 Sep 2000
MH Richardson         c Carlisle         b Streak               6  20  16  0 0
MH Richardson         lbw                b Rennie              13  53  49  0 0

v Zimbabwe at Harare, 19-23 Sep 2000
MH Richardson         lbw                b Nkala               99 378 258 14 0


2000 Calendar Year Statistics (up to and including 19 Sep 2000):

                               Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
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Shell Trophy                     4    7   0   221   70   31.57   -   3    2  -
New Zealand 'A' in England       6   11   2   642  212*  71.33   1   4    1  -
New Zealand in Zimbabwe          4    6   0   495  306   82.50   1   1    4  -
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2000 Calendar Year              14   24   2  1358  306   61.72   2   8    7  -
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Career                          70  136  21  4636  306   40.31  10  17   37  -
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