Background
He was born at Kennington, London.
He was born at Kennington, London.
Ricketts was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. Ricketts made his first-class debut for Sussex against Gloucestershire in the 1987 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for the county in that season, against Worcestershire and Hampshire.
In his three first-class matches, he took 5 wickets at an average of 50.60, with best figures of 2/40.
Ricketts made his List A debut for the county in the same season against Glamorgan in the Benson & Hedges Cup. He made five further List A appearances that season, the last of which came against Cumberland in the National Westminster Trophy.
He took 3 wickets in his five List A matches, which came at an average of 50.66, with best figures of 1/25. He left Sussex at the end of that season, proceeding to play Second XI cricket for Gloucestershire, Surrey and Essex, but he was unable to establish himself at either of these counties.