Background
He was born in Portuguese Elizabeth.
He was born in Portuguese Elizabeth.
Richardson is a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper. Richardson made his debut for Durham in a first-class match against Durham MCCU in 2010. Richardson is yet to feature in any other format for Durham, but has made 5 further first-class appearances.
In his 6 first-class matches to date, he has scored 169 runs at an average of 21.12, with a high score of 73 not out.
This score came against Yorkshire in the 2011 County Championship, with his other half century score of 67 also coming in this match. He has performed well behind the stumps, taking 27 catches and making a single stumping.
Richardson"s family has a strong cricketing background. His father, Dave Richardson, played Test cricket for South Africa.