Mark Richardson (cricketer) colours. He retired from all forms of cricket in December 2004, saying he could not sustain the intensity needed to compete at international level. He noted that he finished with "a Test bowling average that is better than Sir Richard Hadlee's (22.29), and a 50-50 record in the end-of-series running race." He scored 9,994 first-class runs during his career, remarked that the tally was "only different from Donald Bradman's Test batting average by a decimal point" (Bradman finished his career with an average of 99.94). Richardson has been a cricket commentator for SKY Sports since 2006. He co-hosted Prime show
English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29 not out and 177 at Adelaide, scored a then-record series aggregate of 905 runs at an average of 113.12; the record has only been surpassed once, by Donald Bradman in the 1930 Ashes. The MCC touring party was: This Test match still holds the record for the highest match aggregate (1497) without a no-ball extra. The English team had a stopover in Colombo "en route" to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. English cricket team in Australia in 1928–29 The England cricket team toured