Richard Edwards explains why county cricket became something of a frustration for South African Barry Richards

Untapped talent: Barry Richards batting for Hampshire in 1970
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Ask Barry Richards to distill his experience of playing county cricket into one sentence and the former South African great is suddenly tongue-tied, lacking the kind of clarity of thought that typified his batting.
“It’s a good question”, he says, pausing as if transported on the spot back to Hampshire’s former Northlands Road home between 1968 and 1977.
“It gave me ...