Alan Richards (cricketer)
Geoffrey Alan Richards MBE was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator.
Alan Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in 1955/56. At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park against West Indies. He became one of New Zealand's best-known radio sports commentators, covering four New Zealand cricket tours of England between 1973 and 1986, and receiving the MBE for services to sport in 1988.
