Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has been inducted into the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, replacing Sri Lanka’s Roshan Mahanama who stepped down recently. Richardson is currently working as West Indies cricket team manager and he will hold that position till January 3, 2016. After that he will be formally included in the Elite Panel.
Richardson, 53, represented the West Indies in 86 Tests and 224 One-Day Internationals from 1983 to 1996 in which he scored 5,949 and 6,248 runs, respectively. He captained his side in 24 Tests and 87 ODIs. He played in the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1987, 1992 and 1996. He has been the West Indies cricket team manager since January 2011.
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