Richard Martin "Prof" Edwards (born 3 June 1940), is a former

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He played five Test matches as an opening bowler for the

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on the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1968–69. After leaving The Lodge School in Barbados, he played for

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

between 1961–62 and 1969–70. Altogether he played 35

first-class match First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

es in his career. His best bowling figures were 6 for 45 for Barbados against Leeward Islands in 1966/67.
Richard Edwards
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-06-10. He holds the record for the greatest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over with 34 (4, 0, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4) bowled by

Joey Carew Michael Conrad "Joey" Carew (15 September 1937 – 8 January 2011) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1963 to 1972. An opening batsman and off-spin bowler Carew's sole Test century came against New Zealand at Eden Park i ...

, Governor-General's XI v West Indians at Auckland, 1968–69. He later worked as the groundsman at

Kensington Oval The Kensington Oval is a stadium located to the west of the capital city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. It is the pre-eminent sporting facility on the island and is primarily used for cricket. it has hosted many important and exciting c ...

Bridgetown Bridgetown (UN/LOCODE: BB BGI) is the capital and largest city of Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Island ...

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* 1940 births Living people Barbadian cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Barbados cricketers Cricketers from Christ Church, Barbados People educated at The Lodge School, Barbados {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub