Barry Richards played just four Tests — all against Australia — in the 1969-70 season before the apartheid policy kept South Africa out of international cricket till 1991.

Richards had a rewarding career at Hampshire and figured in World Series Cricket. He played many a fine innings after that 140 against the Australians in Durban (94 came in one session) but the one which had more than just an amazing ring to it was the triple century, achieved in a day for South Australia against Western Australia at the WACA ground in Perth on November 20, 1970.