<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: E-One Day International cricket, uRichards wenza i-debut yakhe ngesikhathi  <response>: INdebe Yomhlaba Yekhilikithi yango-1975 eNgilandi. Wathola ikhulu lakhe lokuqala ngonyaka olandelayo ezweni elifanayo, ngesikhathi somdlalo wokuqala we-ODI ohambweni, esele engu-119 engaphumanga. Unamaphuzu amabili aphakeme kakhulu adlalwa ngumshayi webhola waseNtshonalanga eNdiya emdlalweni we-ODI, u-181 ngokumelene neSri Lanka ngo-1987 no-189 engadlalwanga ngokumelene neNgilandi ngo-1984. Isikolo sakhe esingu-189 singaphuthelwa futhi kwakuyisikolo esiphakeme kakhulu sanoma yimuphi umdlali webhola we-ODI iminyaka engaphansi kwengu-13, kwaze kwaba yilapho sidlulwa nguSaeed Anwars 194. Le innings yabuye yaqanjwa yi Wisden njengenhle kunazo zonke i-ODI innings of all-time ohlwini lwango-2002. Sekukonke, amakhulu ayisikhombisa kwamashumi ayishumi nanye kaRichards ayesezingeni eliphakeme, kanti u-1979 wakhe ongenakunqotshwa u-138 ngokumelene neNgilandi eLords ubekwe endaweni yesibili. 