11 Facts About Neal Radford

Neal Victor Radford was born on 7 June 1957 and is an English former first-class cricketer, who appeared in three Tests and six ODIs for England.

Neal Radford played domestically for Transvaal, Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire.

The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted "Neal Radford took a circuitious route to Test cricket".

However, opportunities in South Africa were limited owing to that country's isolation from world cricket, and so Neal Radford moved to England and signed for Lancashire in 1980 as an overseas player.

Neal Radford was not a particular success at Lancashire, failing to take 50 first-class wickets in any of his five seasons with the club, and he was dismissed at the end of 1984.

Neal Radford chose to join Worcestershire, and his decision was repaid handsomely: he took 101 wickets with his right-arm fast-medium bowling in 1985, more than anyone else, and was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year the following year.

Neal Radford was dropped again from the Test side, this time for good, although he did play four One Day Internationals against New Zealand on that tour.

Neal Radford was awarded a benefit season in 1995, and when he retired from the first-class game at the end of that year, he had 994 wickets to his name at that level.

In 1993 Neal Radford established the cricket supplies business Neal Radford EZY Net.

In 1997 and 1998, Neal Radford played Minor counties cricket for Herefordshire.

In March 2014, Neal Radford announced his intention to stand for the UK Independence Party in the local elections.