Richard Staple

Richard Wayne Staple (born 25 November 1969) is a Jamaican-born former American cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he was captain of the United States national cricket team at the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where the USA played their only One Day International (ODI) to date. He had previously played first-class and List A cricket for his native Jamaica. He made his first-class debut for Jamaica the following year, playing against England.

He played twice in the Red Stripe Cup against the Leeward Islands and Barbados in February 1991, and went on the West Indies tour of England that year, playing against a World XI at the North Marine Road ground in Scarborough. also playing for them twice against Bermuda in December 1993.

Career for USA

More than three years after his final first-class match for Jamaica, by now captaining the side. He next played for the US in the 2004 ICC 6 Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates. and he has not played for them since.