Rick Darling

Rick Darling
Personal information
Full name
Warrick Maxwell Darling
Born (1957-05-01) 1 May 1957 (age 67)
Waikerie, South Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
RelationsJoe Darling (great-uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 292)28 January 1978 v India
Last Test3 November 1979 v India
ODI debut (cap 41)22 February 1978 v West Indies
Last ODI23 January 1982 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975/76–1985/86South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 14 18 98 31
Runs scored 697 363 5554 758
Batting average 26.80 21.35 35.83 27.07
100s/50s 0/6 0/1 9/32 1/3
Top score 91 74 134 101*
Balls bowled 32
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 5/– 6/– 31/– 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 April 2010

Warrick Maxwell Darling (born 1 May 1957), known as Rick Darling, is a former Australian Test cricketer.

His tendency to play the cut and hook shots provided much entertainment, but also meant that he was inconsistent and error-prone. It has been said that the introduction of the batting helmet saved Darling's life several times, but also gave him extra confidence to play his favoured shots. Darling's early Test career was also characterised by his opening partnerships with Graeme Wood, the pair christened the "Kamikaze Kids" due to their often disastrous running between the wickets, which saw one of the pair dismissed run out in one innings of each of their four Tests together.