- Neal Victor Radford was born on the 7th of June 1957
- He is an English former first-class cricketer
- Neal appeared in three Tests and six ODIs for England
- Radford was born at Luanshya in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)
- He played domestically for Transvaal, Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire
- The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted “Neal Radford took a circuitous route to Test cricket”
- Radford was born in Zambia and educated in South Africa, making his first-class debut for Transvaal B in the 1978/79 President’s Cup
- However, opportunities in South Africa were limited owing to that country’s isolation from world cricket, and so Radford moved to England and signed for Lancashire in 1980 as an overseas player
- His fine form continued into the 1986 season, and he was rewarded with an international call-up for the third Test against India at Edgbaston
- Radford’s two brothers, Glen and Wayne, both played domestic first-class cricket in South Africa
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