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{{short description|English-South African cricketer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use South African English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Richard Ernst Levi
| image = [[File:Richard Levi.png|300px]]
| country = South Africa
| full_name = Richard Ernst Levi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|1|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Johannesburg]], [[Transvaal Province]], South Africa
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
| role = Batsman
| international = true
| T20Idebutdate = 17 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2012
| T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
| T20Icap = 48
| lastT20Idate = 23 December
| lastT20Iyear = 2012
| lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand
| T20Ishirt = 88
| club1 = [[Western Province cricket team (South Africa)|Western Province]]
| year1 = 2005–2022
| club2 = [[Cape Cobras]]
| year2 = 2005–2018
| clubnumber2 = 88
| club3 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
| year3 = 2012
| club4 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| year4 = 2012
| club5 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
| year5 = 2013–2021
| club6 = [[Sylhet Sixers]]
| year6 = 2017
| hidedeliveries = true
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches1 = 13
| runs1 = 236
| bat avg1 = 21.45
| 100s/50s1 = 1/1
| top score1 = 117[[not out|*]]
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 106
| runs2 = 5,722
| bat avg2 = 36.21
| 100s/50s2 = 10/32
| top score2 = 168
| catches/stumpings2 = 89/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 147
| runs3 = 4,714
| bat avg3 = 35.71
| 100s/50s3 = 8/30
| top score3 = 166
| catches/stumpings3 = 45/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 226
| runs4 = 5,606
| bat avg4 = 27.48
| 100s/50s4 = 3/35
| top score4 = 117*
| catches/stumpings4 = 60/–
| date = 19 June
| year = 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46148.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Richard Ernst Levi''' (born 14 January 1988) is a former English-South African [[cricket]]er. He played in the [[2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup]] in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name = "CricInfo">{{cite web | url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/current/player/46148.html | title = Players and Officials - Richard Levi | access-date = 2007-02-07 | publisher = ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He played for [[Western Province cricket team (South Africa)|Western Province]], [[Cape Cobras]] and [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]. He attended Wynberg Boys' High school in [[Cape Town]] and received honours for cricket in 2005.<ref>[http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/SAinNZ/Levi-keeps-feet-on-ground-20120221 Levi keeps feet on ground] ''News24''</ref>

Levi holds a British passport.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Cricket: Glamorgan set to sign Richard Levi|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/cricket-glamorgan-set-sign-richard-1851156|access-date=2021-06-26|website=WalesOnline|date=2011-02-07}}</ref>

==International career==
During 2012, Levi played 13 international Twenty20 matches for South Africa. He had the highest score of 117*, in his second match, against [[New Zealand Cricket Team|New Zealand]] at Seddon Park in Hamilton. He held the record for the most runs scored in a Twenty20 international innings tied with [[Chris Gayle]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Levi blasts Black Caps off park in second T20|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/6445040/Richard-Levi-blasts-Black-Caps-off-park-in-second-T20|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Levi hits fastest Twenty20 international century|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/17089516|access-date=19 February 2012| publisher = BBC}}</ref> This was surpassed by [[Brendon McCullum]] on 21 September 2012 when he scored 123 against [[Bangladesh Cricket Team|Bangladesh]] at Palakelle, Sri Lanka. He was also the only batsman to score a T20I century at [[Seddon Park]].

Levi has since struggled in International cricket, partly due to being a predominantly leg-side batsman and weak against [[spin bowling]] and dropped from the South Africa squad.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moonda|first1=Firdose|title=Opening a worry for South Africa|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-2012/content/story/582099.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref>

==Overseas cricket==
Also during 2012, he played for [[Mumbai Indians]] in the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]. He was reportedly signed for $400,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Levi paid R26 000 per run|url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/IPL/Levi-paid-R26-000-per-run-20120229|access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref>

Later the same year, he played for Somerset, in the [[2012 Friends Life t20|Friends Life Twenty20]] competition, reaching the semifinal. For 2013, he signed for [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northants]] for Twenty20 matches,<ref>{{cite web|title=Levi to join Northamptonshire for Friends Life t20|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/645339.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> and had great success. In 13 matches, he scored 360 runs, including a century and two fifties. Once again he reached the finals day, and scored 57 off just 35 balls in the semifinal victory over [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]], and also played in the victory over [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] in the final. The following season, he returned to Northants, with the intention of playing in both twenty and fifty over matches,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dobell|first1=George|title=Wakely injury blow to Northants|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/728635.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> but following a number of injuries to the Northants squad he also played four first-class matches.

For 2015 and 2016, he played all forms of cricket for Northants. He returned to Twenty20 finals day in both of these seasons. In 2015 he scored 63 off 46 balls against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] in the semifinal,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dobell|first1=George|title=Willey the inspiration as Northants reach final|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/915059.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> but finished on the losing side in the final. In 2016, he was once more on the winning team, beating [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacPherson|first1=Will|title=Josh Cobb steers Northants over line to win NatWest T20 Blast against Durham|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/20/durham-northampton-natwest-t20-blast-final-match-report|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 August 2016|date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/46148.html}}
* [http://www.wisdenindia.com/player/South-Africa/Richard-Levi/4283.html Richard Levi]'s profile page on Wisden
* {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/73/73690/73690.html}}

{{South Africa Squad 2012 World Twenty20}}

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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:South African cricketers]]
[[Category:South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]
[[Category:Western Province cricketers]]
[[Category:Cape Cobras cricketers]]
[[Category:Mumbai Indians cricketers]]
[[Category:English expatriate cricketers in India]]
[[Category:South African expatriate cricketers in India]]
[[Category:Somerset cricketers]]
[[Category:Northamptonshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Alumni of Wynberg Boys' High School]]
[[Category:South African people of British descent]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Johannesburg]]

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