Mark Hunter Richardson (born 11 June 1971) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He represented New Zealand in 38 Tests from 2000 to 2004. His nickname, "Rigor", is short for Rigor Mortis, given to him on account that he moved like a dead man. He was also known as "snail man" due to his slow running. Although his team mates called him this in playful tones, he told 3 News he had had a "guts full" of it.

Richardson began his career as a left-arm spinner, batting at number 10. When his bowling ability left him, he worked on developing his batting, to the point where he was selected as an opening batsman for New Zealand, at age 29. His dour approach to batting provided vital stability to New Zealand's batting order.

Richardson scored 2776 Test runs at an average of 44.77, including four centuries and 19 fifties. His sole Test wicket came in a match against Pakistan in 2001, dismissing Mohammad Yousuf, then known as Yousuf Youhana, caught and bowled for 203.

In addition to his slow running, Richardson was also noted for developing (in conjunction with the Beige Brigade a tradition to challenge the slowest runner of the opposing side to a running race at the conclusion of each tour. In his first race he beat Australia's Darren Lehmann. He has since raced Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, South Africa's Neil McKenzie and England's Ashley Giles, only beating Kaneria. The Beige Brigade also supplied Richardson with a long-sleeved and hooded running suit in the New Zealand teams 1980's beige and brown colours.

Famously Richardson caught Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne who was on 99 at the time. Warne holds the record for most Test runs without a century, a record which is highly unlikely to ever be broken. After taking the catch, Richardson turned and bowed to the unappreciative Perth crowd. The crowd's mood was not helped by replay showing the delivery was in fact a no-ball.

He retired from all forms of cricket in December 2004, saying he could not sustain the intensity needed to compete at international level. He noted that he finished with "a Test bowling average that is better than Sir Richard Hadlee's (22.29), and a 50-50 record in the end-of-series running race." He scored 9,994 first-class runs during his career.

Richardson is a currently a cricket commentator for SKY Sports. He also co-hosts Prime show, The Crowd Goes Wild, with Andrew Mulligan.

Mark Richardson (born 28 May 1970, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is a British drummer, of the UK rock band, Feeder.

He came in to help out after the death of Jon Lee, but had already been good friends with the band. Richardson played in Little Angels, with his most well known appearance with the band being on the 1993 Jam album; as well as drumming for b.l.o.w. and Skunk Anansie. Both of which Feeder supported in their earlier days.

His first gig with Feeder was a warm-up for the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2002, at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on 21 August.

His favourite Feeder track is "My Perfect Day", from the band's 1997 album Polythene, which he first heard when Feeder supported Skunk Anansie.

Richardson's first album appearance with Feeder, was the critically acclaimed Comfort In Sound (2002), which soon became a platinum seller and elevated Feeder to the Arena level. Their previous album Echo Park, released in 2001 had lifted the band into the 'mainstream'.

A few of the tracks on Comfort In Sound had Jon Lee originally drumming on the instrumental demos, so Richardson had to copy what Lee played.

In September 2003, he also infamously appeared on an episode of the BBC Two music quiz, Never Mind the Buzzcocks. During his appearance he managed to do what many other musical guests before him have done, and get a question related to one of his band's songs wrong, in the 'Next Lines' round. The song in question was "Buck Rogers", and to his defence, he was never involved in the recording of it. His excuse for being incorrect was 'I don't read into his lyrics, I just sit there and play drums!'.

In 2004 Richardson made a guest appearance on Guildford Singer/Songwriter blank">Alistair Cowan's 'Why Can't I See Stars' Album on the track 'Unconditional.'

The next Feeder album Richardson appeared on was 2005's _Pushing The Senses. This was often described by their lead vocalist Grant Nicholas, as the band's "recovery album", and it gave the band their highest placing in the UK Albums Chart, when it made #2 in the first week of February that year. The set also got the band's name out even further across Europe, despite the uneven reviews the album received.

Recently, the band released a singles album titled The Singles to high critical acclaim. The album quickly went platinum in the UK.

Richardson is also known for headlining the event "Drumfest", and for teaching students at music colleges in Guildford, Surrey and Brighton, Sussex. He recently completed a 2,500km bike ride across South Africa to raise money for the charity, Riders For Health.

Mark Ashton Richardson (born July 26, 1972) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

He competed for Great Britain in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Roger Black. This team set a UK record, 2:56.60, in the process.