Geoffrey Alan Richards MBE (9 May 1922 – 27 December 2013) was a New Zealand cricketer and sports commentator. Alan Richards played five first-class matches for Auckland in 1955-56, captaining the team against the touring West Indians, when he scored 53 and 30 not out. At the end of the season he began his radio career by describing New Zealand's first Test victory, at Eden Park in Auckland against West Indies. He became one of New Zealand's best-known radio sports commentators, covering four New Zealand cricket tours of England between 1973 and 1986, and receiving the MBE for services to sport in 1988.