Educated at Ossett School, the 6-foot-tall (1.8m) right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pacer was used mainly in one day and Twenty20 cricket. He made his one-day debut in 2001, but had to wait until 2004 for his first-class bow.[1]
Pyrah made his 100th appearance for Yorkshire in one day cricket in June 2013, against Middlesex at Headingley.[2]
Rich has twin daughters, Mollie and Tilly. He also has a partner called Alexandra Jane Ahern which has a daughter called Lilly Ahern
In September 2015, at the end of his benefit season, Pyrah retired from professional cricket in order to take up a full-time post on the club's coaching staff.[2][3]
References
12Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113thed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p.376. ISBN978-1-905080-85-4.