[1] He played for Essex as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler for seventeen years.
His first Test for England Young Cricketers against India alongside team-mates such as Steve O'Shaughnessy and Tim Boon.
[3] This was a momentous occasion since Essex's victory in the match, combined with Nottinghamshire's very narrow defeat in the simultaneous fixture against Somerset, clinched the first of four County Championship triumphs (the others coming in 1986, 1991 and 1992) for Essex in which Prichard was involved.
He also shared a number of one-day triumphs with Essex, including in the 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup when he was man of the match and victorious captain in the final.
For some years he played grade cricket in Australia and coached at the Chelmsford Indoor School.