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- Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards KNH KCN OBE OOC (born 7 March 1952) is a retired Antiguan cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991.
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Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards KNH KCN OBE OOC (born 7 March 1952) is a retired Antiguan cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991.
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- Male
- April 7, 1952
- West Indies
The name Viv Richards is often associated with his destructive batting style (and rightly so), but not many remember him as one of the best captains for West Indies.
Sep 17, 2024 · Viv Richards (born 1952) is a West Indian cricketer, one of the finest batsmen of his generation. He captained the West Indies team to international success and scored 8,540 runs in Test matches, averaging more than 50 runs per innings.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Perhaps the hardest hitter of the cricket ball ever, Sir Viv Richards was one of the most devastating batsmen to have ever played the game. In 121 Test matches for West Indies, Richards accumulated 8,540 runs at an average of 50.23.
Mar 6, 2024 · Sir Viv Richards made his international Test Cricket Debut for the West Indies Cricket Team in 1974 in a series against India. He quickly made his mark with the bat scoring an unbeaten 192 in the same series. One of the highest points in his career came in 1975 when he won the inaugural ICC ODI Cricket World Cup with the West Indies.
The legendary Viv Richards remains an enigma to this date. Arguably the greatest clean-striker of the ball, it still is a fragment of people's imagination that had he been an active...
