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West Indies
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West Indies
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WI
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Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander (Viv) Richards
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Vivian richards cropjpg
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Right-hand bat (RHB)
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Right-arm slow
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121
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8,540
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5023
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24/45
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291
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8624
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32
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6137
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0
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0
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2/17
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122
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187
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6,721
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4700
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11/45
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189
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9404
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118
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3583
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2
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6/41
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100
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23 June
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2005
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(born
St John's ,
Antigua on
7 March 1952 ), better known by his second name, '''Vivian''' or, more popularly, simply as '''Viv''' is a former
West Indian Cricket er.
Richards was an extremely attacking right-hand even against the fastest bowlers such as
Dennis Lillee ,
Jeff Thomson , and
Bob Willis , regardless of the personal danger.
Richards made his
Test match debut for the
West Indian Cricket Team in
1974 against
India in
Bangalore . He made an unbeaten 192 in the second Test of the same series in
New Delhi .
In his Test career, he scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23 (including 24 centuries). He won 27 of 50 matches as a Test captain, and lost only 8. He is also the scorer of the fastest ever Test century. His highest innings of 291 is sixth on the list West Indies' highest individual scores.
In 1976 Richards scored 1710 runs at 90.00 with seven centuries in 11 Tests, both records to this day. Rather surprisingly, in six ODIs he played that calendar year he managed only 112 runs at 28.00.
Apart from his exciting style of play, Richards is held in great esteem for his personal principles in refusing a "blank cheque" offer to play for a rebel West Indian squad in
South Africa during the
Apartheid era in
1983 , and again in
1984 .
He was chosen as a ''
Wisden Cricketer Of The Year '' for
1977 .
In
2000 , Richards was named by a 100-member panel of experts one of the five ''
Wisden Cricketers Of The Century ''. Richards received 25 votes, behind Sir
Donald Bradman (100 votes), Sir
Garfield Sobers (90 votes), Sir
Jack Hobbs (30 votes) and
Shane Warne (27 votes).
He also played soccer for the Antigua national team, appearing in qualifying matches for the 1974 World Cup.
Richards has a relationship with a renown
Bollywood actress,
Neena Gupta , with whom he also has a child.
Cricketer Information
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507
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36,212
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4940
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114/162
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322
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23,220
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223
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4515
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1
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0
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5/88
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464/1
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500
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16,995
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4196
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26/109
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189
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12,214
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290
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3059
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3
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6/24
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238
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23 June
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2005
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