Viv Richards

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE (conceived 7 March 1952), known as Viv Richards, is a previous Antiguan cricketer, who spoke to the West Indies at test and universal levels. He is viewed as one of the best batsmen of all time.[2][3][4][5] Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century by a 100-part board of specialists in 2000, alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne.

In one-day cricket, Richards was judged by Wisden Cricketers' Almanac to have played the best One Day International (ODI) innings of all time.[6] In December 2002, he was picked by Wisden as the best ODI batsman ever, and additionally the third most noteworthy Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.[7] His predictable batting capacity is profoundly respected; he is the main cricketer in ODI history to accomplish 20 Man of the Match grants.

By and large, Richards scored 8,540 keeps running in 121 Test matches at a normal of 50.23, including 24 centuries. As a chief, he won 27 of 50 Test matches and lost just 8. He additionally scored about 7,000 keeps running in One Day Internationals and more than 36,000 in top of the line cricket. Knighted for his commitments to cricket, today Richards is an incidental cricket reporter and group tutor.