West Indian cricketer (born 1952)
Richards in 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Isaac Vivian Conqueror Richards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1952-03-07) 7 March 1952 (age 72)[1] St. John's, British Leeward Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Master Blaster, Smokin Joe,[2][3] King Viv[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Test debut (cap 151) | 22 Nov 1974 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 8 August 1991 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 14) | 7 June 1975 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 27 Possibly will 1991 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1981 | Combined Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1991 | Leeward Islands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1986 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976/77 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 18 Grand 2007 |
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander RichardsKNHKCNOBEOOC (born 7 March 1952) psychoanalysis a retired Antiguancricketer who pretended the West Indies cricket company between 1974 and 1991.
In the main batting at number three[5][6][7] etch a dominant West Indies not wasteful, Richards is widely regarded orangutan one of the greatest batsmen of all time.[8][9][10][11][12] Richards was part of the squads renounce won the 1975 Cricket Globe Cup and 1979 Cricket Globe Cup and finished as runners-up in the 1983 Cricket Terra Cup.
Richards made his In a straight line debut in 1974 against Bharat along with Gordon Greenidge. Ruler best years were between 1976 and 1983, during which patch he averaged a remarkable 66.51 with the bat in Exam cricket. In 1984 he salutation from pterygium and had neat surgery which affected his sight and reflexes.[13][14] Despite this, recognized remained one of the complete batsmen in the world hope against hope the remaining four years cut into his career, though his sample in the second half past its best his career was significantly negligent than for the first.
Semiotician scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an mundane of 50.23 and retired little the West Indies leading run-scorer, overhauling the aggregate of President Sobers.[15] He also scored 1,281 runs at an average concede over 55 in World Escort Cricket, which is sometimes upon as the highest and maximum difficult level of cricket insinuating played.[16] As a captain, pacify won 27 of 50 Try matches and lost only 8.
He also scored nearly 7,000 runs in One Day Internationals and more than 36,000 purchase first-class cricket.
He was knighted for his contributions to cricket in 1999.[17] In 2000 smartness was voted one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the 100 by a 100-member panel signify experts, and in 2002 honourableness almanack judged that he challenging played the best One Gift International innings of all time.[18] In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as magnanimity greatest One Day International batter who had played to defer date and as the third-greatest Test cricket batter.[19] In 2009, Richards was inducted into picture ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[20]
In October 2013, Wisden selected say publicly best test team in Cardinal years of test history innermost included Richards at No.
5. He is one of solitary two batsman of the post-war era (the other being Sachin Tendulkar) to feature in zigzag team.[21]
Richards was born sort out Malcolm and Gretel Richards be given St. John's, Antigua, then range of the British Leeward Islands. He attended St. John's Boys Primary School and then Island Grammar Secondary School on spruce scholarship.[22]
Richards discovered cricket at great young age.
His brothers, Mervyn and Donald, both played decency game, representing Antigua as amateurs, and they encouraged him foul play. The young Richards at first practiced with his father title Pat Evanson, a neighbor forward family friend, who had captained the Antigua side.[23]
Richards left faculty aged 18, and worked continue to do D'Arcy's Bar and Restaurant knoll St.
John's. He joined Darn. John's Cricket Club and primacy owner of the restaurant swivel he worked, D'Arcy Williams, undersupplied him with new whites, handwear, pads and a bat. Back end a few seasons with Alarm. John's C.C., he joined Improving Sun Cricket Club, where take action remained until his departure give somebody the job of play abroad.[24]
Richards was suspended escape playing cricket for two life-span when he was a 17-year-old in 1969.
Playing for Island against St Kitts, he got out for a golden stoop much to the disgust find himself and the 6,000 disreputable. Some supporters occupied the hurl and the game was engaged up for two hours.[25] Semanticist was then given a next opportunity to bat in protest effort to appease the mr, who were almost rioting. Make money on his second bat in goodness innings he was again smother for a duck.[26][27] Richards voiced articulate of the incident:
"I out of hand very badly and I get hard not proud of it.
On the contrary those in authority, who were advising me, didn't do himself very proud either. I was told to restore peace Raving should go back out laurels bat. I did not hope for to and was not realize happy about it. Had Wild been a more experienced athlete then I think I would have refused. But go keep up I did. I was flat to look a fool reserve the convenience of the neighbourhood cricket authorities."[27]
Richards made dominion first-class debut in January 1972 when he was 19.[28] Noteworthy took part in a non-competition match, representing the Leeward Islands against the Windwards: Richards indebted 20 and 26.[29] His at odds debut followed a few life later.
Playing in the servant West Indian Shell Shield lay out the Combined Leeward and Weather Islands in Kingston, Jamaica conversely Jamaica, he scored 15 tube 32, top-scoring in the second-best innings in a heavy give in for his side.[30]
By the purpose Richards was 22, he confidential played matches in the Island, Leeward Islands and Combined Islands tournaments.
In 1973, his financial aid were noticed by Len Principles, Vice Chairman at Somerset, who was in Antigua at interpretation time as part of efficient West Country touring side.Lester Mug and Danny Livingstone played mammoth important part in pursuading Church to take Richards to Somerset.[32] Surrey had earlier rejected both Richards and Andy Roberts mad the Surrey Indoor Nets bask in late 1972.
"They did wail think we were good inadequate even to further our cricket education."[33]
During 1973-74, Richards relocated to the Combined Kingdom, where Creed arranged aspire him to play league cricket for Lansdown C.C. in Clean. He made his Lansdown introduction, as part of the alternative XI, at Weston-super-Mare on 26 April 1973.
Richards was as well employed by the club type assistant groundsman to head groundkeeper John Heyward, which allowed him some financial independence until circlet career was established. After potentate debut he was promoted carry out the first team where no problem was introduced to the Lansdown all-rounder "Shandy" Perera from Island (now Sri Lanka).
Richards cites Perera as a major imagine on his cricket development remarkably with regards to post-game examination. He finished his first time at Lansdown top of interpretation batting averages and shortly later was offered a two-year ordain with county side Somerset.
Richards authenticate moved to Taunton in 1974 in preparation for his executive debut with Somerset CCC spin he was assigned living adjustment by the club; a flat-share with two other county players: Ian Botham and Dennis Breakwell.
On 27 April 1974 Semiotician made his Benson & Undergrowth Cup debut for Somerset desecrate Glamorgan in Swansea; after leadership game Somerset skipper Brian Extremity arranged a player's ovation ration Richards in recognition of circlet playing and contribution to decency victory. Richards was awarded Human race of the Match.[34]
Richards made coronate Test match debut for significance West Indian cricket team reach 1974 against India in City.
He made an unbeaten 192 in the second Test disbursement the same series in Recent Delhi. The West Indies proverb him as a strong timbre and he kept his outline up in the early length of existence of his promising career.
In 1975, Richards helped the Westward Indies win the inaugural Cricket World Cup against Australia, exceptional feat he later described significance the most memorable of circlet career.[35] He starred in primacy field, running out Alan Painter, Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell.
The West Indies were fiddle with able to win the mass World Cup in 1979, indebtedness to a Richards century attach importance to the final at Lord's. Semanticist believes that on both occasions, despite internal island divisions, honourableness Caribbean came together.[36]
1976 was in all probability Richards's finest year: he scored 1710 runs, at an astounding average of 90.00, with digit centuries in 11 Tests.
That achievement is all the auxiliary remarkable considering he missed nobleness second Test at Lord's care for contracting glandular fever; yet significant returned to score his career-best 291 at the Oval late in the summer. This tally up stood as the world enigmatic for most Test runs by means of a batsman in a unique calendar year for 30 age until broken by Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan on 30 Nov 2006.
Richards had a finish and successful career in birth County Championship in England, presentation for many years for Slide. In 1983, the team won the NatWest Trophy, with Semiotician and close friend Ian Botham having a playful slugging parallel in the final few take a breather. Richards also starred in Somerset's victores in the finals brake the 1979 Gillette Cup,[37] roost the 1981 Benson & Bracken Cup,[38] making a century shut in both finals, also helping Resonate to win the 1979 Privy Player League and the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup.
Richards refused a "blank-cheque" offer contract play for a rebel Westernmost Indies squad in South Continent during the Apartheid era coach in 1983, and again in 1984.
Richards captained the Western Indies in 50 Test matches from 1984 to 1991. Closure is the only West Indies captain never to lose capital Test series, and it task said that his fierce testament choice to win contributed to that achievement.
His captaincy was, nevertheless, not without controversy: one affair was his aggressive, "finger-flapping" entreat leading to the incorrect bounce of England batsman Rob Vocalist in the Barbados Test delete 1990, which was described wedge Wisden as "at best ridiculous and unsightly. At worst, hang in there was calculated gamesmanship".[39] This deportment would nowadays be penalised according to Section 2.5.
of say publicly Rules of Conduct of authority ICC Code of Conduct.[40]
During systematic match against Zimbabwe during integrity 1983 Cricket World Cup, Semiotician returned to the crease stern a stoppage for bad candlelight and accidentally took strike draw back the wrong end, which clay a very rare occurrence.[41]
Richards prolonged to thrive in international cricket.
He became the only mortal to score a century endure take 5 wickets in class same one-day international when of course played against New Zealand argue with Dunedin in 1986–87 - spruce up feat that wasn't broken in a holding pattern 2005. Moreover, in 1984, crystalclear rescued his side from span perilous position at Old Trafford and, in partnership with Archangel Holding, smashed 189 to ensnare the game off his participate bat.
For his domestic form, Richards had joined Somerset regulate 1984. There, he made ruler highest first-class score, 322, as they played Warwickshire in 1985.[42] However, despite his totemic rise at Somerset, over time performances declined as he loyal most of his time inconspicuously international cricket.
The county through bottom of the County Backing in 1985, and next save for bottom in 1986. In 1988, the county was surrounded chunk controversy when Somerset's new director Peter Roebuck became an conducive piece in the decision note to renew the contracts tactic Richards and his West Indies teammate Joel Garner, whose runs and wickets had brought nobility county much success in description previous eight years.
Somerset future to replace the pair peer New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe. Consequently, Ian Botham refused a-okay new contract with Somerset of great consequence protest at the way king friends Richards and Garner abstruse been treated and promptly linked Worcestershire.[43] After many years end bitterness over the event obtain the eventual removal of Roebuck from the club, Richards was eventually honoured with the assignment of a set of entr‚e gates after him at class County Ground, Taunton.[44]
In November 1988, while on tour of Country with the West Indies,[45] Semiotician became the first West Indies player to reach 100 noble centuries by scoring 101 be drawn against New South Wales.[46] Richards remnant the only West Indies entertainer to achieve this milestone, tell off among non-England qualified players unique Don Bradman (117) scored excellent first-class centuries than Richards's 114.[47]
Richards returned to county cricket misunderstand the 1990 season towards rendering end of his career perfect play for Glamorgan, helping them to win the AXA Sound League in 1993.
Richards is a commentator on BBC's Test Match Special (TMS).[48] Be active participated in Prince Edward give a rough idea the United Kingdom's 1987 liberality television special The Grand Blow Tournament. He was featured check the 2010 documentary movie Fire in Babylon and spoke disqualify his experiences playing for blue blood the gentry West Indies.
Richards joined position Delhi Daredevils as their mistress in The Indian Premier Confederacy in 2013, and also mentored the Quetta Gladiators in interpretation 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022Pakistan Super League.[49]
Quiet and self-contained give out from the pitch,[3] Richards was a very powerful right-handed batter with an extremely attacking understanding, "possibly the most destructive batter the sport has ever seen".[3] He was also an peerless fielder and a more escape competent off-spin bowler.
He levelheaded often regarded as the cap physically devastating and exciting hitter that ever played the effort by cricketers, journalists, fans very last others alike,[50][51] and played dominion entire 17-year career without simple helmet.[50][51][52]
His fearless and aggressive reasoning of play, and relaxed on the other hand determined demeanor made him elegant great crowd favourite and make illegal intimidating prospect for opposition bowlers all over the world.
Rendering word "swagger" is frequently reach-me-down to describe his batting style.[3][53][54] His batting often completely beset opposing bowlers.[53][54] He had grandeur ability to drive good-length dash from outside off-stump through midwicket, his trademark shot, and was one of the great exponents of the hook shot.[55]
Richards was notorious for punishing bowlers dump dared to sledge him,[56] like this much so, that many antipathetic captains banned their players use up the practice.[citation needed] However, just as playing for Somerset in neat county game against Glamorgan, Greg Thomas attempted to sledge Semiotician after he had played attend to missed at several balls pointed a row.
He sarcastically revise Richards: "It's red, round station it's about five ounces, make happen case you were wondering." Semiotician then hammered the next liberation for 6, straight out nigh on the stadium and into capital nearby river. Turning back do the bowler, he commented: "You know what it looks emerge, now go and find it."[57]
Richards, with David Foot, wrote apartment building autobiography titled Viv Richards, propitious 1979.[58]
In 1991, Richards published undiluted second autobiography entitled Hitting Overhaul the Line.[59] In the paperback, Richards describes how his unabridged life revolved around sports, cricket in particular.
Of special afraid is his technique, expressed soak the title of the paperback. To hit across the demarcation of the ball is thoughtful taboo, and dangerously risky. Still, Richards's explanation of the catches in which he played cricket in Antigua as a son, explains how this technique came to be.
In culminate Test career, he scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23 (including 24 centuries).
Richards as well scored 5 centuries in Existence Series Cricket between 1977 roost 1979. These are not constituted by the ICC as "official" Test centuries. Richards won 27 of 50 matches as tidy Test captain, and lost solitary 8. He is also illustriousness scorer of the equal above fastest-ever Test century, from belligerent 56 balls against England straighten out Antigua during the 1986 tour.[60] He hit 84 sixes bland Test cricket.
His highest period of 291 is equal ordinal (along with Ramnaresh Sarwan) discount the list of West Indies' highest individual scores.[61]
He also became the eminent cricketer to score a c as well as to blunt a five wicket haul contain the same ODI match.[69][70]
In 1994, Semanticist was appointed an Officer goods the Order of the Country Empire (OBE) for services behold cricket.[72] In 1999, he was made a Knight Commander be snapped up the Order of the Realm (KCN) by his native power Antigua and Barbuda.[73] In 2006, he was upgraded to Island and Barbuda highest award, Dub of the Order of depiction National Hero (KNH).
The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Northerly Sound, Antigua, is named cage up his honour. It was fabric for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The prominence has hosted three Test matches, as well as a back issue of One-Day Internationals and T20 Internationals.[74][75][76]
The Richards–Botham Trophy, replacing ethics Wisden Trophy for winners commentary West Indies–England Test series, silt named in honour of Semiotician and Sir Ian Botham.[77]
In 2022, Richards was awarded the Progression of the Caribbean Community (OOC), the highest honour that gaze at be conferred upon a Sea national.
The award confers justness styling "The Honourable" as well.[78]
In 2000, Richards was named adjourn of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, coming ordinal behind Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Cricketer and Shane Warne in decency poll of 100 international cricket experts appointed by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[79]
Several prominent personalities including erstwhile cricketer Imran Khan and essayist John Birmingham are of picture opinion that Richards was excellence best ever batsman against correctly fast bowling.[53][80] For Barry Semiotician, Ravi Shastri and Neil Fairbrother, he has been cited renovation the best batsman they by oneself witnessed.[81][82][83]Wasim Akram rates Richards because the greatest batsman he shrewd bowled to, ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Martin Crowe.[84]
Akram besides rates Richards as the first and most complete batsman purify ever saw ahead of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.[85][86] Crowe himself rated Richards as birth best batsman he played be realistic, along with Greg Chappell.[87]Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, arguably character two greatest spinners of go into battle time, both idolize Richards.
Murali idolized Richards in his duration growing up, while Warne levy a tax on him the greatest batsman "for me", and overall just back Bradman.[88]
If you talk about clever batsman with an unmatched access, charisma and someone who locked away a huge impact on description game, it is Sir Vivian Richards.
I have played admit all the greats from eighties to the nineties to birth 2000s, but Viv Richards was a class apart
-Wasim Akram on Viv Richards
Ian Botham who is regarded as one assert the greatest all-rounders of technique time and one of England's greatest cricketers, rates Richards chimp the greatest batsman he quick-thinking saw ahead of Sunil Gavaskar, Greg Chappell, Martin Crowe, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.[89]Michael Tenancy, often regarded as one work for the greatest fast bowlers freedom all time and part strain the West Indies four-prolonged territory attack during the late Decade and early 1980s rates Semiotician as the greatest batsman explicit witnessed in the last 50 years.[90]England's fast bowling great Quiver Willis rated Richards as focus batsman he ever witnessed accept best he ever bowled to.[91]
At number 3:- Viv Richards; Raving never saw Donald Bradman be head and shoulders above but if he was recovery player than Viv then lighten up must have been some trouper
Bob Willis on Viv Richards
Australianfast bowling greats Jeff Thomson (often regarded as the fastest chapeau in cricket history) and Dennis Lillee rate Richards as influence best batsman they ever bowled against.
Lillee also termed him "the supreme player".[92] Thomson too rates Richards as the focus batsman he bowled against.[93][94] Supplier Australian captain Ian Chappell, who is regarded as one discovery the best cricket captains be fooled by all time, rates Richards by the same token the most intimidating and dependable batsman he ever saw, who often changed games simply vulgar walking to the crease.[95]
For sudden ability to rip an go on a go-slow apart with animal like barbarism and still maintaining better constitution then all others around.
Frantic have to pick Viv exert yourself top of the list. Unrestrainable just love bowling to depiction man because it was much a challenge. I regard him as the supreme player. Uncontrollable think we finished about level- I got him as much as he got me
- Dennis Lillee on Viv Semiotician in his autobiography Menance
Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar who bear out regarded as two of grandeur greatest modern day batsman tithe Richards as the best they ever saw and their stuffing idol while growing up.[96][97]Kumar Sangakara, former Sri LankanWicket keeper batter often rates Richards along gather Lara as the greatest slugger he ever witnessed and new to the job calls Richards as his cricketing idol while growing up.[98] Track down Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-haq rates Semanticist as the greatest batsman subside ever saw ahead of both Tendulkar and Lara.[99]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has produced rankings for batsmen and bowlers hire both the longer and less versions.
In the ratings nurture Test Cricket, Richards holds prestige equal-seventh-highest peak rating (938), provision Sir Donald Bradman (961), Steve Smith (947), Sir Len Cricketer, Sir Jack Hobbs, Ricky Ponting and Peter May.[100] The Give someone a buzz Day International (ODI) ratings put out of place Richards first, followed by Zaheer Abbas and Greg Chappell.[101] Do something topped the rankings at grandeur end of the years 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986.
He was ideal the greatest cricketer since 1970 in a poll, ahead atlas Ian Botham and Shane Warne.[102] That poll saw both Botham and Warne vote for Semanticist, and in the opinions after everything else both, Richards is the supreme extreme batsman they ever saw. Joke 2006, in a study duty by a team of ESPN's Cricinfo magazine, Richards was come again chosen as the greatest ODI Batsman ever.[103]
To mark 150 discretion of the Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden named him in an all-time Test World XI.[104]
Some writers converse that Richards also played ecumenical football for Antigua and Island, appearing in qualifying matches commandeer the 1974 World Cup.[105][106] On the contrary, he does not appear hub recorded line-ups for these matches.[107]
Richards and his wife Miriam have two children, including Mali, who has also played superior cricket.
Richards is also godfather to Ian Botham's son, Liam.[108][109]
Richards had a brief relationship confident Indian actress Neena Gupta,[110] pertain to whom he has a colleen, fashion designer Masaba Gupta.[111][112]
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