As usual I am not going to write about his full name and his birth and childhood details but first read the profile then some comments made by other great cricketers and finally his unique points
Profile :
Vivian Richards was the most awesome batsman of his generation. His swaggering gait on his approach to the crease was enough to set spectators tingling with anticipation, and strike fear into the heart of the waiting bowler. And the better the bowler, the bigger the occasion, the more determined Richards was to dominate. He played shots of which others could merely dream.
Richards ended his career with a Test average of just over 50 - and a top score of 291 made against England at The Oval in 1976. But his batting achievements shouldn’t obscure the fact that he was also a brilliant cover point fielder. In the first World Cup Final at Lord’s in 1975, he spectacularly ran out three Australians - Alan Turner and both Ian and Greg Chappell.
Richards was named in Wisden 2000 (along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Jack Hobbs, Sir Garfield Sobers and Shane Warne) as one of the Five Cricketers of the Century.
Comments on him :
’When I am old I will boast that I played with Viv... quite simply, he is the greatest’ Ian Botham
’The best way to get Richards out was by boring him’ - Imran Khan.
’Richards was Superman’ -Graeme Wright
others things to consider about him
some unique features about him were:
Never wore a helmet
Played the most Tests for the West Indies - 121
Scored most Test runs for the West Indies - 8540
Played First Class cricket from 1971 to 1993
No. of runs in First Class cricket - 36, 212
No. of centuries in First Class cricket - 114
No. of centuries in Test cricket - 24
Played for Leeward Islands, Somerset, Queensland, Glamorgan and West Indies
The most amazing performance in a One Day International - 119 and 5 for 41, vs New Zealand, 1986
This maestro was Knighted on May 29 1999, on the last day of the Pakistan - West Indies Test Match at his home ground in St John’s, Antigua.
undoubtly a father of modern cricket.