Viv Richards

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Sir Viv Richards

Personal information
Full name	Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
Born	7 March 1952 (age 61) St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Nickname	Master Blaster, Smokey, Smokin Joe, King Viv
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium/off-break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut(cap 151)	22 November 1974 v India
Last Test	8 August 1991 v England
ODI debut(cap 14)	7 June 1975 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	27 May 1991 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–1993	Glamorgan
1976–1977	Queensland
1974–1986	Somerset
1971–1991	Leeward Islands
1971–1981	Combined Islands
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	121	187	507	500
Runs scored	8,540	6,721	36,212	16,995
Batting average	42.23	47.00	49.40	41.96
100s/50s	24/45	11/45	114/162	26/109
Top score	291	189*	322	189*
Balls bowled	5,170	5,644	23,226	12,214
Wickets	525	118	223	290
Bowling average	61.37	35.83	45.15	30.59
5 wickets ininnings	0	2	1	3
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	2/17	6/41	5/88	6/24
Catches/stumpings	122/–	100/–	464/1	238/–
Source: cricketarchive.com, 18 August 2007

Viv Richards' career performance graph.

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE (born 7 March 1952), is a former West Indian cricketer. Popularly known as Viv (or King Viv^[1]), he is almost unequivocally regarded as the greatest One Day International (ODI) batsman of all time, as also the most destructive and feared ever, and as one of the very greatest to have ever played the game.^[2][3] Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne.^[4] In February 2002, Richards was judged by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to have played the best ODI innings of all time.^[5] In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, as well as the third greatest Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman andSachin Tendulkar.^[6]