West Indies Cricketer Sir Viv Richards Profile and Complete Score Details

Full name        : Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
Born                : March 7, 1952, St. John's, Antigua and
                           Barbuda
Nick Name      : Master Blaster
Major Teams  : West Indies, Combined Islands, Glamorgan,
                           Leeward Islands, Somerset, Queensland
Playing role     : Batsman
Batting style    : Right-hand bat
Bowling style   : Right-arm slow
Height              : 1.78 m
Awards             : Wisden Cricketer of the year 1977

Viv Richards was born on 7 March 1952 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Miriam is the wife of Richards and Matara and Mali are the Children of Richards. Viv Richards is the one of the famous Cricketers in the World. Richard is the former West Indies Cricketer. On December 2002, Richards was selected by Wisden as greatest ODI (One Day International) Cricket batsman and third greatest batsman of every time, After Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar and Australian former Cricketer Sir Don Bradman.

Richards has 24 centuries in Test Cricket and 11 centuries in One Day International Cricket. 291 is the Richards's top score in international Test Cricket. He scored this run against England in The Oval London on 12 August 1976, It was his 8th century in Test Cricket and West Indies also won the match.

On 31 May 1984, Richard scored his highest run in One Day International Cricket against England in Old Trafford, Manchester, He scored  189* runs against England and won the match. Richard was the Captain of West Indies Cricket team.

Richards's Test debut was against India on 22 November 1974. He played in 121 Test matches for West Indies and scored 8540. On 8 August 1991, Richard retired from Test Cricket, He Played his last Test match against  England.

On 7 June 1975, Viv Richards entered in One Day International (ODI)Cricket, He played first ODI against Sri Lanka. Richards scored 6721 runs from 187 ODI matches. He has 45 half-centuries each in ODI and Test Cricket. Richards last ODI match was against England on 27 May 1991.

Richards was the powerful right-handed batsman of West Indies Cricket team. He played his 17-year Cricket career without wear helmet. His fearless and aggressive batting style helped him to reach on top level of Cricket. There is a Cricket stadium in the name of Sir Viv Richards in North Sound, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, It was built for 2007 Cricket World Cup.

All Details of Sir Viv Richards Batting Performance

	Matches	Innings	N.O	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23		24	45	84	122	0
ODIs	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45		100	0
1st-class	507	796	63	36212	322	49.40		114	162		464	1
List A	500	466	61	16995	189*	41.96		26	109		238	0

(* remained not out)

All Details of Sir Viv Richards Bowling Performance

	Matches	Innings	Balls	Runs	Wickets	Best	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	121	103	5170	1964	32	2/17	61.37	2.27	161.5	0	0	0
ODIs	187	131	5644	4228	118	6/41	35.83	4.49	47.8	1	2	0
1st-class	507		23220	10070	223	5/88	45.15	2.60	104.1		1	0
List A	500		12214	8872	290	6/24	30.59	4.35	42.1	4	3	0