Viv Richards biography
Viv Richards, in full Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, (born March 7, 1952, St. John’s, Antigua), West Indian cricketer, arguably the best batsman of his technology.
The son of Malcolm Richards, Antigua’s main quick bowler, Viv Richards adopted in a household custom that included two brothers who additionally performed cricket for Antigua. Richards started his Test (worldwide) match profession for the West Indies staff at age 22 in 1974. In the course of a profession that encompassed 121 Test matches and lasted till 1993, he distinguished himself as one of the vital feared and productive batsmen of all time. Though he did so in an period when among the recreation’s most dominant quick bowlers thrived, he defiantly and famously refused to put on a batting helmet. In the method of scoring 8,540 runs and averaging greater than 50 runs per innings in Test competitors, Richards recorded 24 centuries (100 runs in a single innings), main the West Indian staff that he captained from 1985 to 1991 to sweeping worldwide success. Richards was additionally an “off-spin” bowler and took 32 wickets in Test competitors. But it was as a batsman that the “Master Blaster,” who additionally had a distinguished profession in English county cricket, will all the time be remembered. Richards was knighted by the Antiguan authorities in 1999. His autobiography, Sir Vivian: The Definitive Autobiography, written with Bob Harris, was printed in 2000.