| Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards |
Sir Viv Richards, the legendary west Indies batsman was born in Antigua in 1952.He has been rated as the best ODI batsman of all time by several commentators and cricket experts and ICC.He is rated as 5th greatest batsman in test cricket.
Throughout his career from 1974 to 1991 he never wore the helmet.He is probably the most destructive batsman in odi, the world has ever known
Under his captaincy from 1985 to 1991 west indies never lost a test series.Viv Richards has been rated by a lot of fast bowlers including Imran Khan and Wasim akram as the best odi batsman ever with Imran admitting that he is the best batsman he has ever bowled to. In 1976 Richards' finest year, he scored 1710 runs, at a staggering average of 90.00, with seven centuries in 11 Tests.This record was beaten recently by Md.Yousuf of Pakistan.
Impact index cricket,the new way of expressing cricket statistics has rated Sir Richards as the most impact batsman ever in limited overs game.
His average of 47 and strike rate of 90 earns him the highest career impact index of 4.75(in a scale of 0-5)and 2.6 for his performance in individual matches
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct
West Indies 121 182 12 8540 291 50.23 24 45 122
One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1975-1991)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct
West Indies 187 167 24 6721 189* 47.00 11 45 100
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