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Tuesday, February 8, 2011



 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
Test Career Batting and Fielding (1974/75-1991)
                      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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