'Viv's drug was his passion for cricket'
While rubbishing former Pakistan batsman Qasim Omar's claims that Viv Richards used to take performance enhancing drugs in his time, his brother Mervyn Richards has said the only thing that kept him going was an undying passion for the game
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
While rubbishing former Pakistan batsman Qasim Omar's claims that Viv Richards used to take performance enhancing drugs in his time, his brother Mervyn Richards has said the only thing that kept him going was an undying passion for the game. He speaks to Clayton Murzello in Mid Day.
"Viv's cricketing passion was his drug. Viv used to sleep with his bat and the only thing he used was something for his eyes.
"Firstly, I don't think cricket is a sport where performance can be enhanced by consuming something. It is played between the ears. Viv never needed to do something like that (take performance-enhancing drugs)."
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo