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Richards: some players are 'going backwards'

Richards: some players are 'going backwards'

Viv Richards, the chairman of selectors, has admitted that he is running out of patience with the speed of progress of some members of the West Indies side.Richards's anger during West Indies' second-innings collapse was clearly captured by

07-Apr-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara vows to fight on

Lara vows to fight on

Brian Lara has vowed to battle on as West Indies' captain, despite leading his team to their first home defeat against England for 36 years

05-Apr-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara: 'I'm better than I was in 1994'

Lara: 'I'm better than I was in 1994'

The psychological war of words ahead of Thursday's first Test at Sabina Park cranked up a gear yesterday when Brian Lara told reporters that he feels he is a better player than when he broke Sir Garry Sobers' world-record score of 365 not out in

09-Mar-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lara denies snubbing Sir Viv

Lara denies snubbing Sir Viv

Brian Lara has denied reports that he overruled Viv Richards, West Indies' chief selector, by changing his team moments before the toss at the start of the fourth Test at Centurion

21-Jan-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Sir Viv overruled by Sir Brian?

Sir Viv overruled by Sir Brian?

West Indies' captain Brian Lara performed an extraordinary about-turn just seconds before the toss, when it appears that he unilaterally reinstated the fast bowler Mervyn Dillon to the starting XI even though the chairman of selectors, Sir Viv

18-Jan-2004•Neil Manthorp

Richards calls for separate Test and ODI sides

Richards calls for separate Test and ODI sides

Viv Richards, the chairman of the West Indies selectors, has called on the West Indies Cricket Board to select different sides for Tests and one-dayers

23-Oct-2003•Wisden Cricinfo staff

The history boy

The history boy

2001 A moment of history at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, as Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh becomes the youngest man, or boy, ever to make a Test century

08-Sep-2003•Wisden CricInfo staff

'Batting should entertain'

'Batting should entertain'

In July's issue of Wisden Asia Cricket , Barry Richards talks about what goes into the making of a great batsman, and his nominees for the finest exponents of the craft

03-Jul-2003•Rahul Bhattacharya

Honouring a King

Honouring a King

Yesterday, one of the Caribbean's most celebrated sons and world renowned cricket icon reached another milestone in his wonderful innings of life

08-Mar-2002•Derrick Nicholas

Sir Viv Inducted to Cricket's Hall Of Fame

Sir Viv Inducted to Cricket's Hall Of Fame

Sir Viv Richard's Induction Photo © WICB World renowned star batsman, Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards of Antigua was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame in a gala ceremony held at the Radisson Hotel, Cromwell, Connecticut, Saturday,

12-Oct-2001•Derrick Nicholas

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