Matches (28)

IND-W vs SL-W (1)

SA20 (3)

ILT20 (1)

BBL (2)

Super Smash (2)

Vijay Hazare Trophy (19)

IND-W

175/7

SL-W

(20 ov, T:176) 160/7

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DSG

JSK

(12.2/20 ov, T:87) 88/4

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Viv Richards

West Indies|Batting Allrounder

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CWI calls for emergency meeting with legends after 'deeply hurting' loss

CWI president admits the players and fans will have several "sleepless nights" following the 3-0 defeat to Australia

15-Jul-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Richards, Hooper hit back at Lara for 'gross misrepresentations' in his book

The duo's joint statement called Lara's 'claim' of Richards making Hooper cry categorically false

21-Jul-2024•ESPNcricinfo staff

Who's the greatest ODI batter of them all? Two contenders come to mind

Virat Kohli is the perfect run machine - a product of obsession and sacrifice. Does anyone else compare?

16-Nov-2023•Mark Nicholas

Maxing it like Maxwell: Ten other great solo ODI batting performances

A list of scarcely-believable innings feat. Viv Richards, Saeed Anwar, Sachin Tendulkar, and more

08-Nov-2023•Sreshth Shah

Jonny Bairstow and the art of zen batting

This summer, the England batter has ascended to a higher plane, occupied by the likes of Viv Richards, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar in the past

13-Jul-2022•Mark Nicholas

The king is 70, long live the king

Viv Richards, lion in winter, talks T20 and whether he wishes he was playing in the modern era

16-Mar-2022•Osman Samiuddin

Blaster from the past

A look back at Viv Richards' greatest hits, in pictures

16-Mar-2022•Deepti Unni

Friendship and memories abound at unveiling of Richards-Botham Trophy

Test greats become legends in their own lifetimes, even as news of Shane Warne's death casts launch in strange light

07-Mar-2022•Cameron Ponsonby

The 'real value' of runs: where Root, Lara and Laxman shine

An exhaustive analysis determining the worth of a batter's Test runs has a great allrounder as the biggest gainer

05-Mar-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Dale Steyn and Wasim Akram bowling in tandem? Here's a Test side where that happens

An all-time Test XV picked by readers

08-Jan-2022•Anantha Narayanan

Why Garry Sobers is the top allrounder in Tests and Shakib Al Hasan in ODIs

Rating the leading allrounders of the two formats

09-Oct-2021•Anantha Narayanan

Who's in our retro T20 XI? Sobers, Richards, Bradman… oh, wait

Our panel picks a team of 12 players who never played a T20 but would take to the format with ease

18-Oct-2020•Sreshth Shah

Who will you pick as last man standing in a 3TC game?

In the new 3TC format, the last batsman is allowed to bat alone in the second innings. Who would you back to score 54 runs in six overs all on his own?

29-Jul-2020•ESPNcricinfo staff

Who are the top Test batsmen at each batting position?

The best Weighted Batting Average and aggregate at each spot in batting line-ups across Test history

11-Jul-2020•Anantha Narayanan

Who is the greatest ODI batsman of all time?

A definitive analysis that takes more than just performance figures into account

13-Jun-2020•Anantha Narayanan

Five epic batsman-bowler duels

Rivalries that defined eras and gave for unforgettable contests between bat and ball

12-Jun-2020•Mohammad Isam

The King and I

Watching and playing against Viv Richards was a privilege accorded to a few, and everyone came away with a story

10-Apr-2020•Mark Nicholas

Hero in blue, villain in maroon

For a Somerset and Australia supporter in the 1970s and '80s, the King was problematic

24-Dec-2019•Crispin Andrews

Zed, Viv, Marty and the rest of that '80s gang

Mike Whitney picks a team from among the best red-ball cricketers he played against

09-Dec-2019•As told to Crispin Andrews

How it feels to watch footage of the epic West Indies-Pakistan 1987-88 series today

A video highlights clip of the final day of the Barbados Test came to light recently. Is this a good thing?

14-Nov-2019•Osman Samiuddin

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