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There's no cohesion in West Indies cricket

Viv Richards talks to the Guardian about batting without a helmet, the state of West Indies cricket, and defending Ian Botham in frisky Taunton nightclubs.

Tariq Engineer
25-Feb-2013
Viv Richards talks to the Guardian about batting without a helmet, the state of West Indies cricket, and defending Ian Botham in frisky Taunton nightclubs.
I didn't wear a helmet because I wanted to show that the bowler wasn't intimidating me, and also that's just the way I liked to bat. I'm not here to say anyone should do the same. He's got to do whatever he wants. But the bowling was maybe more hostile in our time. You could bowl more than two bouncers in an over. And it's not just helmets, all the padding and the equipment, the gloves has got much better. That's a good thing. But back in my time the batsman had to be really brave.

Tariq Engineer is a former senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo