Now is the time to talk about one of the greatest of all time and a batter who by his sheer walk gave nightmares to all the bowlers around the world and his batting was the benchmark of batsmanship and no one came close to him and only Sunil Gavaskar from India was on his level and so there are a lot of amazing batting Performances by this all time great of the game.
Vivian Richards was an extraordinary player who was so above the average cricketer and he used to tell the bowlers where he would smash them and then the next ball would go there and he did this for years and in both the formats of the game. So, let’s look at the Top 5 Best Sir Vivian Richards batting Performances
291 vs England (1976)
This was a test match against England in the year 1976 when It was all about Viv Richards and in the first innings of this test match he plays v s extraordinary innings with the bat. Everyone who watched it was absolutely shocked that how can a batter play like this and male it look like a joke. He was special and he showed all his class in this innings of 291 where he dominated the great England bowling attack and hit them to all parts and hit 38 fours and just fell short of a triple hundred but the fans who were there in Barbados to watch this are lucky.
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232 vs England (1976)
It was the same series and this time he made another double hundred and this one was a more brutal one compared to the last one we talked about and in this innings he showed no respect to any of the Bowlers who were playing and he was just toying with the bowling and in this incredible innings he smacked 31 fours and 4 huge sixes this adding to the misery of England throughout this series. He was truly out of this world.
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208 vs Australia (1984)
To make 208 from just 245 balls in a test match and that too in 1984 is simply staggering and no one other than Viv Richards could have fomt it. He was at his ruthless best in this innings as he absolutely decimated the great Australia bowling attack at that time and he made it look so easy and in this innings he hit 22 fours and 3 big sixes to bring up another double hundred.
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189” vs England (1984)
This is perhaps the greatest ODI innings of all time considering no one other than him got more than 26 in this batting innings. The difference in class between Viv Richards and the others was visible in this innings as he single handedly took West Indies to a score from where they won the match by 104 runs. He made these runs in just 170 balls and if any one of the others was standing with him for a bit longer he would have become the first batter to hit 200 in an ODI match. He hit 21 fours and 5 huge sixes in this monster innings of his.
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153* vs Australia (1979)
This innings of 153* vs Australia is also one of the all time great ODI innings and he showed no mercy to the Aussie Bowlers that day and was in a mood to show who’s boss around here and he did exactly that. He absolutely destroyed the bowling attack to all parts and hit 16 fours and 1 big six to bring up his 150 and the West Indies would beat Australia easily by 80 runs to win the match. Vivian Richards was the talisman of world cricket and people used to pay everything to just come watch him bat.
