The manliest man to ever play cricket. One of the greatest of all time. So glad we have his old videos to marvel at.

Its not that I think I am better than anybody. Its just that, if we're competing, I WANT TO BE THE BEST- Classic Viv

@BatMan-oe2gh

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, ALL of the Best sports stars have that attitude. To be the best, you have to believe you are the best, and Viv was the best. Cheers

@123abcdef3

Жыл бұрын

That's a Michael Jordan like statement. All the greats believe in their ability.

@jessiejames9479

Жыл бұрын

​@@123abcdef3 werr

@nagarajahsenthilrajan4072

Жыл бұрын

​@@jessiejames9479 😊8o99knk❤m

The greatest of all time, original King of Cricket when batting was the art of bravery.

@Venom70787

Жыл бұрын

No medicated mind will try to diffuse and confuse.

@Venom70787

Жыл бұрын

Injectables or unstoppable.

@aquaworld240

9 ай бұрын

Richards six are orginal now boundary line sinks

@shezadm6300

5 ай бұрын

​@@aquaworld240yes they should leave boundaries like it was before size especially considering they have bigger and better bat these days! By the way, the videos on the playlist on my channel might interest some people!

The size of the grounds , the improvement in the pitches , the power of the bats now . Viv would have just been hitting balls out of stadiums for fun

Not only my favourite cricketer , but my favourite athlete from any sport, by a country mile , coolest guy on the planet, i always pretended to be him when I played as a kid , I was at the age when lucky enough to see his entire career , couldn’t believe he came to Glamorgan, god entered my life when the windies toured England in 1976

Glad you showed his fielding. He used to deliberately run slowly behind the ball, daring the batsman to try to take a single. Batsmen usually didn't.

The only time I loved Viv was when he played everyone else. Got real tired of him destroying Australia. But I still loved watching him bat. And the team he was in at that time, almost unbeatable. Great Bats, Great Bowlers, Great Fielders, a great team to watch. So pleased I got to see all of Viv's cricket.

@CoyoteAUS

2 жыл бұрын

I agree mate. I’m 54 never missed a game those days. Of course wanted Australia to win but gee I loved watching Viv bat in that ridiculously great 70/80s Windies team. We should never compare eras but that Windies teams would wreck any current era team.

@georgeramapuram

9 ай бұрын

Sounds so great! I was in the tendulkar era. Viv seems to evoke even greater emotions from cricket lovers of his era. Cheers to all other cricket lovers.

You can tell Border's deep respect of Richards by the way he wryly smiles when he starts speaking about his arrogant walk to the crease

Sir Vivian Richards is Real King on the cricket ground.

Sir Vivian Richards told that he want to have Sir Dennis Lillee in his team on any day. Two all time legends of its Era.

@zodiac6968

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct Sir, and to think, there are idiots out there who say Dennis Lillee is overrated.

Dont care what anybody says. He is without question the most destructive and the greatest attacking batsman against elite fast bowling.

@francestebb2970

5 ай бұрын

Yes I remember him and Clive take apart teams 156 in about an hour incredible

My favourite aspect of Sir Viv's batting is that he attacked all types of deliveries and aimed to score 4s / 6s off all of them. Defence / leaving and taking risky singles to rotate the strike were never part of his game and he never hesitated while playing his shots. Though he played his shots late after allowing the ball to fully come onto him - he was very confident and self-assured while smashing the opposition's bowling to all parts of the ground. Sir Viv was a 'once-in-a-lifetime' batsman and the period that he played cricket in can well be called 'The Vivian Richards Era'.

The perfect combination of elegance and brutality. Met him once when I was a kid .great bloke as well .

@Venom70787

Жыл бұрын

Riya ,z will explain medicated food to you.

Sir Vivian Richards is my favourite player of all time.

@TheGilbalfas

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too. He's the reason I took up the game.

@shameemahmad8468

2 жыл бұрын

Best batsman of all time

@andrewmunro3873

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he is my favourite cricketer as well of all time, and in my top 3 all time favourite sporting stars 🌟 from any sport. Absolutely legend and the most devastating batsman I have seen.

@boss302gorie8

5 ай бұрын

Same, never wore a helmet "you don't scare me bowler ",the swagger, coz Viv doesn't "walk " anywhere and a presence no one could match

@rickynaicker7313

12 күн бұрын

Definitely my favourite cricketer

Michael Holding once said nobody hated losing more than Sir Viv and that he would be intolerable after losses, but thankfully those Windies teams hardly lost

six over cover off a fast bowler like Lawson, tremendous hitting, nobody else can play like him ever.

Legend

Viv is my first pick in my all time team.

@fishjj76

2 жыл бұрын

What is your best test match 11? My test best 11 in batting order is: Jack Hobbs Arthur Morris Don Bradman Sachin Tendulkar Gary Sobers Adam Gilchrist Ray Lindwall Dennis Lillee Shane Warne Alec Bedser Bill O'Rielly My ODI squad (made up of only cricketers who played one day cricket): Adam Gilchrist Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara Viv Richards Michael Bevan Lance Kluesner Dennis Lillee Malcolm Marshall Shane Warne Mutiah Muralitheran Joel Garner Very flexible on all names on the list. But would love other people's thoughts.

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishjj76 Viv walks into any team best batter of post war era you even omitted Marshall another GOAT, Wasim Akram ?? ..Test XI is crap so in One dayers Kohli walks in at 4 behind Viv at 3 he is best odi player after Viv Richards.

@fishjj76

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 I did find it tough to pick from the fast bowlers a best ever attack. The ability Wasim Akram had to swing the ball both ways was impressive to watch. Malcolm Marshall had brutal pace too. I'll stick with Dennis Lillee though. But I am willing to change others.

@fishjj76

2 жыл бұрын

I'd still like to see your best 11 sides if you're willing to put your mind to it.

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishjj76 Well I can only selected players whom I saw and XI will be like 1.Gordon Greenidge 2. Geoff Boycott 3. Viv Richards 4. Sachin Tendulkar 5. Brian Lara 6. Adam Gilchrist 7. Imran Khan (c) 8. Wasim Akram 9. Shane Warne 10. Malcolm Marshall 11. Dennis Lillee ODI XI 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. Adam Gilchrist/Gordon Greenidge 3. Viv Richards 4. Virat Kohli 5. Ab De villers 6. Dean Jones 7. Ms Dhoni 8. Wasim Akram 9. Shane Warne 10 Joel Garner 11. Dennis Lillee Players i saw not going back to Donald Bradman, Garry Sobbers, Walter Hammonds, 3 W's, SF Barnes etc.

Sorry Indian fans but this man is the GOAT, in my opinion.

Any day, Any era of this sport called Cricket No other player had influenced the outcome whether On the field or Off the field, like Sir IVA Richards.. Few Indviduals have attracted me to a particulat sport like Richards did.. His attitude and appreciation was for Sport and Game not for the lure of the lucree.. Compared with the modern day Indian cricketer's.. Thank you God for making me love cricket when He was playing...

Real king of cricket ❤❤❤

Very seldom will you find in sport the magic a calm collected such as we witnessed in Sir Viv... but we need this so badly...

Goddam that man had some talent. And what a team !

1.53 wow what an athlete he was

Greatest of all time

Only cricketer who commands respect the moment he walks on to the field

🙏Viv Sir is the most destructive batsman in World Cricket

We Indians too love him, A Legend Who has balls of steel to face real fast bolling without helmets, A greattttt Player...

Viv Richards the Master. The greatest of all time

Got to be one of the greatest batsman's ever I remember how viv Richards used to dominate bowlers and how he could hit you out of the ground I saw him do it a lot of times to even great bowlers

• There is/was Viv and the rest of the greats - no comparison with anyone please!!! • He is one of the two players (other than Gary Sobers), that could have played in any era in all 3 formats • He knew the big stage, did it when mattered, was consistent and majestic, graceful, destructive, and above all had the game awareness • The most competitive - like Michael Jordan. Always wanted to win. Never played for records. Win, win, and win by any means necessary • Never seen any one play this shot even today - a perfect late outswinger moving way outside the off stump is dispatched on the onside of the front foot • Whatever shots played in T20 today were played by Viv back in the day • If he had played with today’s bats, smaller grounds, power play rules, 30-yard limitations, fast outfield, etc, he would have scored 300 in ODIs and 200 in T20s • Jeff Thomson said, the fastest bowler ever lived, he was a price scalp and half an hour of Viv would change the game • Add this to his repertoire - slip catching, fielding, and quick running between the wickets, and the swagger when entering the ground to let the fielders know that I am coming for you. • Whatever you see on TV from the modern masters is from Viv - the stride to the crease, flexing muscles, staring down at bowlers till their run up is reached, etc. Stop comparing!!!

The greatest of his generation and any generation since..

A man with the extra ordinary caliber ..

Him and John Barnes 2 coolest sportsmen of the 80s and most flair and swagger

Everyone needs CONFIDENCE like Sir Viv ☺😇

When I see him, I want to be like him

Sir Viv Richard's... the modern day Muhammad Ali of Cricket... by far... love this man.

@nuffzed2001

7 ай бұрын

Modern? It’s 30-40 years ago

He is real master blaster.... No other batsman reach his arrogance in batting...

There are not many individual characters like Viv in the game anymore, such as shame, no helmet era is gone, you could see the expressions of a player more.

Viv. What a competitor!

Imagine Richard's today in smaller boundaries and bigger bats

The Master Blaster 🙌

As an Aussie kid growing up in Sydney Living all Sports especially Footy n Cricket my Greatest Sports Stàr I Wanted to be like was Viv,I Loved Border alot and he was a Very distant Second.I think it was with Viv that I had very little Confidence or Belief and the Great Man had Enough for both of US. 🏝️

The man who dedicated His life to the game cricket and showed how to play cricket very sportively, whatsoever the situation. Regards 🌸🌻🌾🔔🔔🔔

I think the year was 1988-89. In the tri-series in Australia. Rain hit final at SCG. He created room, showing all three stumps and hit an inside shot for six over extra cover off Simon O’Donell. That’s the era we had full boundaries and bats were toothpicks compared to today. I have yet to see a better shot after 33 years.

The best thing about that era was the characters: Viv, DK Lillee, Thommo, Merv Hughes, Botham, Willis and in the comm box Bill Lawry, Tony Greig, Geoffrey Boycott. Not to forget men of dignity and substance: Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Martin Crowe and in commentary Richie Benaud, Fred Trueman, Ian Chappell. Today's is a more professional era but lacking in life, and the one guy who tries to move away from drabness on air, Warne, is universally berated. It's not T20 that's killing cricket, it's the drabness and cookie-cutter poster boys.

@mrkipling2201

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best comments I’ve seen for a long time. 👍👍

@TheGilbalfas

2 жыл бұрын

I think Warne can be annoying to listen to. A small minded competitive boofhead that needs to learn to listen. The biggest problem with the commentators are the people are not as worldly or as educated or well rounded as human beings and so they sound like ex-players cheering on their team. And they should commentate in 2's not 3's. They should spar politely back and forth; not tell beer swilling stories and laugh at each others jokes like KOK and co. That does not engage the audience into booth like Tony G & Bill Lawry used to. Or even Ian Chappell disagreeing with everyone was stimulating. First rule is conflict - and we are not bored.

@wce05308

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGilbalfas top comment 👌

@NuXta

2 жыл бұрын

Warne should be banished. He was a great cricketer but otherwise he's just a dumb hick.

@BatMan-oe2gh

2 жыл бұрын

As Mr. Ritchie Benaud stated, the commentators job is to describe the play to the people, and that is it. Warne rabbits on too much and a lot of his commentary is pretty poor compared to the others.

Always the king 👑 viv. None can match him.

*In the era of paper-thin bats, long boundaries, no bouncer restriction rules, no free hit BS rule, and having to face the likes of Lilly, Thomspon, Headly, Imram and Botham on uncured pitches ..... HE WAS THE KING OF KINGS !!!*

No way there is no bowler v batsman like Dennis Lillie v Viv Richards. I'd sometimes would miss a day out to Cronulla or manly just to watch Australia v west Indies in a wsc 1 day mach in the early 80,s.

Easily The Greatest Batsman to play to game

@jamesalexander1647

2 жыл бұрын

Bradman says hi, but certainly best when it comes to changing the game

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesalexander1647 Best after World War-II for sure; Is that politically correct enough ??

The only King.

All time great player

Bruce Buffer should have been on the loudspeaker everytime sir viv entered the arena !!! IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIMMMME 🎉

The organisers of the 92 World Cup scheduled Australia to play the Windies at the MCG in the last match of the group stage. Imagine 80,000+ seeing the great man for his swansong (Just like Imran got to experience in the final). But the Windies selectors robbed us all of that opportunity by leaving him out of the squad. The Windies didn't make it past the group stage.

Best batsman in the cricket

Viv played test or one day match line T20, if he play now Mumbai India Mukesh Ambani will fetch even 100 crores So viv is king of cricket.never ever another viv. I have very fortunate chance to many vivs live performance. Long live sir viv❤💓, where ever which ever country you are once see vivs batting ,never change another channel. Untill his out bowlers always ferar about what ,how to bowl viv.

Simply the best!

The Best. Enough said!

Happy birthday Viv.

WWOS - More cricket please

Viv Richards never had to face the West Indies pace battery

@MeanAzz_13

2 жыл бұрын

Oh shut up Muppet boy!

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

Similarly Greg Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar never faced pair of Lillee and Thomson..Never ending tedious debate

@paulhealey7499

2 жыл бұрын

And your point is what?

@krishnakumarsb7792

2 жыл бұрын

That's incorrect. Richards played all the Caribbean pacers in the local west Indian league Red Stripe cup. Also he faced them during his long English County stint for Somerset and Hampshire.

@chegegatibui3560

7 ай бұрын

He did and he would tear them apart

Maradona n Viv ......2 immortals of all sports history no tiger woods ,no messi n co have Impacted ordinary people loked these 2s

My Favourite

Viv Richards, greatest batsman.

Sad to see the state of the West Indies today.What a player he was.

"Black is Beautiful 😍 and Black is the Best 🏏👑

Legend.

I saw Vivian Richards nephew in QLD, his nephew is a soccer player.

The 👑 that ruled a COMPLETE TEAM ☝️👍🙏 The ORIGINAL Master Blaster ☝️👍🙏

When Viv Richards bats, it seems like no batsman has come to modern cricket. No doubt

Cricket lovers always Love Richards

The King❤

Imagine Viv Richards with a modern bat in with Chris Gayle in T20!!!

@hritesh7

Жыл бұрын

And one down abd

Real king

His ATTITUDE

The 🐐

HE WAS KING OF KING AND LORD OF LORD IN BATTING. ERA PLAYERS.

Punched well above their weight. Awesome

One and only king Richard my favourite hero

Why didn't Viv play the 1992 World Cup ? He retired just 6 months before the WC. Strange 🤔

@michaelparadisis4076

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he was informed he wouldn’t be selected to play in the World Cup.

@rgudduu

2 жыл бұрын

This video is of 1991?

@harshaphukan5091

5 ай бұрын

I think by that time he was not as consistent and his eyesight and reflexes were starting to fail him. He saw the writing on the wall and retired.

Dean Jones once said I wish viv had played for Australia

Young Tony Cozier in the video without the specs...good to see..

😊❤

Listen to the sound off the bat.

Imagine him playing t 20 .,..... Crowd roaring

@119beaker

2 жыл бұрын

Especially with a modern bat.

@niranjannair3633

2 жыл бұрын

@@119beaker and with 60 metre boundary.Back then they were 80-85 metre boundaries

You can thank the WICB for not giving Viv a fitting send off during the 1992 World Cup. That is how that mess of an organization dealt with its legends. At least Skerrit is restoring some respectability to the organization, even if the results are not in his favor now.

@juanestadian8471

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 viv did not average as much as he did in the late 80s......but that does not mean that he did not merit a place on the WC side. He could have made the side purely on leadership. Richardson was and did remain a toothless, awful captain who was tactically as inept as Jason Holder. And with players as inconsistent as Atherton, we needed more steel in the batting

CR7 is the Viv of football, attitude-wise...

I wonder why he didn’t play the 92 World Cup

Ferrari Bugatti Rolls-Royce of Batting The moment Viv came to bat the game changed to fastest gear open challenge to bowlers I'm going to go after you all especially the best bowler of the team. fearless aggressive. Remember always when you talk discuss records compare with protective gears helmets and so on the latest sophisticated equipment gadgets the limitations of bouncers by bowlers and without all of the above. No current batsmen will dare to do what Richards Gavaskar did play face attack lillee Thomson Marshall garner holding Robert's patterson & many other lethal dangerous bowlers of that 70 80s era without ⛑️sophisticated helmets protective gears no limitations of bouncers Rolls Royce of Batting without helmets protective gears and no limitations of bouncers Huge difference to play with and without protective gears and unlimited bouncers short pitched bowling The game changed to the topmost gear the moment Viv Richards stepped on to the ground his entry itself was sufficient, his style walk, taking guard said to the opposition I am here now show me what you got and I am here to destroy you all especially the best bowler of your team nowadays batsmen attack identity weak bowlers Viv attacked destroyed every teams most fearsome bowlers. I always wanted Greenidge or Haynes to get out quickly as I loved to watch Viv enter and murder hammer blast destroy the best bowlers of the era

No flick shots. A big missing aspect of Viv legacy videos.

".. next year's World Cup in Australia could see him back in action" - alas, it was not to be - the King, denied a farewell by his own board.

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

Rightfully so he was just overdragging himself post 1988' and in process spoiled his stats a fair bit.

The fourth-greatest batsman ever

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

Who are the other 3 fortunate better than Viv ??

@BinaryRex18

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 WG, Hobbs and Bradman

@chemistryset1

2 жыл бұрын

@@BinaryRex18 WG Grace? You having a laugh? Bradman and then Richards imo.

@BinaryRex18

2 жыл бұрын

@@chemistryset1 what's wrong with WG? For ten years he averaged 50 while the next-best batter averaged 30.

First time I see tony cozier hairy

*KINGS of the 80's 1 Day Team* Greenidge 🇦🇬 Haynes 🇦🇬 *Sir Viv* 🇦🇬 Border - C 🇦🇺 Ian Botham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Imran Khan 🇵🇰 Kapil Dev 🇮🇳 Dujon 🇦🇬 Hadlee 🇳🇿 Marshall 🇦🇬 Lillie 🇦🇺 *12th Man* Abdul Qadair 🇵🇰

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

Garner and Akram ahead of Hadlee and Marshall.

@MeanAzz_13

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 Akram was more dominant in the 90s much like Hadlee was in the 80s n Malcom Marshall way dangerous bowler than Garner

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@MeanAzz_13 Lillee also only played ODI's till June 1983; but I agree he is an all time great and walks in most XI's.. Garner was very difficult bowler to score from that action..Wont let many teams get away and wicket taker better than Macko (In Odis macko underachieved for his stature).. Wasim got into his groove by 1987 or so after good 3 yrs behind him.

@MeanAzz_13

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 Malcom Marshall under achieved? Lol He's one the Greatest of all time more so than Garner

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@MeanAzz_13 Plese read my comment properly !! Macko is greatest I ever saw along with Wasim & Dennis.. I was specifically talking about ODI's where he bit underachieved for his standards...Overall simply best.

Easily the greatest ODI batsman of all time...

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

He is the greatest of all times and to be more politically correct best since WW-II.

@abhishekn9871

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 greatest of all time is debatable... But definitely the best ever in ODIs...

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@abhishekn9871 Nahahaa. Vivy is the greatest bar Bradman thats why I said he is greatest of post war era era... He was best of his time by some margin and easily best I saw in any format Test or ODI since 1977.. ,Viv was probably better test player then ODIs just destroy great attacks at no.3 with terrific consistency... There were many great ODI batters but any tag of greatesst ever be debatable but as Nasser hussains said If u ask a lot of people who is greatest they ever saw they will say its Viv !!

@abhishekn9871

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 test no way he's the best ever after Bradman... Tendulkar is ahead in tests IMO...

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@abhishekn9871 Well against mediocore attacks may be but against top attacks where matter most Viv was the men.. Tendulkar has a poor record against Australia, RSA and even Pak when their ace pacers like Mcgrath, Donald and Akram played..unlike Viv who performed better against Aussies when Lillee was their...Obviously both Tendulkar & Viv had other greats around them to pulverize Mcgrath-less aussie attack or Lillee -aussie attacks.. In any case just look Viv brilliant consistency across all four innings of test, his lowest avg is 48 (that too dipped in last yrs when he overplayed till 40, he use to avg 50+ each innings that tells about Viv's skill with the bat despite such a risky gameplay).. They both were top guns in 1970s and 1990s as they both avg 58, Viv avg 50 in 80s to Tendulkar's 52 in 2000s but everyone knows 2000 onwards avging 50 became a joke which was pinnacle of ultimate greatness a decade or two back.... Both Tendulkar and Viv were awful in their last 2-3 yrs .and spoiled their stats fairbit.. I saw a lot of them and Viv is the best I saw... Lara can challenge Tendulkar when it comes to destroying quality attacks let alone Vivy.

Thats what tony cozier looks like...

If Richards says Aussies are bullies, Aussies are bullies. Case closed.

Real.mastar.blastar

@chandrakantjharia6782

Жыл бұрын

Viv sir and Sanath jaisuriya is real mastar blastar

he had the forearms of a grizzly bear :)

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