The manliest man to ever play cricket. One of the greatest of all time. So glad we have his old videos to marvel at.
@juanestadian84713 жыл бұрын
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-oe2gh3 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
@123abcdef32 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
@martinwalsh84532 жыл бұрын
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
@BatMan-oe2gh3 жыл бұрын
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.
@CoyoteAUS2 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 Жыл 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.
@blessedandpeaceful2 ай бұрын
@@georgeramapuram Viv indeed took Aussie fast bowlers for a ride. He dominated all of them. The only bowler who managed to get Richards in trouble was Lillee sometimes. But I have seen Richards hitting him out of the ground many a time. So no, there was no Aussie fast bowler who was able get Viv in trouble.They were all dominated.
@NarendranAshok2 жыл бұрын
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'.
@diannehogan76052 жыл бұрын
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.
@pravinchavan59152 жыл бұрын
Sir Vivian Richards is Real King on the cricket ground.
@ArcaneCompanion3 жыл бұрын
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
@wobblertv80833 жыл бұрын
The perfect combination of elegance and brutality. Met him once when I was a kid .great bloke as well .
@Venom707872 жыл бұрын
Riya ,z will explain medicated food to you.
@davidtaliai9962 жыл бұрын
Dont care what anybody says. He is without question the most destructive and the greatest attacking batsman against elite fast bowling.
@francestebb2970 Жыл бұрын
Yes I remember him and Clive take apart teams 156 in about an hour incredible
@nickmorris9689 Жыл бұрын
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
@muttleycrew3 жыл бұрын
Sir Vivian Richards is my favourite player of all time.
@TheGilbalfas3 жыл бұрын
Mine too. He's the reason I took up the game.
@shameemahmad84683 жыл бұрын
Best batsman of all time
@andrewmunro38732 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 Жыл 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
@rickynaicker73137 ай бұрын
Definitely my favourite cricketer
@sudiptabrahma26312 жыл бұрын
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.
@zodiac69682 жыл бұрын
You are correct Sir, and to think, there are idiots out there who say Dennis Lillee is overrated.
@bageokuttikkatt5864 ай бұрын
Both are fearless
@benjaminminnee29483 ай бұрын
@@zodiac6968I know Richard Hadlee, another true great, was definitely influenced by and looked up to Lillee. I’m sorry I never got to see him play live
@mattc39293 жыл бұрын
Viv is my first pick in my all time team.
@fishjj763 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.
@kunalsingh31213 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.
@fishjj763 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.
@fishjj763 жыл бұрын
I'd still like to see your best 11 sides if you're willing to put your mind to it.
@kunalsingh31213 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.
@dineshkumarsnair79642 жыл бұрын
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...
@amitjain11000 Жыл бұрын
six over cover off a fast bowler like Lawson, tremendous hitting, nobody else can play like him ever.
@adrianboshoff15822 жыл бұрын
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...
@suhin88973 жыл бұрын
Greatest of all time
@adrianboshoff15822 жыл бұрын
Sir Viv Richard's... the modern day Muhammad Ali of Cricket... by far... love this man.
@nuffzed2001 Жыл бұрын
Modern? It’s 30-40 years ago
@najamhassan871 Жыл бұрын
We Indians too love him, A Legend Who has balls of steel to face real fast bolling without helmets, A greattttt Player...
@prescientselector378411 ай бұрын
Goddam that man had some talent. And what a team !
@francestebb2970 Жыл бұрын
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
@Mr1979flapjack2 жыл бұрын
Sorry Indian fans but this man is the GOAT, in my opinion.
@mastatrooper99402 жыл бұрын
Viv Richards the Master. The greatest of all time
@HeartsforJesus252 жыл бұрын
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
@cjmarcus672 жыл бұрын
• 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!!!
@frankford11153 жыл бұрын
Viv. What a competitor!
@maureenthomas97582 жыл бұрын
Him and John Barnes 2 coolest sportsmen of the 80s and most flair and swagger
@hkmishramishra8512 жыл бұрын
🙏Viv Sir is the most destructive batsman in World Cricket
@RanaTahirBaog Жыл бұрын
Real king of cricket ❤❤❤
@muralikrishna54502 жыл бұрын
The greatest of his generation and any generation since..
@madhusudanpunnakkalappu52533 жыл бұрын
Only cricketer who commands respect the moment he walks on to the field
@AJ-tv6uk3 жыл бұрын
A man with the extra ordinary caliber ..
@gmanjun2 жыл бұрын
The man who dedicated His life to the game cricket and showed how to play cricket very sportively, whatsoever the situation. Regards 🌸🌻🌾🔔🔔🔔
@rayhoward964428 күн бұрын
Always thought the coaches said when at stance you move back-foot first - suppose to buy a little more time to pick up length and line. This guy was UNREAL!!
@rshreycar9696 Жыл бұрын
Legend
@nathansmart153211 ай бұрын
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. 🏝️
@Juliuspereira50852 жыл бұрын
Everyone needs CONFIDENCE like Sir Viv ☺😇
@robiniapseudoacacia2 жыл бұрын
1.53 wow what an athlete he was
@hemantnaik95152 жыл бұрын
All time great player
@richposports70303 жыл бұрын
The Master Blaster 🙌
@nightwatchman74823 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrkipling22013 жыл бұрын
One of the best comments I’ve seen for a long time. 👍👍
@TheGilbalfas3 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.
@wce053083 жыл бұрын
@@TheGilbalfas top comment 👌
@NuXta3 жыл бұрын
Warne should be banished. He was a great cricketer but otherwise he's just a dumb hick.
@BatMan-oe2gh3 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.
@mobohra3 жыл бұрын
When I see him, I want to be like him
@mahi-ve7em2 жыл бұрын
Always the king 👑 viv. None can match him.
@MrSinghSAmit2 ай бұрын
Man! This is cricket and it will be forever. Balls vs Balls
@khurramjamil89902 жыл бұрын
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.
@kuldipsingh3663 жыл бұрын
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.
@hanzalahbilal9262 жыл бұрын
He is real master blaster.... No other batsman reach his arrogance in batting...
@andrew7440 Жыл бұрын
Happy birthday Viv.
@sagarsurya12612 жыл бұрын
Imagine Richard's today in smaller boundaries and bigger bats
@OccantSaipaul4 ай бұрын
Cricket was so cool in the late 70s, 89s and 90s and even into the early 2000s.
@khaleefax95537 ай бұрын
*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 !!!*
@fisherrich1002 жыл бұрын
The Best. Enough said!
@prasadrao2895 Жыл бұрын
Viv Richards, greatest batsman.
@raajac2720 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ArunB162 жыл бұрын
My Favourite
@swamistyle Жыл бұрын
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.
@shameemahmad84683 жыл бұрын
Best batsman in the cricket
@robocop59353 жыл бұрын
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.
@48574512 жыл бұрын
Simply the best!
@jameshope3983 ай бұрын
the greatest batsman i've ever seen
@waynewiddowson52418 ай бұрын
Bruce Buffer should have been on the loudspeaker everytime sir viv entered the arena !!! IT'S TIIIIIIIIIIMMMME 🎉
@chintanvarmora19943 жыл бұрын
Easily The Greatest Batsman to play to game
@jamesalexander16472 жыл бұрын
Bradman says hi, but certainly best when it comes to changing the game
@kunalsingh31212 жыл бұрын
@@jamesalexander1647 Best after World War-II for sure; Is that politically correct enough ??
@aquaworld240 Жыл бұрын
Cricket lovers always Love Richards
@ahmedabdullah-bz9yc Жыл бұрын
Maradona n Viv ......2 immortals of all sports history no tiger woods ,no messi n co have Impacted ordinary people loked these 2s
@muhammadshakeel3482 жыл бұрын
The only King.
@syedfayaz2149 Жыл бұрын
"Black is Beautiful 😍 and Black is the Best 🏏👑
@Chennakeshava-vh5fd Жыл бұрын
HE WAS KING OF KING AND LORD OF LORD IN BATTING. ERA PLAYERS.
@JishuKC Жыл бұрын
The King❤
@basmandi4 ай бұрын
I am an Indian. Since 1984 i watched my forever favourite King VIV. Till today at age of 53 i watch him only his videos because he only real King of Cricket
@sl-usa-lions65262 жыл бұрын
The 👑 that ruled a COMPLETE TEAM ☝️👍🙏 The ORIGINAL Master Blaster ☝️👍🙏
@davidbrown217Ай бұрын
AB said it..." best batsman in ANY Era..." Aussies loved watchin' the Master Blaster and that GREAT team come out here and take it up to any of our blokes.They were untouchable for a bloody decade those Legends,what a fuckin' team ! And there was Sir Viv, no helmet, swingin' a fence paling with a handle against Thommo n Lillee 😂 ...now THATS A KING!
@anantraman77993 ай бұрын
He is the King King King
@mudassar1922 жыл бұрын
When Viv Richards bats, it seems like no batsman has come to modern cricket. No doubt
@sampathjayathilaka85582 жыл бұрын
One and only king Richard my favourite hero
@suffern63 Жыл бұрын
Sad to see the state of the West Indies today.What a player he was.
@ArkoRay3 жыл бұрын
Why didn't Viv play the 1992 World Cup ? He retired just 6 months before the WC. Strange 🤔
@michaelparadisis40763 жыл бұрын
I believe he was informed he wouldn’t be selected to play in the World Cup.
@rgudduu2 жыл бұрын
This video is of 1991?
@harshaphukan5091 Жыл 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.
@arnaboceanatyahoo Жыл бұрын
Real king
@magnusmcgee9933 жыл бұрын
Imagine Viv Richards with a modern bat in with Chris Gayle in T20!!!
@hritesh7 Жыл бұрын
And one down abd
@shailendraautomotive2 жыл бұрын
His ATTITUDE
@CBigsby3 жыл бұрын
WWOS - More cricket please
@amitgokhale65783 жыл бұрын
Viv Richards never had to face the West Indies pace battery
@MeanAzz_133 жыл бұрын
Oh shut up Muppet boy!
@kunalsingh31212 жыл бұрын
Similarly Greg Chappell and Sunil Gavaskar never faced pair of Lillee and Thomson..Never ending tedious debate
@paulhealey74992 жыл бұрын
And your point is what?
@krishnakumarsb77922 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 Жыл бұрын
He did and he would tear them apart
@so033 жыл бұрын
Legend.
@manikmalakar24243 ай бұрын
The best
@longjohn532223 сағат бұрын
I think many players benefit from having great players around them but I also think that Viv would have been great regardless. In all the time I watched him I never saw him flinch in his approach to the game and that famous swagger. And I have a clear bias in my support and admiration for players who stand their ground and use offense as their main weapon.
@csahni0872 жыл бұрын
The 🐐
@prosenjitbanerjee749011 ай бұрын
Dean Jones once said I wish viv had played for Australia
@tomrankin38934 ай бұрын
Can you imagine Viv with modern bats and boundary ropes? Frightening.
@ab42112 жыл бұрын
Listen to the sound off the bat.
@alldaydevo3 жыл бұрын
Punched well above their weight. Awesome
@pieterfan2 жыл бұрын
Young Tony Cozier in the video without the specs...good to see..
@juanestadian84713 жыл бұрын
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.
@juanestadian84713 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
@tarunhazari35503 жыл бұрын
Imagine him playing t 20 .,..... Crowd roaring
@119beaker3 жыл бұрын
Especially with a modern bat.
@niranjannair36333 жыл бұрын
@@119beaker and with 60 metre boundary.Back then they were 80-85 metre boundaries
@gpet23 Жыл бұрын
I wonder why he didn’t play the 92 World Cup
@kneeshiddho11 ай бұрын
CR7 is the Viv of football, attitude-wise...
@theislamicchannel64422 жыл бұрын
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
@halcyon70186 ай бұрын
3:59 - one of the grimmest deliveries I've ever seen, off of a length
@mohammadzafar9508 Жыл бұрын
😊❤
@rgudduu2 жыл бұрын
No flick shots. A big missing aspect of Viv legacy videos.
@omgio788 Жыл бұрын
If Richards says Aussies are bullies, Aussies are bullies. Case closed.