VIV RICHARDS 232 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES 1st TEST MATCH DAYS 1 & 2 TRENT BRIDGE JUNE 3 & 4 1976

[@anthonioscotland1842]

The swag boss on the go, a joy to watch 👌👌👌👌

[@fruitopia6798]

I only got to see him twice, he made 50 odd both times, never flinched against the fastest bowling, there was nobody else in his class back then, he was 2 decades ahead of his time

[@markhayward7400]

This was the innings by which Viv Richards announced his arrival as a world-class batsman. I can still remember, as a boy aged 9, watching this first time around. No English bstsman I had seen then had ever hit the ball so hard or so imperiously. The Master Blaster was well nicknamed!

[@mizofan]

That long hot summer of 76, what a memorable series, Viv so majestic.

[@joshuahenry9135]

Thanks for this footage. Great memories!! The best.

[@engelbertcampbellda2264]

My favorite batsman before Brian Lara the great Viv Richard

[@vikramrathore8339]

For me,he was the ULTIMATE BATSMAN.the real master ❤

[@Jojpjjpkpjpjpjjpjjjlnohiguvu]

The same view is shared by almost every cricketer of Viv’s era or the ones after. Virtually the entire Aussie, English, Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan teams of the 1970s and beyond rate him as the best they have seen. Yes, a true master.

[@markhiggins8315]

Old was never the luckiest of bowlers but even here when the Master Blaster was in full flow he looked a class act.

[@curtisalleyne3710]

I heard he works as a cashier now

[@Michael43713]

Played against him in '85 in Northumberland County League.

[@Ambient99939]

@@Michael43713 You played against him?

[@michael42158]

​@Ambient99939 Yes, when he was a league professional. I also played against Desmond Haynes, Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh.

[@Ambient99939]

@@michael42158 Was cricket different back then, i mean do you think the bowlers were of a different quality compared to now?

[@stuartmartin2615]

Best batsman.

[@alanprior7650]

Richards makes it look so easy.

[@johncourtneidge]

Thank-you!

[@ZakiaKhan-f8n]

Very poor English bowling attack and a dead pitch.

[@vantheman1238]

They look ordinary don’t they