List of international cricket centuries by Viv Richards

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Viv Richards has scored 24 centuries in Test matches and 11 centuries in One Day Internationals.

Vivian Richards is a former international cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 runs or more) in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches. In 2000, he was knighted for his services to cricket, and during the same year named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Century.[1] He is generally considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time, and in 2002 he was honoured by Wisden, who named him as the greatest ODI batsman of all time,[2][3] and the third greatest Test batsman.[4] After four years, he received the Most Exalted Order of National Hero award in his native Antigua.[5]

Richards made his Test debut against

England at the Antigua Recreation Ground, Richards scored the fastest century in Test cricket, reaching his twentieth Test hundred in 56 balls.[note 2][9] Richards has the third-highest number of centuries for the West Indies, behind Brian Lara's 34 and Sobers' 26.[10]

In One Day International cricket, Richards made his debut during the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England.[11] He scored his first century the following year in the same country, during the first ODI match of the tour, remaining 119 not out. He holds the two highest scores by a West Indian batsman in ODI cricket, 181 against Sri Lanka in 1987 and 189 not out against England in 1984.[12] His score of 189 not out was also the highest score by any ODI batsman for just under 13 years, until it was surpassed by Saeed Anwar's 194.[note 3][14] This innings was also named by Wisden as the best ODI innings of all-time in a 2002 list.[15] In total, seven of Richards' eleven centuries were in the top 100, and his 1979 unbeaten 138 against England at Lord's ranked second.[15]

Key

  • * denotes that he remained not out.
  • ‡ denotes that he was the captain of the West Indian team in that match.
  • Pos. denotes his position in the batting order.
  • Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series.
  • Inn. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • H/A/N denotes whether the venue is home (West Indies), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
  • Lost denotes that the match was lost by West Indies.
  • Won denotes that the match was won by West Indies.
  • BF denotes the number of balls faced by Richards in his innings.
  • S/R denotes strike rate.

Test cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 192*  India 5 2 2/5 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away 11 December 1974 Won[16]
2 101  Australia 2 4 5/6 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 23 January 1976 Lost[17]
3 142  India 3 2 1/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 10 March 1976 Won[18]
4 130  India 3 1 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 24 March 1976 Draw[19]
5 177  India 3 1 3/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 7 April 1976 Lost[20]
6 232  England 3 1 1/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 3 June 1976 Draw[21]
7 135  England 3 3 3/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 8 July 1976 Won[22]
8 291  England 3 1 5/5 The Oval, London Away 12 August 1976 Won[23]
9 140  Australia 3 2 1/2 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away 1 December 1979 Draw[24]
10 145  England 3 2 2/5 Lord's, London Away 19 June 1980 Draw[25]
11 120*  Pakistan 3 1 4/4 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan Away 30 December 1980 Draw[26]
12 182*  England 4 3 3/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 13 March 1981 Won[27]
13 114  England 3 2 4/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 27 March 1981 Draw[28]
14 109  India 3 1 3/5 Bourda, Georgetown Home 31 March 1983 Draw[29]
15 120  India 4 2 4/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 24 November 1983 Draw[30]
16 178  Australia 4 2 4/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 7 April 1984 Won[31]
17 117  England 4 2 1/5 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away 14 June 1984 Won[32]
18 208  Australia 5 1 4/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 22 December 1984 Draw[33]
19 105 ‡  New Zealand 6 2 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 26 April 1985 Won[34]
20 110* ‡  England 3 3 5/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 11 April 1986 Won[35]
21 109* ‡  India 5 4 1/4 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away 25 November 1987 Won[36]
22 123 ‡  Pakistan 5 3 2/3 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 14 April 1988 Draw[37]
23 146 ‡  Australia 5 1 2/5 WACA Ground, Perth Away 2 December 1988 Won[38]
24 110 ‡  India 5 2 4/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 28 April 1989 Won[39]

ODI centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. BF S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 119*  England 3 2 133 89.47
North Marine Road, Scarborough
 Away 26 August 1976 Won[40]
2 138*  England 3 1 157 87.89 Lord's, London Away 23 June 1979 Won[41]
3 153*  Australia 3 1 130 117.69 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 9 December 1979 Won[42]
4 119  India 3 1 146 81.50 The Oval, London Neutral 15 June 1983 Won[43]
5 149  India 3 1 99 150.50 Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Away 7 December 1983 Won[44]
6 106  Australia 4 1 95 111.57 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 22 January 1984 Won[45]
7 189*  England 4 1 170 111.17 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 31 May 1984 Won[46]
8 103*  Australia 4 2 122 84.42 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 15 January 1985 Won[47]
9 119 ‡  New Zealand 5 1 113 105.30 Carisbrook, Dunedin Away 18 March 1987 Won[48]
10 181 ‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 125 144.80
National Stadium, Karachi
 Neutral 13 October 1987 Won[49]
11 110 ‡  India 4 2 77 142.85 Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Away 5 January 1988 Won[50]

Notes

  1. Mohammad Yousuf (2006).[7]
  2. ^ Although Richards' century was the fastest in terms of balls, it was only the fifth fastest in terms of time, 11 minutes slower than the 70-minute record held by Jack Gregory.[9]
  3. ^ In addition to Saeed Anwar's 194, Charles Coventry's 194* and Sachin Tendulkar's 200* have since exceeded Richards' score.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Master blaster". The Observer. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Sir Viv reaches milestone". BBC Sport. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  3. ^ Tennant, Ivo (24 October 2008). "Viv Richards' top 10 places in Antigua". The Times. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Tendulkar second-best ever: Wisden". rediff.com. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  5. ^ Smith, Gary (4 November 2006). "West Indies legend Sir Vivian honoured by Antigua-Barbuda". Caribbean Net News. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Test Matches played by Viv Richards (121)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
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  8. ^ "Cricket of the Year – 1977: Viv Richards". Wisden. 1977. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest hundreds". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  10. ^ "Records / West Indies / Test matches / Most hundreds". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  11. ^ "One-Day International Matches played by Viv Richards (187)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  12. ^ "Records / West Indies / One-Day Internationals / High scores". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  13. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  14. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  15. ^ a b "Top 100 Innings of all time". rediff.com. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
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