Viv Richards

The evolution of running between the wickets

When a part-time club spinner bowled long hops to the two biffers to see how far they could hit it

What's it like to have Richards buy you birthday beers?

Forty years ago today, the master put the finishing touches on his most dominating performance in an uncharacteristically sultry English season filled with them

Massive, huge, monstrous - and did we mention really massive? Here's a handful of the biggest hits you've ever seen

Thirty years ago England were battered, bruised, broken and blackwashed in the Caribbean

Forty years ago Clive Lloyd and Co arrived in England ready to forge reputations. They left having established legends

A host of West Indies legends including Garry Sobers, Vivian Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts have called upon the WICB to dissolve the board, in line with the CARICOM cricket review panel's recommendation

Watching a cricket tournament from behind the scenes can teach you a lot about the sport and players you spend all your time obsessing about

Viv Richards has shown a different side of himself in the Quetta Gladiators dugout. He says unlike all the other T20 leagues where he has played similar roles, for the first time he felt he was part of a closely-knit family

Sixty-three-year-old Viv Richards may never have played T20 cricket, but the Quetta Gladiators mentor managed to grab the attention of every single youngster around him with his baritone voice and big-hearted laughter

Chandra and Qadir, Gower and Viv - a case for the transformative power of the miniature

The greatest Test performances: Nos. 31-40 include some of the best bowling performances, and the cream of the Gavaskar crop

The greatest Test performances: Nos. 21-30 feature a bunch of tall scores, Sehwag and Lara triples, a KP classic, and a Pollock milestone

The greatest Test performances: Nos. 11-20 include Kumble's ten-for, Lara's 400, and Greenidge's epic chase

Looking back at West Indies' first series win down under

Another pitch, another track: the West Indian team touring England in 1976 stop in at a London studio to record a calypso

Viv Richards has supported Jason Holder's promotion to the West Indies Test captaincy, saying the allrounder had the ability and was not too young for the job

Identified as a natural talent by Viv Richards, Jermaine Blackwood showed his attacking instincts during a fighting, maiden Test hundred