OTD| Viv Richards registered his career-best score of 291 runs in 5th Test of the series against Australia

Sir Vivian Richards was one of the fiercest batters as well as a character on and off the field. Richards was among the player who used to carry that aura around him whenever he used to go out to bat or just step into the field for practice sessions. The major strength in Richards’s batting was that he had an equally strong front foot as well as a back foot game. 

The right-hand batter consisted of tremendous power as he had a devastating hook shot from the front foot and also at that time when he did not use where a helmet. The 71-year-old had a similar attitude whether he played in Test or even in the ODI format. In the 121 matches, the right-hand batter has played for in the international arena he has gone on to score 8540 runs at an average of 50.23 to mark an end to his illustrious cricketing career. 

It was on this day when the legendary batter registered scored his highest score in Test match cricket when he thrashed the English batters all around the park and when registered a score of 291 runs in 386 deliveries. This inning was also surprising to the fans because considering the innings there were no sixes that were hit in the match by the West Indies legendary batter. 

The innings from the former West Indian great were helpful for the team to post a formidable first-innings score for the visitors which was helpful for them getting in a early advantage in the last Test match. Especially, with the help of this victory the West Indies team won the series by 3-0. The star West India batter also ended the Test series as the leading run scorer with a tremendous 829 runs to his name in just the innings which he batted with an astonishing average of 118.42 which clearly shows the level of his domination in the series.