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Sir Viv Richards, West Indies

Sir Viv Richards, a former West Indies cricketer, was born on Mar 07, 1952. As of 2026, he is 74 years old and remains a prominent figure in cricket. Sir Viv Richards is a Right Handed batter and one of the greatest batters in the game.

Sir Viv Richards's cricket career spanned an impressive period from 1974 to 1991, during which he made significant contributions to the sport. His time on the field showcased his skills and dedication, leaving a lasting impact on the game.

In his Test cricket journey, Sir Viv Richards has played 121 matches in his Test career and has scored 8,540 runs, with an average of 50.24. Sir Viv Richards has hit 996 fours and 84 sixes in his Test career.

In ODI Internationals career, Sir Viv Richards has played 187 matches to date in his Odi career and has scored 6,721 runs, with an average of 47.00. Sir Viv Richards has hit 605 fours and 126 sixes in his Odi career.

Sir Viv RichardsWest Indies

Born: Mar 7, 1952 (74 years)
Period: (1974-1991)
Batting Style: Right Handed
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break

Captaincy Records

	Matches-Won-Lost	Tosses Won	Runs Scored	Batting Average
TEST	50-27-8	23 (46.00%)	3068	45.12
ODI	105-67-36	43 (40.95%)	3105	38.81

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	121	12	8540	291	50.24	N/A	24	45	996	84	-	-
ODI	187	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45	605	126	-	-

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Ov	M	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w	10w
TEST	121	856.0	203	32	61.38	2.28	2/17	0	0
ODI	187	940.0	26	118	35.83	4.49	6/41	2	0

Home/Away By Year By Opponent By Position

Home/Away Record (Batting)

TEST ODI

Venue	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
Home	67	4	3136	182*	49.78	11	14	45
Away	115	8	5404	291	50.50	13	31	59
Overall	182	12	8540	291	50.24	24	45	122

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
Home	33	4	805	82	36.59	94.26	0	7	27
Away	154	20	5916	189*	48.89	89.68	11	38	73
Overall	187	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45	100

Home/Away Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Home	413.3	106	16	941	58.81	2.28	155.06	2/17	0	0
Away	442.3	97	16	1023	63.94	2.28	168.06	2/20	0	0
Overall	856	203	32	1964	61.38	2.28	161.56	2/17	0	0

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Home	141.0	8	17	590	34.71	4.18	49.76	4/42	1
Away	799.0	18	101	3638	36.02	4.55	47.50	6/41	2
Overall	940	26	118	4228	35.83	4.49	47.83	6/41	3

By Year Record (Batting)

TEST ODI

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
1974	3	5	1	261	192*	65.25	1	0	3
1975	7	12	1	210	50	19.09	0	1	7
1976	11	19	0	1710	291	90.00	7	5	9
1977	5	9	0	257	92	28.56	0	2	4
1978	2	2	0	62	39	31.00	0	0	3
1979	2	2	0	236	140	118.00	1	1	2
1980	10	14	1	893	145	68.69	2	7	16
1981	5	7	1	342	182*	57.00	2	0	4
1982	2	4	0	158	50	39.50	0	1	0
1983	11	15	0	588	120	39.20	2	3	16
1984	15	21	2	862	208	45.37	3	3	11
1985	4	6	1	310	105	62.00	1	2	2
1986	8	11	1	506	110*	50.60	1	3	3
1987	6	8	1	300	109*	42.86	1	1	9
1988	11	17	0	867	146	51.00	2	6	13
1989	6	9	1	287	110	35.88	1	2	10
1990	3	5	0	141	70	28.20	0	1	4
1991	10	16	2	550	80	39.29	0	7	6
Overall (18)	121	182	12	8540	291	50.24	24	45	122

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
1975	6	5	1	112	74	28.00	66.27	0	1	0
1976	3	3	1	216	119*	108.00	93.51	1	1	1
1977	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	142.86	0	0	0
1978	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	69.23	0	0	1
1979	8	8	4	526	153*	131.50	89.61	2	2	4
1980	8	8	0	328	88	41.00	80.59	0	3	1
1981	6	6	1	156	72*	31.20	92.31	0	1	1
1982	9	9	0	383	78	42.56	71.59	0	4	2
1983	16	14	3	730	149	66.36	92.99	2	3	10
1984	18	16	3	695	189*	53.46	101.31	2	4	8
1985	29	25	5	1231	103*	61.55	92.63	1	12	19
1986	13	11	1	333	82	33.30	98.23	0	4	11
1987	21	19	1	890	181	49.44	91.85	2	6	8
1988	14	13	1	321	110*	26.75	94.13	1	1	8
1989	22	18	3	492	60*	32.80	96.85	0	2	23
1990	4	3	0	59	32	19.67	66.29	0	0	1
1991	8	7	0	220	78	31.43	78.57	0	1	2
Overall (17)	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45	100

By Year Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
1975	17.0	4	1	29	29.00	1.43	122.00	1/17	0	0
1976	44.1	12	1	115	115.00	2.47	279.00	1/11	0	0
1977	40.3	11	2	91	45.50	2.25	121.50	2/34	0	0
1980	64.2	17	4	153	38.25	2.38	96.50	2/20	0	0
1981	105.0	35	5	223	44.60	2.12	126.00	2/24	0	0
1982	44.0	13	0	92		2.09			0	0
1983	39.0	10	1	95	95.00	2.44	234.00	1/14	0	0
1984	70.0	17	4	136	34.00	1.94	105.00	2/65	0	0
1985	39.0	7	1	89	89.00	2.28	234.00	1/34	0	0
1986	25.0	9	1	38	38.00	1.52	150.00	1/9	0	0
1987	91.0	25	3	186	62.00	2.04	182.00	1/32	0	0
1988	83.0	15	5	218	43.60	2.63	99.60	2/17	0	0
1989	138.0	15	4	345	86.25	2.50	207.00	1/12	0	0
1990	28.0	10	0	47		1.68			0	0
1991	28.0	3	0	107		3.82			0	0
Overall (15)	856	203	32	1964	61.38	2.28	161.56	2/17	0	0

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
1975	12.0	0	3	49	16.33	3.87	25.33	2/18	0
1976	1.0	0	1	4	4.00	4.00	6.00	1/4	0
1978	1.0	0	0	12		12.00		0/12	0
1979	46.0	0	6	213	35.50	4.63	46.00	3/52	0
1980	47.0	1	5	272	54.40	5.79	56.40	2/24	0
1981	50.0	1	6	208	34.67	4.16	50.00	3/52	0
1982	52.0	2	6	237	39.50	4.56	52.00	2/36	0
1983	39.0	2	6	178	29.67	4.56	39.00	3/41	0
1984	119.0	2	12	518	43.17	4.35	59.50	2/28	0
1985	171.0	8	18	714	39.67	4.18	57.00	3/27	0
1986	10.0	1	1	27	27.00	2.70	60.00	1/24	0
1987	105.3	3	16	419	26.19	3.97	39.56	5/41	1
1988	107.0	4	13	522	40.15	4.88	49.38	3/42	0
1989	153.3	2	25	739	29.56	4.81	36.84	6/41	2
1990	9.0	0	0	32		3.56			0
1991	17.0	0	0	84		4.94			0
Overall (16)	940	26	118	4228	35.83	4.49	47.83	6/41	3

By Position Record (Batting)

TEST ODI

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
Opening	4	0	279	101	69.75	1	2	3
3	59	2	3508	291	61.54	12	14	37
4	41	3	1566	182*	41.21	4	9	22
5	63	6	2720	208	47.72	6	18	38
6	10	0	390	105	39.00	1	2	3
7	2	0	35	23	17.50	0	0	0
8	3	1	42	33	21.00	0	0	1
Overall	182	12	8540	291	50.24	24	45	122

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
3	51	9	2418	153*	57.57	86.88	5	15	17
4	81	12	3373	189*	48.88	94.56	5	26	49
5	29	1	850	119	30.36	85.00	1	4	15
6	5	2	75	32	25.00	78.13	0	0	2
9	1	0	5	5	5.00	100.00	0	0	1
Overall	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45	100

By Opponent Record (Batting)

TEST ODI

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
Australia	34	54	3	2266	208	44.43	5	14	24
England	36	50	4	2869	291	62.37	8	15	29
India	28	41	3	1927	192*	50.71	8	7	39
New Zealand	7	10	1	387	105	43.00	1	2	7
Pakistan	16	27	1	1091	123	41.96	2	7	23
Overall (5)	121	182	12	8540	291	50.24	24	45	122

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
Australia	54	50	7	2187	153*	50.86	84.64	3	20	20
England	36	34	6	1619	189*	57.82	91.26	3	11	11
India	31	26	5	997	149	47.48	99.50	3	2	26
New Zealand	12	9	2	379	119	54.14	83.30	1	3	6
Pakistan	41	39	4	1079	83	30.83	92.22	0	8	27
Sri Lanka	11	8	0	444	181	55.50	98.01	1	1	8
Zimbabwe	2	1	0	16	16	16.00	123.08	0	0	2
Overall (7)	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	11	45	100

By Opponent Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Australia	268.1	44	7	694	99.14	2.56	232.14	2/65	0	0
England	231.0	78	6	459	76.50	1.99	231.00	2/24	0	0
India	153.0	31	5	353	70.60	2.31	183.60	1/14	0	0
New Zealand	106.0	26	3	236	78.67	2.23	212.00	1/32	0	0
Pakistan	97.5	24	11	222	20.18	2.20	55.00	2/17	0	0
Overall (5)	856.0	203	32	1964	61.38	2.28	161.56	2/17	0	0

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Australia	291.0	4	32	1329	41.53	4.56	54.69	3/29	0
England	132.3	5	8	593	74.13	4.48	99.38	2/45	0
India	170.4	5	36	791	21.97	4.63	28.44	6/41	2
New Zealand	54.0	5	9	186	20.67	3.44	36.00	5/41	1
Pakistan	209.5	3	20	1002	50.10	4.78	62.95	3/52	0
Sri Lanka	66.0	2	10	273	27.30	4.14	39.60	3/27	0
Zimbabwe	16.0	2	3	54	18.00	3.38	32.00	3/41	0
Overall (7)	940.0	26	118	4228	35.83	4.49	47.83	6/41	3

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