Viv Richards Wife, Daughter, Height, Age, Records, Stats and More

Sir Viv Richards is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. Along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne, he was voted as one of the five Cricketer of the Century by a panel of 100 members in 2000. Nowadays, he is an occasional cricket commentator and team mentor.

Biography

Nickname:	Viv
Profession:	Former Cricketer (WI-Batsmen)
Autobiography:	Sir Vivian: The Definitive Autobiography
Biopic:	NA
Physical Appearance
Height	5 feet 10 inches
Instagram	officiallyvivian
Eye Colour:	Black
Hair Colour:	Black
Tattoos:	NA
Personal Life
Date of Birth:	7 March 1952
Birth Place:	St. John’s, British Leeward Islands
Zodiac sign/Sun sign:	Pisces
Nationality:	Antiguan
School:	St. John’s Boys School, Antigua Grammar School
College:	NA
Educational Qualifications:	NA
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• Richards made his debut for Windies team against India at the age of 22.
• He scored an unbeaten 192 in his second test game
• In the year 1976, Viv scored 1710 runs in 11 Tests and it stood as a World record for most runs scored in a calendar year.
• Viv is the only West Indian skipper who has never lost a  test match in the home as well as away.
• Richards joined Delhi Daredevils as their mentor in the IPL 2013 edition. He was also a mentor in PSL.
• He can be frequently heard on BBC’s Test Match Specials
• Viv once refused a blank cheque offer to feature in a rebel West Indies squad in South Africa during 1983 and 1984
• 2010 documentary Fire in Babylon featured Viv speaking about his experiences of playing for Windies

• First ever cricketer to achieve 20 Man of the Match awards in ODI history
• He has taken 5-wickets haul twice in ODI
• He is the first player to score a 50 and take the 5-wicket haul in the same ODI and is also the first player to score a century and take 5-wicket haul in the same ODI
• He became the first batsman to score a century with a strike rate of 150 in 1986
• He was the first batsman to score the fastest century in test cricket (56 balls) in 1986
• He was the fastest batsman to score 1000 ODI runs (21 innings)
• He has set the record for the highest ever 10th wicket partnership with Michael Holding in ODIs
• He also has a record of the highest individual score at no.4 (189*)
• He remains one of only four non-English cricketers (Donal Bradman, Glenn Turner, and Zaheer Abbas) to have scored 100 first-class centuries

Viv Richards Wife

Viv Richards has a child with Neena Gupta, Masaba Gupta.

Vivian Richards Wife

Mariam

Children

Matara, Mali, and Masaba Gupta