Comments on: Viv Richards – hero of cricket

By: paulie b

paulie b — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:14:31 +0000

“Viv averaged 50 back when that meant something and he hit the fastest Test hundred of all time off 56 balls”

So true – when 50 meant something was when test pitches gave something to the bowlers and there were tests when bowlers actually had it all their way. Boring made for 5 day TV pitches means the averages these days are all inflated.

By: Mahinda

Mahinda — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:32:20 +0000

This is a man who usually got out because he got bored, and was trying to play six different shots an over.

Sir Viv’s cap is my second favourite item of cricketing headgear, after Richie Richardson’s floppy maroon sunhat.

By: Pav

Pav — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:12:30 +0000

I like the metaphor too, but surely sir viv would have been ‘bearding the ball to all parts’

By: Ne

Ne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:12:16 +0000

sorry to go all OT, but what the hell is going on?
http://tinyurl.com/872odq

By: Ne

Ne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:02:24 +0000

Beasting the ball to all parts while giving off the air of a man doing nothing more strenuous than icing a cake was just the paint on the fence.

[not sure what my point is. let's say I don;t have one. I'm just enjoying the metaphor/simile shifting]

By: sam

sam — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:55:04 +0000

ha. undercrackers.

nice work on getting right to the issue of the day, KC.

kevin who?