Viv Richards - The Master Blaster Quiz

Answer: Isaac

Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards was born on March 7th, 1952. He was knighted on May 29th, 1999, for services to cricket, so should be referred to as Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards.

Answer: Antigua

His bat has been put in the museum in Antigua.

Answer: True

His brothers, Donald and Mervyn, both played for the Leeward Islands.

Answer: India

His debut came in the first test at Bangalore in November 1974. He scored 4 in the first innings and 3 in the second. He took two catches in the Indian first innings. Gordon Greenidge also made his debut in this match (He was much more successful, scoring 93 and 107).

Answer: 50.23

He scored 8540 runs in 121 matches between 1974 and 1991.

Answer: True

He scored a hundred from 56 balls against England in April 1986, at the Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Antigua. He scored 110* in the second innings of the test, enabling the West Indies to set England a target of 411 runs. England were all bowled out for 170, leaving the home side the victors by 240 runs, and winners of the series 5-0.

Answer: 24

His top score was 291, against England at the Oval in 1976. The West Indies won the game by 231 runs. His first century came in his second test match, when he scored 192*. He also scored 45 half centuries in tests.

Answer: 119 and 5-41

This was in the first one day international against New Zealand at Dunedin on 18 March 1987. The West Indies won by 95 runs and Viv Richards was the man of the match; he was the first player to score a hundred and take five wickets in a one day international.

Answer: 84

This was a record for the 20th century. He became famous for his attacking style, taking on the best fast bowlers of the time as well as the slower ones, and dispatching bad and good deliveries alike to the boundary.

Answer: He took ten wickets in a test match

In May 1984, the West Indies played a one day international against England in Manchester and Richards scored 189*. The West Indian total was 272 and England scored 168, giving the West Indies victory by 104 runs. Richards also took two wickets. He was the man of the match. He did bowl in tests, ending up with 32 wickets at an average of 61.37, with 2-17 as his best figures.

Answer: Somerset

Richards, along with West Indian team mate Joel Garner and England star Ian Botham, was a member of the Somerset team that finally won a trophy after 104 years of trying. The three made Somerset a formidable team and helped pull large crowds into the county ground in Taunton during their years at the club.

Answer: Tony Greig

Tony Greig was the newly-appointed England captain and before the West Indian tour of 1976 said that they would make the West Indies "grovel". Richards missed the second test, as he had the flu, and still scored 829 runs in the series, which the West Indies won 3-0.

Answer: True

He was a member of the Antiguan squad in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup in 1974.

Answer: Yes

He appeared on stamps issued in Antigua in 2000, to celebrate the 100th Test match at Lords, and also some issued in St. Vincent.

Answer: True

He was born in Taunton, Somerset, when Viv Richards was playing cricket for Somerset, and so could play for England.