List of international cricket centuries by Viv Richards

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Viv Richards has scored 24 centuries in Test matches and 11 centuries in One Day Internationals. Sir Vivian Richards.jpg
Viv Richards has scored 24 centuries in Test matches and 11 centuries in One Day Internationals.

Vivian Richards is a former international cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 runs or more) in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches. In 2000, he was knighted for his services to cricket, and during the same year named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. [1] He is generally considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time, and in 2002 he was honoured by Wisden , who named him as the greatest ODI batsman of all time, [2] [3] and the third greatest Test batsman. [4] After four years, he received the Most Exalted Order of National Hero award in his native Antigua. [5]

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Richards made his Test debut against India in November 1974, [6] and scored his maiden Test century during the second Test of the same tour, scoring an unbeaten 192 in the first-innings of the match. In 1976, he scored seven Test centuries in a calendar year, passing Garfield Sobers' record of six, which had been set in 1958. [note 1] [7] He scored his maiden double century in the first Test of that year's tour of England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham making 232. After scoring a century in the third Test, he once again scored a double century in the fifth Test, accumulating his highest score, 291, at The Oval, London. These centuries, and a total of 1,710 Test runs in the year, helped him to be named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1977. [8] In 1986, facing England at the Antigua Recreation Ground, Richards scored the fastest century in Test cricket, reaching his twentieth Test hundred in 56 balls. [note 2] [9] Richards has the third-highest number of centuries for the West Indies, behind Brian Lara's 34 and Sobers' 26. [10]

In One Day International cricket, Richards made his debut during the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England. [11] He scored his first century the following year in the same country, during the first ODI match of the tour, remaining 119 not out. He holds the two highest scores by a West Indian batsman in ODI cricket, 181 against Sri Lanka in 1987 and 189 not out against England in 1984. [12] His score of 189 not out was also the highest score by any ODI batsman for just under 13 years, until it was surpassed by Saeed Anwar's 194. [note 3] [14] This innings was also named by Wisden as the best ODI innings of all time in a 2002 list. [15] In total, seven of Richards' eleven centuries were in the top 100, and his 1979 unbeaten 138 against England at Lord's ranked second. [15]

Key

Test cricket centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1192*Flag of India.svg  India 522/5 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away11 December 1974Won [16]
2101Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 245/6 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away23 January 1976Lost [17]
3142Flag of India.svg  India 321/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home10 March 1976Won [18]
4130Flag of India.svg  India 312/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home24 March 1976Draw [19]
5177Flag of India.svg  India 313/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home7 April 1976Lost [20]
6232Flag of England.svg  England 311/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away3 June 1976Draw [21]
7135Flag of England.svg  England 333/5 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway8 July 1976Won [22]
8291Flag of England.svg  England 315/5 The Oval, LondonAway12 August 1976Won [23]
9140Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 321/2 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away1 December 1979Draw [24]
10145Flag of England.svg  England 322/5 Lord's, LondonAway19 June 1980Draw [25]
11120*Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 314/4 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan Away30 December 1980Draw [26]
12182*Flag of England.svg  England 433/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home13 March 1981Won [27]
13114Flag of England.svg  England 324/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home27 March 1981Draw [28]
14109Flag of India.svg  India 313/5 Bourda, Georgetown Home31 March 1983Draw [29]
15120Flag of India.svg  India 424/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away24 November 1983Draw [30]
16178Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 424/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home7 April 1984Won [31]
17117Flag of England.svg  England 421/5 Edgbaston, BirminghamAway14 June 1984Won [32]
18208Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 514/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away22 December 1984Draw [33]
19105 ‡Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 623/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home26 April 1985Won [34]
20110* ‡Flag of England.svg  England 335/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home11 April 1986Won [35]
21109* ‡Flag of India.svg  India 541/4 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away25 November 1987Won [36]
22123 ‡Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 532/3 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home14 April 1988Draw [37]
23146 ‡Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 512/5 WACA Ground, Perth Away2 December 1988Won [38]
24110 ‡Flag of India.svg  India 524/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Home28 April 1989Won [39]

ODI centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.BFS/RVenueH/A/NDateResult
1119*Flag of England.svg  England 3213389.47 North Marine Road, Scarborough Away26 August 1976Won [40]
2138*Flag of England.svg  England 3115787.89 Lord's, LondonAway23 June 1979Won [41]
3153*Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31130117.69 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away9 December 1979Won [42]
4119Flag of India.svg  India 3114681.50 The Oval, LondonNeutral15 June 1983Won [43]
5149Flag of India.svg  India 3199150.50 Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Away7 December 1983Won [44]
6106Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4195111.57 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away22 January 1984Won [45]
7189*Flag of England.svg  England 41170111.17 Old Trafford, ManchesterAway31 May 1984Won [46]
8103*Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4212284.42 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway15 January 1985Won [47]
9119 ‡Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 51113105.30 Carisbrook, Dunedin Away18 March 1987Won [48]
10181 ‡Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 41125144.80 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral13 October 1987Won [49]
11110 ‡Flag of India.svg  India 4277142.85 Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Away5 January 1988Won [50]

Notes

  1. ↑ Richards' record has since been equalled by Aravinda de Silva (1997) and Ricky Ponting (2006) and surpassed by Mohammad Yousuf (2006). [7]
  2. ↑ Although Richards' century was the fastest in terms of balls, it was only the fifth fastest in terms of time, 11 minutes slower than the 70-minute record held by Jack Gregory. [9]
  3. ↑ In addition to Saeed Anwar's 194, Charles Coventry's 194* and Sachin Tendulkar's 200* have since exceeded Richards' score. [13]

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  22. ↑ "3rd Test: England v West Indies at Manchester, Jul 8–13, 1976". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  23. ↑ "5th Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 12–17, 1976". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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  33. ↑ "4th Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 22–27, 1984". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  34. ↑ "3rd Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Georgetown, Apr 26 – May 1, 1985". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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  39. ↑ "4th Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Apr 28 – May 3, 1989". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  40. ↑ "1st ODI: England v West Indies at Scarborough, Aug 26, 1976". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  41. ↑ "Final: England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 23, 1979". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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  43. ↑ "14th Match: India v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 15, 1983". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  44. ↑ "4th ODI: India v West Indies at Jamshedpur, Dec 7, 1983". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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  47. ↑ "6th Match: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 15, 1985". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  48. ↑ "1st ODI: New Zealand v West Indies at Dunedin, Mar 18, 1987". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  49. ↑ "7th Match: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Karachi, Oct 13, 1987". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  50. ↑ "4th ODI: India v West Indies at Rajkot, Jan 5, 1988". Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 December 2009.

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