List of international cricket centuries by Viv Richards

Sir Viv 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] Four years later, he was given the Most Exalted Order of National Hero award in his native Antigua.[5]

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

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
  • * denotes that he remained not out.
  • denotes that he was the captain of the West Indian team in that match.
  • Pos. denotes his position in the batting order.
  • Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series.
  • Inn. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • H/A/N denotes whether the venue is home (West Indies), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
  • Lost denotes that the match was lost by West Indies.
  • Won denotes that the match was won by West Indies.
  • BF denotes the number of balls faced by Richards in his innings.
  • S/R denotes strike rate.

Test cricket centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1192* India5 22/5Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiAway11 December 1974Won[16]
2101 Australia2 45/6Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway23 January 1976Lost[17]
3142 India3 21/4Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome10 March 1976Won[18]
4130 India3 12/4Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome24 March 1976Draw[19]
5177 India3 13/4Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome7 April 1976Lost[20]
6232 England3 11/5Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway3 June 1976Draw[21]
7135 England3 33/5Old Trafford, ManchesterAway8 July 1976Won[22]
8291 England3 15/5The Oval, LondonAway12 August 1976Won[23]
9140 Australia3 21/2Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneAway1 December 1979Draw[24]
10145 England3 22/5Lord's, LondonAway19 June 1980Draw[25]
11120* Pakistan3 14/4Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, MultanAway30 December 1980Draw[26]
12182* England4 33/5Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome13 March 1981Won[27]
13114 England3 24/5Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome27 March 1981Draw[28]
14109 India3 13/5Bourda, GeorgetownHome31 March 1983Draw[29]
15120 India4 24/6Wankhede Stadium, BombayAway24 November 1983Draw[30]
16178 Australia4 24/5Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome7 April 1984Won[31]
17117 England4 21/5Edgbaston, BirminghamAway14 June 1984Won[32]
18208 Australia5 14/5Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAway22 December 1984Draw[33]
19105  New Zealand6 23/4Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome26 April 1985Won[34]
20110*  England3 35/5Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sHome11 April 1986Won[35]
21109*  India5 41/4Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiAway25 November 1987Won[36]
22123  Pakistan5 32/3Queen's Park Oval, Port of SpainHome14 April 1988Draw[37]
23146  Australia5 12/5WACA Ground, PerthAway2 December 1988Won[38]
24110  India5 24/4Sabina Park, KingstonHome28 April 1989Won[39]

ODI centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.BFS/RVenueH/A/NDateResult
1119* England 3213389.47North Marine Road, ScarboroughAway26 August 1976Won[40]
2138* England 3115787.89Lord's, LondonAway23 June 1979Won[41]
3153* Australia 31130117.69Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAway9 December 1979Won[42]
4119 India 3114681.50The Oval, LondonNeutral15 June 1983Won[43]
5149 India 3199150.50Keenan Stadium, JamshedpurAway7 December 1983Won[44]
6106 Australia 4195111.57Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAway22 January 1984Won[45]
7189* England 41170111.17Old Trafford, ManchesterAway31 May 1984Won[46]
8103* Australia 4212284.42Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway15 January 1985Won[47]
9119  New Zealand 51113105.30Carisbrook, DunedinAway18 March 1987Won[48]
10181  Sri Lanka 41125144.80National Stadium, KarachiNeutral13 October 1987Won[49]
11110  India 4277142.85Municipal Stadium, RajkotAway5 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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