Source: indianexpress.com
Of the many ways Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards has changed the game of cricket, his 56-ball century in the fourth innings of a Test vs England in 1986 – which would be the record for the fastest Test century for the next 31 years – is one of the foremost examples.
On April 15 in 1986, the ‘Master Blaster’, who was then also the captain of the West Indies side, put a hapless English bowling attack to the sword. The knock came in the fourth innings of the Test, as West Indies sought to pile on a second-innings lead on the fourth day in search of a win.
The sequence of Viv’s scoring shots in the innings: 3,6,1,2,6,1,4,1,2,1,1,1,4,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,1,1,1,1,6(53 in 35 balls),2,4,4,4,1,1,2,6,6,4,6,1,2,2,1,4(103 in 56 balls),6,1.
“If there was any element of doubt in his innings, it was whether he would hit a four or a six,” wrote Sycld Berry of the innings.
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