List of international cricket centuries by Viv Richards

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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. 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, and the third greatest Test batsman. After four years, he received the Most Exalted Order of National Hero award in his native Antigua.

A black-skinned man with a bald head and black goatee beard. He is wearing a light blue shirt with the top buttons undone, showing a white top underneath.
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, 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. 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. 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. Richards has the third-highest number of centuries for the West Indies, behind Brian Lara's 34 and Sobers' 26.

In One Day International cricket, Richards made his debut during the 1975 Cricket World Cup in England. 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. 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. This innings was also named by Wisden as the best ODI innings of all-time in a 2002 list. In total, seven of Richards' eleven centuries were in the top 100, and his 1979 unbeaten 138 against England at Lord's ranked second.

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. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 192*   India 5 2 2/5 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away 11 December 1974 Won
2 101   Australia 2 4 5/6 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 23 January 1976 Lost
3 142   India 3 2 1/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 10 March 1976 Won
4 130   India 3 1 2/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 24 March 1976 Draw
5 177   India 3 1 3/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 7 April 1976 Lost
6 232   England 3 1 1/5 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 3 June 1976 Draw
7 135   England 3 3 3/5 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 8 July 1976 Won
8 291   England 3 1 5/5 The Oval, London Away 12 August 1976 Won
9 140   Australia 3 2 1/2 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away 1 December 1979 Draw
10 145   England 3 2 2/5 Lord's, London Away 19 June 1980 Draw
11 120*   Pakistan 3 1 4/4 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan Away 30 December 1980 Draw
12 182*   England 4 3 3/5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 13 March 1981 Won
13 114   England 3 2 4/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 27 March 1981 Draw
14 109   India 3 1 3/5 Bourda, Georgetown Home 31 March 1983 Draw
15 120   India 4 2 4/6 Wankhede Stadium, Bombay Away 24 November 1983 Draw
16 178   Australia 4 2 4/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 7 April 1984 Won
17 117   England 4 2 1/5 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away 14 June 1984 Won
18 208   Australia 5 1 4/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 22 December 1984 Draw
19 105 ‡   New Zealand 6 2 3/4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 26 April 1985 Won
20 110* ‡   England 3 3 5/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 11 April 1986 Won
21 109* ‡   India 5 4 1/4 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Away 25 November 1987 Won
22 123 ‡   Pakistan 5 3 2/3 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 14 April 1988 Draw
23 146 ‡   Australia 5 1 2/5 WACA Ground, Perth Away 2 December 1988 Won
24 110 ‡   India 5 2 4/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 28 April 1989 Won

ODI centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. BF S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 119*   England 3 2 133 89.47 North Marine Road, Scarborough Away 26 August 1976 Won
2 138*   England 3 1 157 87.89 Lord's, London Away 23 June 1979 Won
3 153*   Australia 3 1 130 117.69 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 9 December 1979 Won
4 119   India 3 1 146 81.50 The Oval, London Neutral 15 June 1983 Won
5 149   India 3 1 99 150.50 Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Away 7 December 1983 Won
6 106   Australia 4 1 95 111.57 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 22 January 1984 Won
7 189*   England 4 1 170 111.17 Old Trafford, Manchester Away 31 May 1984 Won
8 103*   Australia 4 2 122 84.42 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 15 January 1985 Won
9 119 ‡   New Zealand 5 1 113 105.30 Carisbrook, Dunedin Away 18 March 1987 Won
10 181 ‡   Sri Lanka 4 1 125 144.80 National Stadium, Karachi Neutral 13 October 1987 Won
11 110 ‡   India 4 2 77 142.85 Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Away 5 January 1988 Won

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