The West Indies cricket team is one of the most dangerous teams in cricket history. West Indies team has many big records in its name. The players of this team come on top among the most dangerous players in the world and through today’s article we are going to tell you about one such player of the Caribbean team. Who has created history in Test and has achieved the feat of scoring a stormy century in just 56 balls.
This player has scored a stormy century
Actually, the player we are talking about is none other than the former legendary captain of the West Indies cricket team, Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, better known as Sir Vivian Richards. Is. Sir Vivian Richards scored a century in just 56 balls against the England team in 1986.
Sir Vivian Richards scored an excellent century in just 56 balls.
Let us tell you that in the match between England and West Indies, Sir Vivian Richards had scored a century in just 56 balls against the English team in the second innings. In the second innings of that match, Richards scored 110 runs in 58 balls. His innings also included 7 fours and 7 sixes. During this period, he scored runs at a strong strike rate of 189.65, which is rarely seen even in T20 cricket. By scoring a century so fast, he had made a record in his name for scoring the fastest Test century. However, in the year 2016, Brendon McCullum broke this record.
Brendon McCullum broke Sir Vivian Richards’ record
It is known that former Kiwi legend Brendon McCullum had achieved the feat of scoring a century in just 58 balls against the Australian cricket team in the year 2016. Although Sir Vivian Richards is still at second place in this list. Whereas West Indies is at first place in the list of players. Thanks to his strong innings, the West Indies team won by 240 runs.
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