ROBIN?S COSY CORNER (Answers to Cricket Legend Quiz Sir Vivian Richards Part 4)
There are probably few cricketers who belong to the elite class of all time greats.
Sir Vivian Richards is definitely one of them others being the great Don, Sir Gary Sobers, Dennis Lillee and Shane Warne to name a few.
He possessed devastating power, astonishing reflexes, and Sharp eyes, Go for the Kill approach at every ball and could destroy any bowler in a matter of minutes no matter how fast he bowled or how good the ball spun. It seemed he could see the ball as big as a balloon and dispatch it arrogantly to all parts of the ground with consummate ease.
In his era he probably faced the most formidable and fearsome bowling attacks of all time ? Lillie, Thomson, Pascoe, Walker, Gilmour, Snow, Imran, Kapil , Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Ian Botham to name a few but treated all like a schoolboy belting them everywhere and never wore a helmet.
Like Tendulkar he has tons of records so I have decided to have 2 Bumper quizzes to cover those
This is the first part.
Here you go with the Quiz Questions ? PART 1
1)
a) what is the full name of Sir Vivian Richards?
b) He has a cricket and a boxing title. What are those?
c) when was he conferred knighthood?
2) Which first class teams did he play in his cricket career?
a) Home
b) Abroad
3 He also played another sport other than cricket for Antigua.
What is the other sport he represented for Antigua ?
4. When and against which country did Sir Vivian Richards made his debut?
a) Test
b) One day
5 Sir Vivian Richards Scored a brilliant century in a world Cup Final?
a) Which World Cup and against whom did he score that majestic century?
b) How much did he score?
Quiz Questions ? PART 2
6) Richard created a world record in 1976 scoring maximum runs in calendar year in test which stood for 30 years.
He also had a phenomenal test series the same year against England.
a) What was his record in that calendar year in terms of Matches, Innings, Runs, 50s, 100s a Highest Score Average?
b) What was his record in the 1976 test series against England in terms of Matches, Innings, Runs, 50s, 100s a Highest Score Average in that year?
7. He is one of only five non-English cricketers to have scored 100 first-class centuries.
Who are the other four?
8) The ICC ha ranked the best batsmen and Bowler in cricket history for both Test and One day.
What is ICC?S ranking of Sir Vivian Richards?
a) Test
b) One day
9) Which year was Sir Vivian Richards
a) Named as one of Wisden?s Cricketer of the year?
b) Which years did he win the Walter Lawrence Trophy?
10. The following are comments made by Cricket super stars and one leading commentator of England
The answers are also provided.
Put the number in a , b, c, d, ,f, g as you feel is the right answer
a)_______said ?The greatest batsman he ever bowled to?
b) _______said ?Richards was the best ever batsman against genuine fast bowling?
c) _______said ? The second-greatest batsman he ever saw after Sir Garfield Sobers"
d) _______said ? Best batsman he ever witnessed?
e) _______said ? Greatest, the most destructive, and the most intimidating batsman he ever saw"
f ) _______said ? I have battled with this question. Who was the greatest batsman I have seen from Gavaskar, Barry Richards, Tendulkar, Vivian Richards . I have to say it is Richards because he performed when it mattered most?
g) _______said "Mohammad Ali of Cricket"
h) _______saidI "If I had chosen an All time World X1 I would put him at No3"
Answers
1. Marti Crowe
2. Barry Richards
3. Wasim Akram
4. Ian Chappell
5. Imran Khan
6. Dicky Bird
7. Colin Croft
8. Mark Nicholas
Bonus Question (Optional)
a) Who is Sir Vivian Richards married to?
b) How many children does he have?
c) Which one has played cricket?
Good luck everybody and Cheers!