Sir Vivian Richards is pictured above during the West Indies 1976 tour to England. He enjoyed a truly memorable first Test
series against the English, scoring a remarkable 829 runs in 4 matches at an average of 118.42. Viv scored no
less than 3 centuries in those 4 Tests with his crowning moment coming in the 5th Test at The Oval where he
made a magnificent 291, an innings that would prove to be his highest ever Test score.
Test Record v England (Part 1) 1976-85
| |
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
| |
03/06/76 |
1 |
Nottingham |
3-1-8-0 |
3-1-7-0 |
232 & 63 |
1 |
| |
08/07/76 |
3 |
Manchester |
dnb |
dnb |
4 & 135 |
0 |
| |
22/07/76 |
4 |
Leeds |
dnb |
dnb |
66 & 38 |
1 |
| |
12/08/76 |
5 |
The Oval |
14-4-30-0 |
11-6-11-1 |
291 & dnb |
0 |
| |
05/06/80 |
1 |
Nottingham |
1-0-9-0 |
dnb |
64 & 48 |
4 |
| |
19/06/80 |
2 |
Lord's |
5-1-24-0 |
1-0-1-0 |
145 & dnb |
0 |
| |
10/07/80 |
3 |
Manchester |
dnb |
16-6-31-0 |
65 & dnb |
1 |
| |
24/07/80 |
4 |
The Oval |
3-1-5-0 |
9-3-15-0 |
26 & dnb |
0 |
| * |
07/08/80 |
5 |
Leeds |
dnb |
1-1-0-0 |
31 & dnb |
1 |
| |
13/02/81 |
1 |
Port-of-Spain |
7-2-16-0 |
10-6-9-1 |
29 & dnb |
1 |
| |
13/03/81 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
dnb |
17-6-24-2 |
0 & 182* |
1 |
| |
27/03/81 |
4 |
St. John's |
9-4-26-0 |
22-7-54-1 |
114 & dnb |
1 |
| |
10/04/81 |
5 |
Kingston |
12-2-29-0 |
23-8-48-1 |
15 & dnb |
0 |
| |
14/06/84 |
1 |
Birmingham |
dnb |
dnb |
117 & dnb |
1 |
| |
28/06/84 |
2 |
Lord's |
dnb |
dnb |
72 & dnb |
1 |
| |
12/07/84 |
3 |
Leeds |
dnb |
dnb |
15 & 22* |
0 |
| |
26/07/84 |
4 |
Manchester |
dnb |
1-0-2-0 |
1 & dnb |
0 |
| |
09/08/84 |
5 |
The Oval |
dnb |
dnb |
8 & 15 |
3 |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 18 |
1798 |
291 |
78.17 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
2-24 |
58.17 |
0 |
16 |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 121 |
8540 |
291 |
50.24 |
24 |
45 |
32 |
2-17 |
61.38 |
0 |
119 |
(Sir Viv is pictured above during the West Indies 1976 tour to England. He enjoyed a truly memorable first Test series against the English, scoring a remarkable 829 runs in 4 matches at an average of 118.42. Viv scored no less than 3 centuries in those 4 Tests with his crowning moment coming in the 5th Test at The Oval where he made a magnificent 291, an innings that would prove to be his highest ever Test score.)
Sir Vivian Richards is pictured above during his innings of 73 in the Headingley
Test on his final tour to
England in 1991. Richards particularly enjoyed
playing against England during his career, his 36 Tests
producing 2869
runs at an average of 62.37.
Photograph by George Herringshaw. ©
Test Record v England (Part 2) 1986-91.
| |
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
Result |
| * |
21/02/86 |
1 |
Kingston |
1-1-0-0 |
dnb |
23 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
07/03/86 |
2 |
Port-of-Spain |
dnb |
7-4-7-0 |
34 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
21/03/86 |
3 |
Bridgetown |
3-0-9-0 |
4-1-7-0 |
51 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
03/04/86 |
4 |
Port-of-Spain |
dnb |
dnb |
87 & dnb |
2 |
Won |
| * |
11/04/86 |
5 |
St. John's |
2-0-3-0 |
3-1-3-0 |
26 & 110* |
0 |
Won |
| * |
02/06/88 |
1 |
Nottingham |
1-0-2-0 |
9-1-26-0 |
80 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
| * |
16/06/88 |
2 |
Lord's |
dnb |
dnb |
6 & 72 |
2 |
Won |
| * |
30/06/88 |
3 |
Manchester |
dnb |
dnb |
47 & dnb |
1 |
Won |
| * |
21/07/88 |
4 |
Leeds |
dnb |
dnb |
18 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
04/08/88 |
5 |
The Oval |
dnb |
dnb |
0 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
24/02/90 |
1 |
Kingston |
9-1-22-0 |
dnb |
21 & 37 |
0 |
Lost |
| * |
05/04/90 |
4 |
Bridgetown |
9-4-14-0 |
10-5-11-0 |
70 & 12 |
2 |
Won |
| * |
12/04/90 |
5 |
St. John's |
dnb |
dnb |
1 & dnb |
2 |
Won |
| * |
06/06/91 |
1 |
Leeds |
dnb |
4-1-5-0 |
73 & 3 |
0 |
Lost |
| * |
20/06/91 |
2 |
Lord's |
dnb |
dnb |
63 & dnb |
1 |
Draw |
| * |
04/07/91 |
3 |
Nottingham |
1-0-1-0 |
dnb |
80 & dnb |
1 |
Won |
| * |
25/07/91 |
4 |
Birmingham |
dnb |
dnb |
22 & 73* |
1 |
Won |
| * |
08/08/91 |
5 |
The Oval |
dnb |
dnb |
2 & 60 |
1 |
Lost |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 18 |
1071 |
110* |
46.57 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0-0 |
n/a |
0 |
13 |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 121 |
8540 |
291 |
50.24 |
24 |
45 |
32 |
2-17 |
61.38 |
0 |
119 |