Bettor.com Top 5 West Indian Test batsmen (Part 2)
One might feel it to be a bit odd that Lara scored both his highest run scores against England in a period of 10 years or so. Also the fact, that he played his first and last test match, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, over a period of 16 years. At the age of 41, Lara
is a living cricket legend. The veteran surely is one of the best West Indian and World Cricket has ever produced. He is worthy of being the number 1 test batsmen among the batting heroes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
Sir Garry Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers was born on 28th July, 1936 on Chelsea Road, Bay Land, St Michael in Barbadoes. Sobers is one the finest batsmen in the history of international cricket. He played for the national West Indian team, Barbados, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nottinghamshire-c826,
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844. His playing role was of an all-rounder, he bowled left-arm fast-medium, and in the later stages of his career he bowled slow orthodox bowling.
The left-handed dasher is arguably the best all-round player in modern cricket. His outstanding test cricket record tells little about the manner he played. His batting style was exceptionally elegant, yet he was a powerful striker of the ball. He is famously
known for his off-side play. Just like his versatile batting ability, his bowling style varied as well, at times he bowled conventional spin and at times he used the wrist-spin style. In the 93 test matches he played, the veteran took a handsome amount of
235 wickets at an average of 34.03.
In the history of his test matches, the left-handed veteran bagged a massive of 8032 runs at an impressive average of 57.78. He had a huge number of 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries to his name. Sobers was an inspiration to several cricketers from West
Indies and around the world. Even the great of Brian Lara was inspired by the veteran’s world-class stroke play. And it was Lara who broke Sobers record of the highest runs scored in an innings of 365 in 1994 against England.
Sir Garry Sobers surely deserves the number 2 position in the Bettor.com top 5 West Indian test batsmen. His world-class test career barely speaks for the contributions he was able to give to the cricket arena. One might wonder that Lara might follow the
footsteps of Sobers, as Lara played his first and last test match against the same team, and so did Sobers. His first and last test appearance was against the English team, as he played his 20-year long well remembered test career.
Sir Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards was born in 1952 in Antigua. He played cricket for several teams such as Combined Islands, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 and Somerset. Richards holds the fine record of being the only captain under whose leadership
the West Indians never lost a series. He is considered to the most destructive batsmen of his era. No doubt there are many legendary players who hold greater records, but only a few were able to exhibit the love and commitment for the game as he did.
He started off his test career against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in 1974, as his test career came to an end in 1991 against the English at the Oval. In his 17-year long test career, he took 32 wickets at average of 61.37. His part time bowling ability led to some match winning
performances, like his best of 2 for 17.
Viv Richards 17-year old career, allowed him to play 121 test matches, scoring a tremendous of 8540 runs at an amazing batting average of 50.23. The veteran has 24 centuries and 45 half-centuries to his name. With a best of 291 in a single innings, the legend
of Richards smashed 84 sixes as well.
Pakistani veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf broke Richards 30-year long record of 1710 runs in a single year. 1975 might be the finest year, as he made the record of most test runs in a year, which came from eleven matches at an average of 90.00.
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