00:00I'm biased. I may come from Trinidad and Tobago, but Sir Vivian Richards is the
00:05greatest batsman I've ever seen in my life. Of course Bradman averaged 90 and
00:10the great George Headley and so many others, but when you're talking about
00:13someone you saw, Viv Richards was a giant among giants. Greenwich, Hades, Richardson,
00:20Gomes, Clive Lloyd, Karl Hooper and so many other, but yet still people always
00:26talk about the legend that is Viv Richards, just the way he walked out, about the
00:31swagger, the demeanor, the aggression and of course he never wore a helmet, much
00:35like Larry Gomes who never wore a helmet as well, but he doesn't get the same sort
00:39of recognition because he's a different type of player, but I think Sir Viv
00:42celebrating his 50th anniversary, I hope he could reflect on his great deeds and
00:47what he's meant, not just to West Indies cricket, but to world cricket. Likewise
00:51Gordon Greenwich, there are few who would have been as technically correct as an
00:55opening bat like Gordon Greenwich and that power, that double century
01:00scored at loads when England dared to declare against the West Indies in 1984
01:05and West Indies chased 344 to win, leaving poor Larry Gomes stranded in the
01:1090s in that test, but again it was typical of that era, dominating,
01:15technically correct, aggressive, powerful, but very, very professional. I think two
01:21men in that new era of West Indies cricket because those two came in at the
01:26end of the careers of Gary Sobers and Rohan Kanhai, it was the first time in
01:30almost 18 years that the West Indies was stepping onto the field without those
01:35two greats, Kanhai and Sobers, so now you had Richards and Greenwich, so indeed I
01:40certainly hope those two gentlemen can reflect on what they've contributed to
01:44West Indies cricket and we as West Indies and I'm sure certainly the
01:48cricketing world will appreciate what they've given to the game.
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