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9. Viv Richards (189* v/s England, 1984)
Blistering doesn’t even begin to describe the kind of display that The King exhibited against England in 1984 at Old Trafford.
Nothing was going right for the former world champions during their turn at the batting crease. The wicket afforded plenty of turn, and Derbyshire off-spinner Geoff Miller utilized that to his advantage. Richards found himself running out of partners with only Eldine Baptiste, Joel Garner and Michael Holding left to bat, and England had their tails up and twitching.
They forgot the cardinal rule – never underestimate the King.
In rapid succession, the right-hander unleashed a cluster of savage strokes all over the wicket, dispatching all the bowlers with arrogant disdain as he went about forging a useful stand with Baptiste, and after Garner fell cheaply, he accelerated hard in Holding’s company.
He slammed 21 fours and five huge sixes – the highlight was a straight drive that took the ball out of the park – contributing 93 out of the last 106 runs that came in partnership with Holding.
England duly went to pieces, and despite a solid half-century from Allan Lamb, they suffered a humiliating 104-run loss.
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