On This Day 1985 viv richards creamed 322 runs in a single day for Somerset CC

What a season Viv had playing for Somerset that year, scoring 1836 runs (9 centuries, 6 fifties) in 24 innings at an average of 76.50. Yet incredibly, Somerset won only won match all year and finished bottom of the table.

Look at that walk.

Viv's buttocks used to swing more than his bat.

reminds me of Lara plundering basement dwellers Durham. 

FOR dat 501

until Shiv came and made them WIN the championship 2009

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Lara plunder 501 in 1994 : Shiv Won em the LV Cup in 2009 :-*

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Shiv was just happy.

Durham was his first introduction to a test team not full of clowns.

Weird how ViV team end up in the basement : for a fellah who won lotsa tests.

maybe teammates did not like de smell of his Chewing Gum

OR his breath while Whistling ::LOL::

That Somerset team in '85 had some pretty good players too: Richards, Joel Garner, Botham, Peter Roebuck and Vic Marks to name but a few.

In those days 99 percent of those country games ended in draws. The first team would make about 300, then the other team would make a 300 and then the game would slowly fizzle to a draw.

And if Viv had Botham in his team, he probably partied hard off the field. Botham, meanwhile, probably gave Somerset a slow-as-hell century every game, causing non-stop draws.

EDIT - google says Botham was the highest averaging batsman in county cricket for that year. He averaged 100ish. Viv was 4th highest. So Somerset were piling on big runs yet going nowhere.

Slow as Hell runs  ??

Lookit here, SHIV ...managed a Championship Crown ! :-[