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Viv RichardsA symbol of West Indian supremacyDAVID FRITH Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDavid Frith's 1986 profile of Viv Richards
This article first appeared in Wisden Cricket Monthly in March 1986

Viv Richards: more than a batsman, a quicksilver fieldsman, a teasing bowler, a West Indies captain © Getty Images
In the pre-war Depression years, Don Bradman stood for the powers of endurance of the ordinary bloke. His triumphs brought pride and inspiration to masses of struggling Australians in town and bush. Through The Don they saw that life's difficulties were at least not totally universal. Spasmodically they too tasted success on a giant scale, if only vicariously. 'Our Don' took his admirers out of themselves, made their existences less wretched, gave them a kind of hope.

For ten years now Viv Richards has done something similar for the black man..

The first condition of immortality is death. -Stanislaw Lec

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