Sir Viv Richards at 60

THE chiselled physique of the heavyweight champion who gave him the early nickname of “Smokin’ Joe” remained unmistakable. So was the self-confident swagger and the “Master Blaster” thwack of the stroke.
From half-mile away there could be no doubt that Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (there was even a daunting ring to his full name, gradually and incongruously contracted to Viv) was still addressing his energy to a ball. Yet, when I last saw him in action last June during Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies, he was then in his 60th year and the sport that occupied his attention that day was not that on which his formidable reputation is made.

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