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June 17, 2011Posted on 06/17/2011 in West Indies cricket
There's no cohesion in West Indies cricket
Viv Richards talks to the Guardian about batting without a helmet, the state of West Indies cricket, and defending Ian Botham in frisky Taunton nightclubs.
I didn't wear a helmet because I wanted to show that the bowler wasn't intimidating me, and also that's just the way I liked to bat. I'm not here to say anyone should do the same. He's got to do whatever he wants. But the bowling was maybe more hostile in our time. You could bowl more than two bouncers in an over. And it's not just helmets, all the padding and the equipment, the gloves has got much better. That's a good thing. But back in my time the batsman had to be really brave.
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