Viv Richards, arguably one of the worlds ” most prolific cricketers, was robbed of hundreds or even thousands of runs because of bad decisions - accidental or otherwise. He was so feared that whenever he visited a host country to play, most appeals against him for LBW were granted by the host nations. To minimize accidentally unfavourable decisions - - which were frequent during his career - - he would take his guard on the leg stump, and then move six inches outside the same leg stump, giving all bowlers full view of his three stumps. His lightning quick reflexes did to balls outside off, what lizards long tongues do to insects outside their reach. When he did that, questionable stumping decisions were the umpires ” next weak areas. In one game I saw, he leaned back to late cut and halted the stroke when he saw the keeper ” s snout hanging over his stumps. Had he executed the shot, he would have damaged the keeper. When the keeper caught the ball and knocked down the stumps, Viv was given out stumped. He was, and still is one of the players that believe when you are out, even when the umpire does not think so, you should walk. He not only did that, but as captain of the West Indies, he enshrined that in his players.
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