Cricket has produced some of the greatest sportsmen the world has ever seen. A selection of the finest showmen have graced cricket fields across the globe and entertained hundreds and thousands of fans with their artistry and sheer brilliance.
Perhaps no player optimised these characteristics more than the great Sir Vivian Richards, the swashbuckling batsman who took the sport by storm from the mid-70s through to the beginning of the 90s. The Antiguan's attacking and flamboyant style of play, which is almost commonplace in today’s game, revolutionised the sport and was an integral part of the West Indies sides that captured two consecutive World Cups and went on a remarkable unbeaten run in test cricket spanning a decade and a half.
Along with his supreme abilities with the willow in hand, the 70-year-old inspired many fans with his swagger and poise, perhaps none more so than Michele Savidge, a cricket author and journalist. Mirror Sport sat down with her to talk about her new book Between Overs, a story depicting her experiences of love and loss and how her love of cricket and watching Richards for the first time in 1973 changed her life.
