The names of many such batsmen have been recorded in cricket history, who created a furore on the field. One of these names is also of West Indies batsman Vivian Richards. Richards still has some records that no one has broken yet. Richards has many international records to his name and many of his great innings are still alive in people's memories. But his stormy innings played in first class cricket in 1985 is still remembered decades later. His innings is considered one of the biggest storms in the cricket field. Well, 35 years ago, Richards played such a stormy innings and he scored 300 runs in a single day. In First Class cricket, only five players have been able to do so.

35 years before today, on 1 June 1985, Richards scored 322 runs against Warkwicher, in which he gave 300 runs in a single day. With this, he became the best Caribbean batsman to play the best innings in first class cricket. He scored 300 runs off 244 balls. Not only this, he had also given the last 200 runs in just 130 balls.

Had broken his own record: Richards scored 322 runs for Somerset with 42 fours and 8 sixes in 258 balls. Somerset declared their innings at 566 for five on the basis of the Caribbean veteran's innings. In addition to Richards, Vic Mark of his team scored 65, Nigel and Richards Allis scored 55 runs. Second innings declared for 226 runs for 5 wickets. In response, Warkwicher was all out at 442 in the first innings and drew the match by scoring 181 runs for two wickets in the second innings.

Career of Vivian Richards: Vivian Richards entered international cricket in 1974. He has played 121 Tests and 187 ODIs. Richards has 8 thousand 540 international test runs and 6 thousand 721 ODI runs. While the Caribbean veteran has played 507 first class matches and 500 List A matches. He has 36 thousand 212 first class runs and 16 thousand 995 runs in List A cricket. This innings of 322 runs was the best innings of Richards' career.

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