VIV: WE’VE LOST PRIDE IN THAT MAROON CAP

Peter Hayter remembers the famous intimidating Sir Viv Richards stare, after seeing it one more time

Eyes slightly narrowed, fixing you in a laser-gaze from which it is impossible to break free, teeth clenched tight behind
During the best part of the two decades when Sir Vivian Richards was, without question, the finest batsman on the planet and all the years since, this is the look he has employed to concentrate the mind of opposing bowlers, errant team-mates, unhelpful umpires, hopeless administrators and clueless media men alike.
Its meaning is simple and to the point...

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