Top 5 number 5s in Tests for West Indies

#3 Viv Richards

Viv Richards is arguably the finest batsmen to have played for the West Indies and among the best batsman to have ever played the game. Throughout the course of his 17-year-long career (1974-1991) Richards played in 121 Tests and batted primarily at numbers 3, 4 and 5.

He is the fourth highest run scorer at number 5 for the West Indies with a tally of 2720 runs and had he batted at the position for more Tests, then he would definitely have been the biggest run scorer at that position.

Richards played the game to dominate bowlers, irrespective of their reputation or the state of the pitch and more often than not, he succeeded in pummeling the opposition into submission.

As a number 5, Richards averaged 47.71 and scored 7 centuries, in addition to as many as 18 half-centuries.