Viv Richards Net Worth

He played for Somerset from 1974 to 1986, Leeward Islands from 1971 to 1991, and Combined Islands from 1971 to 1978. He competed in 500 matches and scored just shy of 17,000 runs. Richards also competed internationally for the West Indies. He turned down a blank check offer to play for a rebel West Indies team in South Africa during Apartheid. He is often heard on the BBC series Test Match Special and became a mentor to the Delhi Daredevils in 2013. Richards was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 for services to cricket and was made a Knight of the Order of the National Hero by Antigua and Barbuda in 1999.