Garfield Robinson recalls an astonishing World Cup final day at Lord’s when the junior partner overshadowed the greatest attacking batsman of the era

Garfield Robinson

Power hitting: Collis King

Capacity for mayhem: Viv Richards

By the time the 1979 World Cup rolled around Viv Richards was the best batsman in the game. It wasn’t even close. The Antiguan sat unchallenged on the throne as the king of batsmen. There were a number of other great batsmen around, Greg Chappell, Barry Richards and Sunil Gavaskar come readily to mind. But they all dwelt in Richards’ shadow. ...