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"Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards", List of post-nominal letters#Antigua and Barbuda/KNH, Order of the British Empire/OBE, is a former West Indian cricketer. Popularly known as Viv (or "King Viv"), he is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time and as one of the best players in the history of the sport. Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century by a 100-member panel of experts in 2000, along with Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Shane Warne. In February 2002, Richards was judged by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack to have played the best ODI innings of all time. In December 2002, he was chosen by Wisden as the greatest One Day International (ODI) batsman of all time, as well as the third greatest Test cricket/Test batsman of all time, after Sir Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.