Seven years after his retirement, cricket's most compelling and exciting batsmen tells for the first time the full story of a matchless career.

From the early days in Antigua, through his years playing county cricket alongside Ian Botham, to his triumphant leadership of the West Indies, Viv Richards has been an irresistible and dominant force in the game.

Now in Sir Vivian, the man consider to be the best player of his generation pulls no punches in this account of his remarkable and sometimes controversial life as a cricketer.