Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - MuCricket yeOne Day International, Richards akaita kutanga kwake panguva yeCricket World Cup 1975
muEngland. Akahwina zana rake rekutanga gore rakatevera munyika imwechete, panguva yemutambo wekutanga weODI wekushanya, achisara 119 asina kubuda. Anobata zvibodzwa zviviri zvepamusoro-soro neWest Indian batsman muODI cricket, 181 vachipesana neSri Lanka muna 1987 uye 189 vasina kubuda vachipesana neEngland muna 1984. Chiverengero chake che 189 chisina kubuda chaivewo chiverengero chepamusoro-soro nechero ODI batsman kweanenge makore gumi nematatu, kusvikira yapfuurwa naSaeed Anwar's 194. Iyi innings yakatumidzwawo ne "Wisden" seyakanakisa ODI innings yenguva dzese mune runyorwa rwa2002. Pamwe chete, mazana manomwe emazana gumi nerimwe aRichards aive pamusoro pezana, uye ake 1979 asina kukundwa 138 achipesana neEngland kuLord's akaiswa wechipiri.