Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin wasan cricket na kasa da kasa na rana daya, Richards ya fara halarta a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1975
a Ingila. Ya zira kwallaye na farko a shekara mai zuwa a cikin wannan ƙasar, yayin wasan ODI na farko na yawon shakatawa, ya rage 119 ba a fitar da shi ba. Yana riƙe da mafi girman maki biyu da wani ɗan wasan West Indian ya yi a wasan cricket na ODI, 181 a kan Sri Lanka a 1987 da 189 ba a buga ba a Ingila a 1984. Sakamakonsa na 189 ba a fitar da shi ba shi ne mafi girman ci da kowane dan wasan ODI ya yi a cikin shekaru 13 kawai, har sai da Saeed Anwar ya zarce 194. Wannan wasan kuma an kira shi "Wisden" a matsayin mafi kyawun wasan ODI na kowane lokaci a cikin jerin 2002. Gabaɗaya, bakwai daga cikin ƙarni goma sha ɗaya na Richards sun kasance a cikin manyan 100, kuma ba a ci nasara ba a shekarar 1979 138 da Ingila a Lord a matsayi na biyu.