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Your support makes all the difference.Richards on a different plane
Ben Hollioake failed narrowly on Saturday to become only the fourth centurion in a Benson and Hedges final, entering a roll call headed by the brilliant Viv Richards (above). Few of those lucky enough to witness the 1981 final will ever forget the sheer majesty of Richards as he lifted the art of batting to a new plane in enabling Somerset to secure the second of four one-day trophies in as many seasons during the glorious era of Richards, Ian Botham and Joel Garner. One correspondent, unapologetically lost for suitable adjectives, recorded that "some of his strokes were made with the air of a man sending a smelly kipper back to the kitchens. Take it away! Not fit for superhuman consumption."
Highest individual scores in
Benson & Hedges finals
132* Viv Richards (Somerset)
v Surrey 1981
120 Graham Gooch (Essex)
v Surrey 1979
112 Aravinda de Silva (Kent)
v Lancashire 1995
98 Ben Hollioake (Surrey)
v Kent 1997
97 David Capel (Northants)
v Yorks 1987
95* Alan Lilley (Essex)
v Notts 1989
93 Mike Atherton (Lancashire)
v Kent 1995
92* Dominic Cork (Derbyshire)
v Lancs 1993
92 Roger Knight (Surrey)
v Somerset 1981
90 Robin Smith (Hampshire)
v Kent 1992
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