West Indies legend Brian Lara shared the personality of another former West Indies legend Sir Vivian Richards. In his book ‘Lara The England Chronicles’, the legend opened up on the 1991 Test series in England where he played under the captaincy of Richards as well. Viv Richards had a reputation of being a blunt personality and Lara said that many would be intimidated by it as well. He also added that Richards made the likes of Carl Hooper cry once a week, claiming that how his tough tone wasn’t something many in the team were used to.

Brian Lara narrated in an extract from his book (via ESPNCricinfo): “Viv used to make me cry every three weeks, but he would make Carl cry once a week. Viv’s tone of voice is intimidating and if you’re not strong enough, you can take that personally and be affected by it. Me, I was never really affected by it. In a way I welcomed it, because I was so much under his arm that I knew abuse was coming and I was a strong personality. Carl? I know for a fact that Carl shied away from Viv Richards.”

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Lara also claimed that he had his differences with Vivian Richards when he was the captain and the latter was a selector as well. However, Lara always looked up to Richards as his idol and he was never intimidated by him.

“I don’t think Viv wilfully intimidated you. It was just his make-up. He’s not a bully. Viv Richards is not a bully. But Viv has a very strong personality. He’s a very aggressive person who dealt with most things that way. If we had a team meeting, he would inspire. He would back his players forever. He would talk in such a way that it left a mark on you,” he further added.