Richards now wants to see the West Indies top the rankings across all three formats

West Indies batting legend Sir Viv Richards has announced that the national team are back on the rise again after having gone through a long stretch of disappointments.

Richards believes West Indies captain Darren Sammy can establish the country as a major threat in international cricket once again after winning the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka recently.

The Sun quoted Richards as saying: “Winning a tournament of that nature will ignite the spirit again – and winning in cricket is what it is all about, the younger generation in the Caribbean love the Twenty20 format and will be inspired, West Indies cricket is on the road back – winning should create the confidence that you need in other formats of the game. We can walk tall again.”