{"id":25944,"date":"2016-02-22T10:08:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25944"},"modified":"2016-02-22T10:08:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:08:37","slug":"legendary-viv-richards-congratulates-brendon-mccullum-on-scoring-the-fastest-100-in-test-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=25944","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Viv Richards congratulates Brendon McCullum on scoring the fastest 100 in Test history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21521\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26.jpg\" alt=\"Brendon McCullum New Zealand Cricketer\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Sir Vivian Richards posted a tribute on social media site Twitter, praising McCullum for his swashbuckling innings that broke his record for the quickest Test century.<\/p>\n<p>McCullum&#8217;s century on the opening day at Hagley Oval came off just 54 balls &#8211; two fewer than the previous record of 56 deliveries, originally set by Richards against England in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Vivian posted tribute on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me take this opportunity to congratulate Brendon, (I&#8217;ve) been a great fan of yours for many years,&#8221; Sir Vivian said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well done on your achievement. And if there was going to be an individual who you would&#8217;ve liked to have surpassed whatever you would&#8217;ve achieved in life, certainly it would be you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re one of those individuals who help to put bums on seats. Long may that continue. Well done, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivrichards56\">@vivrichards56<\/a> congratulates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendonMcCullum\">@BrendonMcCullum<\/a> on scoring the fastest 100 in Test history <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QuettaGladiators?src=hash\">#QuettaGladiators<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXMKJqJ8zD\">pic.twitter.com\/gXMKJqJ8zD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Quetta Gladiators (@TeamQuetta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamQuetta\/status\/701105392240164864\">February 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21521\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26.jpg\" alt=\"Brendon McCullum New Zealand Cricketer\" width=\"260\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Brendon-McCullum-26-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Sir Vivian Richards posted a tribute on social media site Twitter, praising McCullum for his swashbuckling innings that broke his record for the quickest Test century.<\/p>\n<p>McCullum&#8217;s century on the opening day at Hagley Oval came off just 54 balls &#8211; 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