SIR Viv Richards has been voted as English county cricket’s greatest overseas player by BBC Sport users.

He took 43.2% of the final vote, finishing ahead of another former West Indies captain, Sir Clive Lloyd (9.2%), and ex-New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee (8.5%).

Richards, now 68, represented Somerset and Glamorgan in the English domestic game and was named as the best overseas player at both counties when BBC Sport ran votes for each individual county side in May.

The 17 county winners then went through to the overall vote.(BBC Sport)