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    "excerpt": "Sydney, April 9:\u00a0\u00a0West Indies batting great Viv Richards was famous for preferring not to use a helmet. Richards faced some of the most vicious fast bowlers in the history of the game at a time when",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Sydney, April 9:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;West Indies batting great Viv Richards was famous for preferring not to use a helmet. Richards faced some of the most vicious fast bowlers in the history of the game at a time when restrictions on bouncers weren&#39;t around and in a chat with former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, the 68-year-old said that he was comfortable with the risk that came with not wearing a helmet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The passion for the game I felt was such that I wouldn&#39;t mind dying playing something that I love. If this is what I chose and I go down here, what better way is there to go,&quot; said Richards on Watson&#39;s podcast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Richards also said that he felt inspired by athletes in other sports who put their lives on the line. &quot;I have looked at other sportsmen and women who I have a lot of respect for doing it to an extreme level. I see a guy driving a Formula 1 racing car, what could be more dangerous than that?&quot; said Richards, to which Watson jokingly replied, &quot;Facing 150kph without a helmet?&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Richards also revealed that one of his dentists had told him to keep a mouth guard but he didn&#39;t do that for long because it didn&#39;t allow him to have his chewing gum while batting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;One of my dentists made me a mouthpiece and all and I tried it a few times but I always enjoyed my chewing gum. You have 11 men out there and the umpires -- you felt outnumbered. And that was my little piece,&quot; said Richards.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It made me sort of look cool, calmed me down, it gave me sort of a rhythm. That was a companion for me at the time. I made sure every time before I walked out there I had a chewing gum in my mouth. It got a bit stale if you are batting long enough but it was all good. So I did away with the mouthpiece.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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