Richards to join Warne as mentor in Big Bash

West Indian batting legend Vivian Richards is set to team up with spin great Shane Warne as Melbourne Stars team mentor in the Australian Big Bash Twenty20 league this season. Richards, one of the most destructive batsmen of all time, was approached by Melbourne captain Warne to join the MCG-based team’s support staff as he will be in Australia to commentate when the Caribbean team tours in January and February for an ODI series. Warne asked Richards if he was interested in coming to Australia a bit early to be there at the time when Big Bash starts in December. The Antiguan legend, 60, thrilled Australian spectators through the 1970s and 80s as a lynchpin of the swashbuckling world champion West Indies team. He scored 8,450 Test runs in a glittering career from 1974 to 1991.