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West Indies
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Garfield Sobers
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8032
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235
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30 December
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, (born
July 28 ,
1936 in
Barbados ), '''Garry Sobers''' (though earlier in his life he preferred the spelling '''Gary'''), was a
West Indies Cricket er. He was born with two
Extra Fingers , one on each hand, which were removed at birth. He also excelled at other
Sport s, and played
Golf ,
Football ,
Basketball and dominoes for Barbados. He is universally regarded as one of the most exceptional players ever to grace the game.
Sobers was a true
All-rounder , he both
Batted and
Bowled , and was also an outstanding
Fielder , usually fielding close to the wicket. With the ball, Sobers performed superbly, taking 235
Test wickets at an
Average of 34.03. He bowled
Left-arm Orthodox Spin ,
Left-arm Unorthodox Spin , and also left-arm
Fast-medium . Sobers was also exceptionally talented with the bat, with a career Test
Batting Average of 57.78. He scored a then-record 8032 runs in his career.
Sobers played his first Test match in
1953 , aged only 17. Just under five years later, in
1958 , Sobers set a
Test Cricket Record by scoring 365 runs in 614 minutes, in a single innings that included 38 fours and, interestingly, not one six against
Pakistan . It was his first Test century, and a record which stood for over 36 years. The record has since been surpassed twice by
Brian Lara , also of the West Indies, who scored 375 and 400 not out in 1994 and 2004 respectively, and
Matthew Hayden of
Australia who scored 380 in 2003.
In 1968, Sobers became the first ever
Batsman to hit six
Sixes off one
Over of six consecutive balls in
First-class Cricket . Sobers was playing as captain of
Nottinghamshire against
Glamorgan in
Swansea ; the unfortunate bowler was
Malcolm Nash . This feat has since been matched only once, by
Ravi Shastri , playing for
Bombay against
Baroda in 1984.
He played his last Test in
1974 against England, in
Trinidad .
In
1975 ,
Queen Elizabeth awarded Sobers a
Knighthood for his services to the sport.
Cricketer Information
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383
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28,314
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5487
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86/121
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365
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70,789
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1,043
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2774
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36
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1
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9/49
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407
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95
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2,721
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3832
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1/18
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116
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4,387
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109
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2195
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1
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5/43
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41
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24 June
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2005
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He is the author of a children's novel about cricket, ''Bonaventure and the Flashing Blade'', in which computer analysis helps a university cricket team become unbeatable.
In
2000 , Sobers was named by a 100-member panel of experts as one of the five ''
Wisden Cricketers Of The Century ''. Sobers received 90 votes out of a possible 100.
