Sir Garfield Sobers biography

 Sir Garfield Sobers biography

Sir Garfield Sobers, in full Sir Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers, byname Gary Sobers, (born July 28, 1936, Bridgetown, Barbados), West Indian cricketer, thought of by many authorities essentially the most gifted all-around participant of all time. As a batsman, he established a document for Test (worldwide) matches by scoring 365 runs, not out, in a single innings (West Indies versus Pakistan, 1957–58 season), a document that stood till 1994. He was an distinctive bowler who may bowl in each conceivable fashion, from medium tempo to left arm spin. He was additionally a superb fielder at any place however particluarly adept in close-to-the-wicket fielding.

Sobers was educated at Bay St. School, Barbados, and have become a left-hand batsman and a left-hand bowler in cricket. He entered first-class cricket at age 16 and bowled for the West Indies workforce towards England in the course of the 1953–54 season. His workforce defeated Australia after which, in 1966, beat England three matches to at least one. His Test profession lasted 20 years, and he captained the West Indies 39 occasions. He additionally captained the Nottinghamshire English county workforce (1968–74).

He retired in 1974 and was knighted in 1975. His batting 8,032 runs in Test matches (1953–74) set a document, as did his 26 centuries (100 runs in a single innings). He was named one in every of Wisden’s 5 cricketers of the century in 2000. Sobers wrote a number of books on cricket, together with a novel, Bonaventure and the Flashing Blade (1967), and, with J.S. Barker, a historical past of cricket within the West Indies (1967).