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(c)Cricinfo en-gb The former Glamorgan captain collapsed during a dinner in London on Tuesday night and died overnight https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/292900/292973.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196344.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1196344.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1196344 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT He leapfrogged Shakib Al Hasan and Ravindra Jadeja to become the first West Indian to hold the top spot in the ICC rankings for Test allrounders since March 1974 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/284800/284872.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172854.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172854.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1172854 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Desmond Haynes reflects on the great cricketers in Barbados history, and wonders how they would have fared in T20 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/182900/182945.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172681.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172681.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1172681 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/183600/183613.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1171871.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1171871.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1171871 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A host of West Indies legends including Garry Sobers, Vivian Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts have called upon the WICB to dissolve the board, in line with the CARICOM cricket review panel's recommendation https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/240300/240379.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/1000389.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/1000389.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1000389 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Garry Sobers has delivered an emotional lament on the state of West Indies cricket, attributing the decline of West Indies side to the rise of Twenty20 leagues https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/224700/224710.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/content/story/931655.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-west-indies-2015-16/content/story/931655.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-931655 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Richie Benaud has been described by his contemporary Garry Sobers as "a wonderful cricketer and captain", as well as a brilliant commentator and good friend https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/125800/125844.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/859941.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/859941.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-859941 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Desmond Haynes and Garry Sobers have come out in support of Kieron Pollard being handed the captaincy of the Barbados Caribbean Premier League franchise https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/154900/154927.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2013/content/story/656541.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/caribbean-premier-league-2013/content/story/656541.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-656541 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Garry Sobers has declared that Shane Warne was overrated and he believes Subhash Gupte, who played for India during the 1950s, was a better legspinner https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/73200/73286.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/478062.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/478062.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-478062 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Vivian Richards have defended the primacy of Test cricket in the wake of the withering critique launched by Chris Gayle https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103400/103456.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/404217.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/engvwi2009/content/story/404217.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-404217 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT George Headley, Everton Weekes, Garry Sobers and Shivnarine Chanderpaul were the four West Indian cricketers honoured at a function on Monday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/389156.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/389156.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-389156 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Reports that the Stanford's legends group has been disbanded have been confirmed by a spokesman for the organisation https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/382736.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/382736.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-382736 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ellis Achong invented it; we've got the lowdown on it https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/310734.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/310734.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-310734 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:56 GMT Sir Garfield Sobers said it's time for "something very drastic" to be done to West Indies cricket to get it back on track https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/312865.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/312865.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-312865 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/300333.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/300333.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-300333 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Everton Weekes have backed West Indies captain Brian Lara amidst criticism https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/289629.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/289629.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-289629 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Garry Sobers has given Shane Watson a World Cup boost by recognising his talent and believing he will improve as he matures https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/286426.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/286426.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-286426 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/267793.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/267793.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-267793 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There are too many worrying signs in West Indies cricket distracting the players, and Sir Garry Sobers believes these off-the-field battles are hurting the team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/258578.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/258578.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258578 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Fazeer Mohammed tracks the prolific batting periods in history https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/255149.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/255149.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-255149 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A brief history of cricket in Barbados, for so long the driving force behind the game in the Caribbean https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/240899.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/240899.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-240899 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Garry Sobers believes Australia's sides of the past decade fall short in any debate over the game's greatest teams https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/238823.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/238823.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-238823 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Off the field he may have been an awkward hero, on it Garry Sobers was 'evolution's ultimate specimen'. By Gideon Haigh https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wac/content/story/225794.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wac/content/story/225794.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-225794 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sir Garfield Sobers, the West Indies legend, intends to assist the Scotland team for the 2007 World Cup, and help them make an impact on the tournament to be held in the Caribbean https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/144431.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/144431.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-144431 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Major events have usually been necessary for staging World XI matches in Australia https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145144.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/145144.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-145144 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Player-of-the-Year award, the highest accolade from the ICC, has been named in honour of Sir Garfield Sobers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/143030.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/143030.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-143030 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Richie Benaud, the former Australian captain and current doyen of television commentators, has named his World XI of the 20th century https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135375.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/135375.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135375 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indies may be going through a bad patch of late, but their cricketing history has been remarkable https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138414.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138414.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-138414 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The five greatest Caribbean players of all time have been named at an awards ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of West Indies cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138382.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138382.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-138382 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Scotiabank West Indian Jubilee will be held on Tuesday, July 27, in the Symphony Hall in Birmingham, two nights before the second Test between England and West Indies starts at Edgbaston https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138859.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/138859.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-138859 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The West Indians' humiliation at the hands of England has stirred Sir Garry Sobers into criticising the team's preparation - but he defended Brian Lara's position as captain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/134161.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/134161.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134161 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) has reunited members of the 1963-64 Sheffield Shield winning South Australian team, 40 years after their victorious season. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/137958.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/137958.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-137958 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It is a measure of the hold it has on the sporting psyche of the people of Melbourne that yesterday's 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cricket Ground evoked so many personal memories of Test cricket's first venue https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/133896.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/133896.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133896 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 1973 The great Garry Sobers scored 8032 runs in Tests - 8032 more than he made in one-day internationals https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133439.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/133439.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-133439 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This is the text of the Colin Cowdrey lecture delivered by Sunil Gavaskar at the MCC recently https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129197.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129197.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129197 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In July's issue of Wisden Asia Cricket , Barry Richards talks about what goes into the making of a great batsman, and his nominees for the finest exponents of the craft https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/128600.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/128600.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128600 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two cricket legends, Sir Garfield Sobers of the West Indies and Graeme Pollock of South Africa, will hand over the major individual awards at the presentation ceremony following the ICC Cricket World Cup Final in Johannesburg on March 23 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130387.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/130387.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-130387 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "There is a hell of a difference between good and great cricketers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120187.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/120187.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-120187 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT West Indian Test great Sir Garfield Sobers has launched a withering attack on excessive appealing and gamesmanship in the modern game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/95312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/95312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-95312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In a wonderful gesture to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first tied Test, played at the Gabba in the 1960/61 West Indies tour of Australia, the Australian Cricket Board has honored four of the living legends of that spectacular game by https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92377.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/92377.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92377 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The bat with which Gary Sobers made history is to be auctioned https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94701.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/94701.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-94701 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT We sit and wait - the photographer and I - waiting five, ten, 15, 20 minutes for the man to surface https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84622.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84622.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84622 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT TODAY, there will be a tribute to national cricketing legend Sir Garfield Sobers before the start of the seventh Cable & Wireless One-Day at Kensington Oval https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/78104.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/78104.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78104 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT THE names of John Norman and John Lewis will not be found in Wisden, but three decades on from one of cricket's most famous feats, these two men are owed a considerable debt by flanneled fools everywhere https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/74682.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/74682.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-74682 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT