The best after the Don? That's a toughie

Mar 18, 2013: Introducing the next theme in our series: the second-finest batsman ever (after you know who)

Bowl at Boycs

'It's appalling to watch Afridi bat'

Oct 25, 2012: Geoffrey Boycott on the allrounder's transformation, the state of women's cricket, and the genius of Garry Sobers

Five to do it all

Jul 10, 2012: Allrounders who could bat, bowl and sometimes field their sides to victory

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, 4th day

Joyful Tino produces day to remember

Jun 10, 2012: Tino Best came within five runs of immortality and did so with a brilliance that put him up there with anybody in the great litany of Test cricket's unlikely performances

The best batsmen I've seen

May 1, 2012: In the post-Bradman era, these players delighted spectators and deflated the opposition with their ability to dominate the most fearsome attacks

1973

A Test hundred with a hangover

Jan 21, 2012: Garry Sobers starred in an innings victory after a night (and some of the day) about the town

Kallis is the Sobers of his generation

Jan 7, 2011: Before you pop a vein in outrage, consider the similarity in their numbers

Tendulkar only current player in ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI

Oct 25, 2010: Four Australians and three West Indians make it to the side. Warne, Gilchrist and Akram other recent players to feature

General news

Sobers voices 'reservations' over Warne's ability

Sep 21, 2010: 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

An evening with Sir Garry

Mar 7, 2010: The debate about the game's greatest batsman may be all the rage today. But is there any doubt as to who is the most skilled cricketer of all time?

Bishan Bedi on Garry Sobers

All the right moves

Oct 28, 2009: The man who could do everything on a cricket field

John Reid

'Cricketers enjoy their game more than other sportsmen'

Aug 28, 2009: The last New Zealand captain before Vettori to also have been a selector talks about his life and times in the game

England v West Indies, 2nd npower Test, Durham

Richards and Sobers defend primacy of Test cricket

May 13, 2009: 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

West Indies cricket

Four West Indies greats honoured

Feb 4, 2009: George Headley, Everton Weekes, Garry Sobers and Shivnarine Chanderpaul were the four West Indian cricketers honoured at a function on Monday

Stanford 20/20 for 20

Stanford legends given the chop

Dec 17, 2008: Reports that the Stanford's legends group has been disbanded have been confirmed by a spokesman for the organisation

Cricket's Great All-rounders

Dated data

Oct 26, 2008: A book on allrounders that brings together well-known facts and stats

Australia v World XI, MCG, 1971-72

Drunk on Sobers

Apr 27, 2008: The World XI were sinking without a trace. Then along came Sir Garry

Hitting it out of the park

Feb 7, 2008: A look at 11 cricketers who enjoyed taking the aerial route

The decline of West Indies cricket

Sobers calls for 'drastic action'

Sep 28, 2007: Sir Garfield Sobers said it's time for "something very drastic" to be done to West Indies cricket to get it back on track

1968

Sobers' six of the best

Sep 22, 2007: When Garry Sobers entered the record books as the first man to hit every ball in an over for maximum