Garry Sobers
- Ryan Burl
- Regis Chakabva
- Tendai Chatara
- Craig Ervine
- Luke Jongwe
- Innocent Kaia
- Wessly Madhevere
- Richard Ngarava
- Sikandar Raza
- Sean Williams
Alphabetically sorted top ten of players who have played the most matches across formats in the last 12 months
Full Name
Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Born
July 28, 1936, Chelsea Road, Bay Land, St Michael, Barbados
Age
86y 238d
Also Known As
Sir Garry Sobers
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Fast medium, Slow Left arm Orthodox, Left arm Wrist spin
Playing Role
Allrounder
Height
5ft 11in
RELATIONS
(cousin)
A cricketing genius, Garry Sobers excelled at all aspects of the game, and few would argue his claim as the finest allround player in modern cricket. His exceptional Test batting average tells little about the manner in which he made the runs, his elegant yet powerful style marked by all the shots, but memorably his off-side play. As a batsman he was great, as a bowler, merely superb, but would have made the West Indies side as a bowler alone. He was remarkably versatile with the ball, bowling two styles of spin - left-arm orthodox and wrist spin, but was also a fine fast-medium opening bowler. His catching close to the wicket may have been equalled but never surpassed, and he was a brilliant fielder anywhere. He was an enterprising captain - at times maybe too enterprising, as when a generous declaration allowed England to win a decisive match at Port-of-Spain. Born with an extra finger on each hand (removed at birth), Sobers excelled at most athletic activities, playing golf, soccer and bastketball for Barbados, and made his first class debut at the age of 16, appearing in Tests a year later. He was played initially mostly as a bowler, but four years later set the Test record for an individual batsman with a mammoth 365 against Pakistan. His achievments are numerous - including the six consecutive sixes hit off an over from the unfortunate Malcolm Nash, a superb innings of 254 for the Rest of the World against Australia in 1971 that earned the praise of Don Bradman, and much more. Like many West Indians, he plied his trade abroad, playing for Nottinghamshire, and South Australia. He was knighted for his services to cricket in 1975.
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Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | - | - | 26 | 30 | - | - | 109 | 0 |
ODI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
FC | 383 | 609 | 93 | 28314 | 365* | 54.87 | - | - | 86 | 121 | - | - | 407 | 0 |
List A | 95 | 92 | 21 | 2721 | 116* | 38.32 | - | - | 1 | 18 | - | - | 41 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | 93 | 159 | 21599 | 7999 | 235 | 6/73 | 8/80 | 34.03 | 2.22 | 91.9 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
ODI | 1 | 1 | 63 | 31 | 1 | 1/31 | 1/31 | 31.00 | 2.95 | 63.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC | 383 | - | 70789 | 28941 | 1043 | 9/49 | - | 27.74 | 2.45 | 67.8 | - | 36 | 1 |
List A | 95 | - | 4387 | 2393 | 109 | 5/43 | 5/43 | 21.95 | 3.27 | 40.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |