{"id":807293,"date":"2026-07-18T01:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807293\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T01:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T01:56:26","slug":"a-look-at-late-cricket-great-garfield-sobers-career-st-george-sutherland-shire-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807293\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at late cricket great Garfield Sobers’ career | St George & Sutherland Shire Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SirSir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup in Jamaica in 2007. Photo: AP PHOTO<\/p>\n

KEY NUMBERS IN THE CAREER OF SIR GARFIELD SOBERS, WHO HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 89:-<\/p>\n

365 not out \u2013 Sobers’ maiden Test century, against Pakistan at Sabina Park in 1958, was a record individual score until beaten by fellow West Indian Brian Lara in 1994 and still stands sixth on the all-time list.<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 an equally memorable feat saw Sobers become the first player to hit six sixes in an over, for Nottinghamshire against the unfortunate Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan in the County Championship at Swansea in August 1968.<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Sobers’ age when he made his first-class debut, as a spinner for Barbados against the Indian tourists \u2013 he took seven wickets in the match.<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 first-class matches before his Test debut against England in 1954.<\/p>\n

\"SirSir Garfield Sobers with former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth in India in 1998. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Sobers is one of only five allrounders in Test history to score more than 5,000 runs and take over 200 wickets \u2013 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78 and 235 wickets at 34.03. Jacques Kallis, Ian Botham, Ben Stokes and Kapil Dev are the other members of the exclusive club.<\/p>\n

109 \u2013 an outstanding fielder to boot, Sobers added 109 catches.<\/p>\n

93 \u2013 Test appearances for the West Indies, to go with a solitary one-day international.<\/p>\n

103.14 \u2013 Sobers’ remarkable batting average in the Windies’ Test series win over England in 1966.<\/p>\n

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