Reaction to the Death of Cricket Legend Garry Sobers
The West Indies great was hailed as cricket’s greatest all-rounder, with players and officials citing his 93 Tests and lasting influence on the sport.
- Sir Garfield Sobers, widely regarded as cricket's greatest all-rounder, died at his home in Bridgetown, Barbados, at age 89 on Friday, prompting tributes from across the global cricket community.
- A left-handed batter who bowled pace and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between March 1954 and April 1974, scoring 8,032 runs with 26 centuries and claiming 235 wickets in Test cricket.
- His Nottinghamshire career spanned 7,041 runs and 281 wickets; his unbeaten 365 against Pakistan in 1958 stood as cricket's highest individual Test score until Brian Lara surpassed it in 1994.
- International Cricket Council Chairman Jay Shah called Sobers the 'finest allrounder' ever known, while former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said it was 'probably the saddest day for the game of cricket.'
- Generations of cricketers will draw inspiration from Sobers' mastery, as Cricket West Indies president Kishore Shallow noted his achievements gave millions across the Caribbean a renewed belief in what was possible.
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Sir Garfield Sobers was cricket's greatest all-rounder: A tribute
The cricketing world lost one of its most legendary stars with the passing of Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers at the age of 89 on Friday. His death marks the end of an era in cricket. Sobers was not merely one of the game’s greatest players. He set a standard by which all the following all-rounders who came after him, were measured and judged. Tributes have poured in from across the world, celebrating a man whose extraordinary talent, grace and s…
Sydney Morning Herald
Vale Sir Garfield Sobers
Tributes have poured in for Garry Sobers, widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket, following his death at the age of 89.
TITAN OF THE GAME - Sir Garry remembered as cricket’s colossus
He was not merely a cricketer. He was a force of nature, a symphony of left-handed grace, a man whose very presence on a field seemed to bend the game to his will.Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, the colossus who bestrode the cricket world for two decades and whose legend only grew in the half-century since, has died at the age of 89.News that the man universally hailed as the greatest all-rounder the game has ever produced had died sent ripples o…
‘The best cricketer who ever lived’: Michael Holding pays tribute to the late Garfield Sobers
Following the death of the West Indies icon at eighty-nine, the legendary fast bowler reflects on the humility, unmatched statistics, and Caribbean pride of an incomparable sporting pioneer.
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