Sir Garfield Sobers
West Indies
Personal information
Full name	Garfield St. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Auburn Sobers
Nickname	Garry Sobers
Born	28 July 1936 (1936-07-28) (age 71)
	Bridgetown, Barbados
Height	5 ft 11 in (1. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of Bridgetown, metropolitan pop 96578 ( 2006) is the Capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation 80 m)
Role	All-rounder
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm fast medium Slow left-arm orthodox Slow left-arm chinaman
International information
Test debut (cap 84)	30 March 1954: v England
Last Test	5 April 1974: v England
ODI debut (cap 11)	5 September 1973: v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1952 – 1974	Barbados
1968 – 1974	Nottinghamshire
1961 – 1964	South Australia
1961 – 1962	MCC
Career statistics
	Tests	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	93	1	383	95
Runs scored	8032	0	28314	2721
Batting average	57. An all-rounder is a Cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the Sport of Cricket. Left-arm orthodox spin is a style of bowling in the sport of Cricket. In Cricket, left-arm unorthodox spin &ndash often known as slow left-arm chinaman and abbreviated to SLC &ndash is a style of bowling. This is a list of West Indian Test cricketers. A Test match is an international Cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. This is a list of West Indian One-day International cricketers. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Barbadian cricket team is the representative First class cricket team of Barbados. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of The Southern Redbacks are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day form of the Sport of Cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 78	0. 00	54. 87	38. 32
100s/50s	26/30	0/0	86/121	1/18
Top score	365*	0	365*	116*
Balls bowled	21599	63	70789	4387
Wickets	235	1	1043	109
Bowling average	34. In Cricket, not out is a term used on scorecards to signify that a Batsman has not been dismissed when the Innings is finished In Cricket, not out is a term used on scorecards to signify that a Batsman has not been dismissed when the Innings is finished In Cricket, not out is a term used on scorecards to signify that a Batsman has not been dismissed when the Innings is finished A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 03	31. 00	27. 74	21. 95
5 wickets in innings	6	–	36	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	6/73	1/31	9/49	5/43
Catches/stumpings	109/–	1/–	407/–	41/–
As of 13 September 2007 Source: Cricinfo

Sir Garfield St Auburn Sobers, AO (born July 28, 1936 in Bridgetown, Barbados), often known as Garry Sobers (though earlier in his life he preferred the spelling Gary), is a former West Indies cricketer, widely regarded as the greatest all-rounder (batsman and bowler) the game has ever seen. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of Bridgetown, metropolitan pop 96578 ( 2006) is the Capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries

Sobers was born with two extra fingers, one on each hand, which were removed at birth. Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Ancient Greek πολύς (polus "many" + δάκτυλος (daktulos Besides cricket, he also excelled at other sports, and played golf, football, basketball, table tennis and dominoes for Barbados. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Dominoes (or "dominos" generally refers to the individual or collective gaming pieces making up a domino set (sometimes called a deck or pack ^[1]

Sobers was a cricket all-rounder, excelling at both batting and bowling. An all-rounder is a Cricket player who excels at both batting and bowling. Andrew-Strauss-Cricketer-detailjpg|thumb|right|250px| Andrew Strauss batting for England during the 2005 NatWest Series]] In the Sport of Cricket, batting Darren_Gough_bowlingjpg|thumb|250px|right| Darren Gough bowling]] In the Sport of Cricket, bowling is the action of propelling the ball toward He was also an outstanding fielder, usually fielding close to the wicket. Fielding in the Sport of Cricket is what fielders do to collect the ball when it is struck by the Batsman, in such a way as to either Sobers was a talented left-handed batsman, with a superb career Test batting average of 57. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 78, one of the highest reached by any player. He scored 8,032 runs in his career, which was a record at the time. Sobers was also a versatile bowler, taking 235 Test wickets at an average of 34. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 03. He bowled left-arm spin and also left-arm fast-medium. Left-arm orthodox spin is a style of bowling in the sport of Cricket. Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the Sport of Cricket.

Sobers played his first Test Match in 1953 aged 17. Just under five years later, in 1958 he set a Test cricket record by scoring 365 runs in 614 minutes in a single innings that included 38 fours and, interestingly, not one six against Pakistan. This is a list of Test cricket records; that is record team and individual performances in Test cricket. The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international Cricket team representing Pakistan. It was his first Test century, and a record which stood for over 36 years, until it was surpassed by Brian Lara. Brian Charles Lara (born 2 May 1969 ( nicknamed, "The Prince of Port-of-Spain" "The Prince of Trinidad" or simply "The Prince" is a However, Sobers' innings still remains the highest maiden Test century ever. He played his last Test in 1974 against England in Trinidad. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Trinidad ( Spanish: " Trinity " is the largest and most populous of the two major islands and

In 1968 Sobers became the first ever batsman to hit six sixes off one over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any Boundary has two distinct meanings in the Sport of Cricket; (i the edge or boundary of the playing field and (ii a manner of scoring In the sport of Cricket, an over is a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by His knock consisted of five clean sixes and one parried over the rope by Roger Davis. Roger Clive Davis (born 15 January, 1946) is a former county Cricketer who played for Glamorgan for 13 years as an all-rounder ^[2] Sobers was playing as captain of Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan in Swansea; the unfortunate bowler was Malcolm Nash. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Criced Morgannwg is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national Cricket structure Swansea ( Abertawe "mouth of the Tawe " is a city and county in Wales. Malcolm Nash (born May 9 1945) is a Welsh Cricket coach and former first-class Cricketer Glamorgan Cricketer This tally of 36 runs off an over beat a 57 year-old record of 34 runs, held by Ted Alletson. Edwin Boaler (Ted Alletson, (born March 6, 1884 in Welbeck, died July 5, 1963 in Worksop) played English County

In the New Year Honours 1975 Queen Elizabeth II created Sobers a Knight Bachelor for his services to the sport. The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. ^[3] The award was made in the British Diplomatic and Overseas section of the list, rather than on the nomination of the Government of Barbados, which had stopped putting forward recommendations for British honours, this caused the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office some unease as shown by papers released by The National Archives in 2005, however since Barbados had not yet introduced its own system of honours, the Prime Minister of Barbados was pleased that an honour would be forthcoming for Sobers. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting The National Archives (TNA is a British Governmental organisation created in April 2003 to maintain a National archive for " England, Wales This is a list of current and former Barbadian heads of Government. ^[4] The award was originally intended to be made in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, but since there was a royal visit to Barbados planned for February 1975, it was moved forward to the New Year list so that Sobers could be knighted by the Queen in person during the visit, the very short turnaround between the decision to make the award and its announcement meant that the Governor-General of Barbados was not informed of the award before the public announcement, which caused some hurt feelings between London and Bridgetown. The Queen's Birthday Honours (or King's Birthday Honours when the monarch is male is a civic occasion on the celebration of the Queen's Official Birthday in which The Governor-General of Barbados is the domestic representative of the Queen of Barbados. ^[4][5] In 2003 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, where he played many first-class games for South Australia. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition The Southern Redbacks are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. ^[6][7]

He is the author of a children's novel about cricket, Bonaventure and the Flashing Blade, in which computer analysis helps a university cricket team become unbeatable.

In 2000 Sobers was named by a 100-member panel of experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five Cricketers who were judged to be the most prominent players of the 20th century as selected by a 100-member panel of Cricket experts Sobers received 90 votes out of a possible 100. The other four cricketers selected for the honour were Sir Donald Bradman (100 votes - out of 100 possible), Sir Jack Hobbs (30 votes), Shane Warne (27 votes) and Sir Vivian Richards (25 votes). Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001 often referred to as The Don, was an Australian Cricketer widely Sir John Berry Hobbs ( 16 December 1882 - 21 December 1963) generally known as Jack Hobbs, played Cricket for Surrey Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 is a former Australian international Cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, (born St John's, Antigua on 7 March 1952 is a former West Indian Cricketer.

He was made a National Hero of Barbados by Prime Minister Owen Arthur in 1999. Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation Owen Seymour Arthur, MP (born 17 October 1949) was the Prime Minister of Barbados from 1994 to 2008

He has two sons, Matthew and Daniel, and a daughter, Genevieve.

Garry Sobers's career performance graph.

A graph showing Sobers' test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

References

1. ^ Garry Sobers: My Autobiography - book review at Amazon,com
2. ^ BBC Archive - 1968 footage of Sir Garfield Sobers hitting six sixes in one over
3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46444, pages 1–2, 31 December 1974. Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 Bank Hall St Michael Barbados – 13 March 1967 Kingston Jamaica) is sometimes referred to by his nickname This is a list of all men boys and women who have captained the West Indian cricket team at official international level in at least one match Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born December 26 1935 in Port Mourant Berbice British Guiana) is a former West Indian Cricket player Sir Leonard Hutton (born June 23, 1916 in Fulneck near Pudsey, Yorkshire, died September 6, 1990 in This is a list of Test cricket records; that is record team and individual performances in Test cricket. Brian Charles Lara (born 2 May 1969 ( nicknamed, "The Prince of Port-of-Spain" "The Prince of Trinidad" or simply "The Prince" is a The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated
4. ^ ^{a b} Catalogue data for file FCO 57/606, pdf copy of full document relating to award of knighthood to Sir Garfield Sobers (fee required to view pdf)
5. ^ London Gazette: no. 46502, page 2671, 27 February 1975. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated
6. ^ Australian Government—It's an honour—Australia Celebrating Australians. Entry for SOBERS, Garfield St Aubrun. Retrieved 2008-04-27
7. ^ BBC Archive - Order of Australia appointment