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CaribbeanCricket.com 2025-07-27 23:00:24 

Garry Sobers was an extraordinary batsman.We first have to understand the circumstances of the teenaged Garry Sobers to fully appreciate what he accomplished.

Garry made his first class debut for Barbados versus the visiting Indian touring  team at Kensington Oval at the age of 16 years 187 days as a slow left arm orthodox spin bowler who batted at number 9.

The next year he made his test debut versus England at Sabina Park Jamaica at the age of 17 years  245 days replacing the injured Alfred Valentine where he again batted at number 9.When Sobers made his test debut, he had played two first class matches.

Overall Test Career

Matches Innings Not Out Highest Score Aggregate Average 100s 50s
93 160 21 365* 8,032 57.78 26 30

Peak Period (January 1958 - December 196cool

Matches Innings Not Out Highest Score Aggregate Average 100s 50s
53 90 13 365* 5,511 71.57 19 21

After Age 21

Matches Innings Not Out Highest Score Aggregate Average 100s 50s
80 137 18 365* 7,441 62.53 26 27

Notable Series Performances

Versus Pakistan 1958

  • 5 Matches, 8 Innings, 2 Not Out
  • Highest Score: 365*
  • Aggregate: 824 runs
  • Average: 137.33
  • Centuries: 3, Half-centuries: 3

Versus England 1960

  • 5 Matches, 8 Innings, 1 Not Out
  • Highest Score: 226
  • Aggregate: 709 runs
  • Average: 101.29
  • Centuries: 3, Half-centuries: 1

Versus England 1966

  • 5 Matches, 8 Innings, 1 Not Out
  • Highest Score: 174
  • Aggregate: 722 runs
  • Average: 103.14
  • Centuries: 3, Half-centuries: 2

Full Story

 
kgbcan 2025-07-28 10:29:28 

A nice read!

Thanks Dukes!

 
googley 2025-07-28 12:37:21 

Happy birthday to the GOAT!! Nice write up Dukes! Looking forward to your write up on Hetty! lol

 
Dukes 2025-07-28 12:59:01 

In reply to googley

The Biggest waste of talent since Bernard Julien!!!!!!

 
Drapsey 2025-07-28 13:00:17 

In reply to Dukes

Wow, look who showed up!

Good to see you Dr Dukes.

 
CricSham 2025-07-28 13:07:33 

Dammit CC did not post my blasted post. lol
Anyway, here I go again. Brilliant write up Dukes as always.
Now Googley why de ra$$ you have to go and introduce a sour note. You do know that Hetty is the second coming of RBK. big grin
Dukes I met the great man twice the first time I was 19. Of course I had to ask about the licking he and Rohan dish out to England in 68 at Bourda. The word was that Gary and Rohan were at Pegasus until the wee hours of the morning before the game. All over GT the word was that it was hung over licks. Naturally, I asked Sir Gary about it. The great man smiled, but neither confirmed nor denied. But to this day, I swear, I saw a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

 
FanAttick 2025-07-29 10:05:09 

In reply to Dukes

Good piece Ole’ Sideburns….

There are lies, damn lies and statistics….

In my less than humble opinion, IVA Richards was unquestionably the 2nd greatest batsman of all times…second only to Ricardo Lloyd Powell. If you think I’m lying just ask the greatest West Indies fast bowler yet to be produced by Guyana, Isai Thorne…big grin

 
Dukes 2025-07-29 12:06:02 

In reply to FanAttick

Whatever you do, please keep that sense of humor.Believe me it is needed in these perilous times we are enduring.

 
hubert 2025-07-29 14:07:48 

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

You did it . lollollol
Nice. We will talk and I will share the best piece of batting I have seen from the GOAT.lol

 
tc1 2025-07-30 02:38:21 

In reply to Dukes

Good to see you posting again, especially on the Great One bd.

 
googley 2025-07-30 12:27:54 

Don Bradman called him "the greatest cricketing being to have ever walked the earth".

Enough said

 
tc1 2025-07-30 13:23:49 

In reply to FanAttick
lol

 
DirtyDan 2025-07-30 14:28:47 

Great Tribute

 
Curtis 2025-07-30 14:31:49 

In reply to Dukes

Great appreciation of the best cricketer from our region and the world

 
Castled 2025-07-30 15:07:07 

In reply to googley

Don Bradman called him "the greatest cricketing being to have ever walked the earth or Mars".

Fixed it for you to rope in the Sparrow who agreed but took Sir Gary to another level into the stratosphere lol

 
StumpCam 2025-07-31 11:34:10 

In reply to Dukes

4. 155 for South Australia vs South Africans Sobers asked his captain Les Favell to allow him to wear his West Indies cap when he went out to bat. Permission was granted and Sobers flayed the South Africans, sending the message that non-white batsmen could play cricket as well as anybody.


I like how you slipped that in there to make your hero look like an immortal!
But, I would say this about my hero, Sir Viv, he scored 4 centuries in WSC Supertests against the best in the world which would bring his tally to 28 test centuries!
So there!razz
Anyway good to see you making an appearance!

 
Dukes 2025-08-02 21:47:40 

In reply to StumpCam

I like how you slipped that in there to make your hero look like an immortal!


He is an immortal having scored 125 & 109 at Bourda in 1958 and would have been an immortal twice when he hit 152 and 95* also at Bourda when Gibbs ran from John Snow and got out leaving the Barron stranded on 95.


I suspect that like most people who question the Barron you did not actually see him bat.bowl or field.

PITY.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You missed quite an experience

 
StumpCam 2025-08-02 22:02:02 

In reply to Dukes

I suspect that like most people who question the Barron you did not actually see him bat.bowl or field.


Right you are, sir! Right you are!

The only experience I had of Sobers was on the radio in that series against England when him and Julien made centuries and probably a solitary Shell Shield match Barbados v Guyana.

 
Chrissy 2025-08-03 11:19:07 

 
Chrissy 2025-08-03 11:20:37 

In reply to Dukes
Tell him seh you walked across di roads fi tek yuh seat fi di entire match.

 
Dukes 2025-08-03 21:06:15 

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

Bourda was 2 blocks from my house and DCC the club of Lloyd,Gibbs and Freddo was 4 blocks away and every Saturday and Sunday I would ride my bicycle to watch them play.
Those were the days!!!!!!

 
Chrissy 2025-08-03 21:40:58 

In reply to Dukes

We were at New Garden and Anira - both DCC and GCC were walking distance.