Sir Garfield Sobers was called “the greatest cricketer the world has ever known” by his former teammate Sir Clive Lloyd at the legendary West Indies player’s state funeral in Barbados. Lloyd described the multi-talented Sobers, who died aged 89 on July 17, as “a man who lived in the hearts and minds of Caribbean people
Garfield St Aubrun Sobers was born in Bridgetown on July 28, 1936, but was only five years old when his father, a merchant seaman, died in World War II, leaving his mother Thelma to raise half a dozen children. Young Garry was born with an extra finger on each hand, which was removed during infancy.
Legendary former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died aged 89. The Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets. An entertaining left-handed batsman, Sobers scored 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958, an effort that stood as