Gary SOBERS

Gary SOBERS - West Indies - Test Records against India & Pakistan.

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Date: 09 August 1974

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    • POSITION
      L.H. Bat, L.A. Fast Medium/Slow L.A. Orthodox/Slow L.A. Chinaman.
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Tuesday, 28 July 1936
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Chelsea Road, Barbados.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • West Indies
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Gary SOBERS - West Indies - Test Records against India & Pakistan.

 

If Sir Garfield Sobers batting does not enable him to be classified as the greatest cricketer of all, his bowling certainly will. He did everything a bowler could with his left arm, apart from bowl underarm. To his natural left arm spin he later added some very brisk fast medium bowling, with late swing and a bouncer that was said to be very fast. Later still he took up wrist spin, the rarely seen Chinamen and googlies. He might switch to one of these methods of attack at any time and he was equally proficient at all three. On top of that he was also a predatory short leg fieldsman. While he took 4-75 in his first Test, for much of the 1950s he was only an occasional bowler for West Indies. That changed in Australia in 1960-61 when his seam bowling really developed.

 

He took five wickets in Adelaide and 5-120 in Melbourne. He took 5-63 to win the fifth Test against India in Kingston soon after. In 1963 he had 5-60 at Edgbaston and reached his 100th Test wicket when he dismissed Peter Philpott in the first Test of the 1965 series against Australia. He opened the bowling for the first time when he partnered Wes Hall in the Test in Guyana. He took 5-41 and 3-39 at Headingley in the 1966 series in England, with 20 wickets in the series. He had seven wickets in Calcutta in 1966-67 when West Indies beat India by an innings. He opened the bowling regularly against England in 1967-68 as Charlie Griffith declined.

 

He took 5-42 at Headingley in 1969 when his opening partner was Vanburn Holder. In 1973 he opened with Keith Boyce in the first Test of 1973, taking 3-62 in England's second innings. He was still going strong in his last series in 1973-74, taking 13 wickets in four Tests. (Bob Harragan)

 


Test Records against India.


Date Test Venue 1st Inns 2nd Inns Batting Ct Result

28/11/58 1 Bombay 3-0-19-0 3-0-8-0 25 & 142* 2 Draw

12/12/58 2 Kanpur 24-4-62-2 21-10-29-0 4 & 198 0 Won

31/12/58 3 Calcutta 6-0-32-1 2-0-11-1 106* & dnb 2 Won

21/01/59 4 Madras 18.1-8-26-4 18-8-39-2 29 & 9 1 Won

06/02/59 5 Delhi 24-3-66-0 dnb 44 & dnb 0 Draw

16/02/62 1 Port-of-Spain 9.3-1-28-2 15-7-22-4 40 & dnb 2 Won

07/03/62 2 Kingston 39-8-75-4 17-3-41-1 153 & dnb 2 Won

23/03/62 3 Bridgetown 16-2-46-2 17-10-14-0 42 & dnb 3 Won

04/04/62 4 Port-of-Spain 25-6-48-2 47-14-116-3 19 & 16* 2 Won

13/04/62 5 Kingston 6-1-20-0 32-9-63-5 104 & 50 1 Won
* 13/12/66 1 Bombay 25-9-46-3 27-6-79-2 50 & 53* 3 Won
* 31/12/66 2 Calcutta 28.5-16-42-3 20-2-56-4 70 & dnb 0 Won
* 13/01/67 3 Madras 27.2-7-69-2 27-11-58-0 95 & 74* 4 Draw
* 18/02/71 1 Kingston 30-8-57-2 dnb 44 & 93 1 Draw
* 06/03/71 2 Port-of-Spain 28-7-65-0 15-5-16-0 29 & 0 0 Lost
* 19/03/71 3 Georgetown 43-15-72-3 5-1-14-0 4 & 108* 0 Draw
* 01/04/71 4 Bridgetown 20-9-34-2 23-8-31-2 178* & 9 0 Draw
* 13/04/71 5 Port-of-Spain 13-3-30-1 42-14-82-2 132 & 0 3 Draw
 

Summary of above matches.


M Runs HS Ave 100s 50s W BB Ave 5w Ct
18 1920 198 83.48 8 7 59 5-63 25.69 1 26

 

 

Test record against Pakistan.

 


Date Test Venue 1st Inns 2nd Inns Batting Ct Result

17/01/58 1 Bridgetown dnb 57-25-94-1 52 & dnb 0 Draw

05/02/58 2 Port-of-Spain 5.3-1-14-1 22-8-41-2 52 & 80 1 Won

26/02/58 3 Kingston 5-1-13-0 15-4-41-0 365* & dnb 1 Won

13/03/58 4 Georgetown 16-2-47-0 17-6-32-0 125 & 109* 0 Won

26/03/58 5 Port-of-Spain 34-6-95-0 dnb 14 & 27 0 Lost

20/02/59 1 Karachi 40-24-45-0 9-5-12-0 0 & 14 0 Lost

06/03/59 2 Dhaka 8-4-7-0 3-2-4-0 29 & 45 0 Lost

26/03/59 3 Lahore dnb 6-1-9-0 72 & dnb 2 Won
 

Summary of above matches.

M Runs HS Ave 100s 50s W BB Ave 5w Ct
8 984 365* 89.45 3 4 4 2-41 113.50 0 4

 
Summary of all matches.

M Runs HS Ave 100s 50s W BB Ave 5w Ct
93 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 235 6-73 34.04 6 100

 

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