{"id":194261,"date":"2026-07-17T15:37:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194261"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:07:50","slug":"the-greatest-cricketer-of-all-time-when-don-bradman-paid-tribute-to-sir-garfield-sobers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194261","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The greatest cricketer of all time\u2019 \u2014 When Don Bradman paid tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Garry Sobers, arguably the greatest all rounder of all time, has died aged 89 West Indies Cricket announced on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA great innings has come to an end. In our hearts, now and forever, Sir Garfield Sobers,\u201d West Indies Cricket posted on X above a photograph of him titled \u2018Legend. Icon. Hero\u2019.<\/p>\n

Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scored 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78 and took 235 wickets at 34.03 runs each.<\/p>\n

In a poll of 100 cricket experts in 1999, both Australian batsman Donald Bradman and Sobers were chosen in Wisden\u2019s Five Cricketers of the 20th Century with the West Indian all-rounder garnering 90 votes.<\/p>\n

Bradman had an extraordinary 100 votes and yet before his own death in 2001, \u2018the Don\u2019 paid the ultimate tribute to Sobers.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Remembering Sir Garfield Sobers: The man who could do everything<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHe is, in my opinion, the greatest cricketer of all time,\u201d said Bradman.<\/p>\n

For many he is perhaps best known for becoming the first player to hit six sixes in one over — Glamorgan\u2019s Malcolm Nash being the unfortunate bowler when Sobers played county cricket for Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n

They paid tribute to him describing him as \u201ccricket\u2019s greatest-ever all-rounder and an iconic figure in Nottinghamshire history\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers,\u201d the club said.<\/p>\n

Published on Jul 17, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Garry Sobers, arguably the greatest all rounder of all time, has died aged 89 West Indies Cricket announced on Friday. \u201cA great innings has come to an end. In our hearts, now and forever, Sir Garfield Sobers,\u201d West Indies Cricket posted on X above a photograph of him titled \u2018Legend. Icon. Hero\u2019. 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