{"id":194823,"date":"2026-07-19T23:03:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194823"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:33:51","slug":"crickets-original-triple-threat-sportstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194823","title":{"rendered":"Cricket\u2019s original triple threat &#8211; Sportstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ss-i.thgim.com\/public\/cricket\/gdt9gj\/article71241245.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/July%20second%202026-Sportstar.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ss-i.thgim.com\/public\/cricket\/gdt9gj\/article71241245.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/July%20second%202026-Sportstar.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ss-i.thgim.com\/public\/cricket\/gdt9gj\/article71241245.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/July%20second%202026-Sportstar.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ss-i.thgim.com\/public\/cricket\/gdt9gj\/article71241245.ece\/alternates\/FREE_1200\/July%20second%202026-Sportstar.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsss.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/ss-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia.\" title=\"Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia.\" data-original=\"https:\/\/assetsss.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/ss-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"pic-caption\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption align-text-bottom\">Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia.<br \/>\n                                                   | Photo Credit: Satish Acharya\n                                              <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption-image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsss.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/SSRX\/lightbox-info.svg\" alt=\"infoIcon\"\/><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                  Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia.<br \/>\n                                                   | Photo Credit: Satish Acharya\n                                          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/sportoon\/sir-garfield-sobers-death-tributes-west-indies-cricket-legend\/article71241272.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia. | Photo Credit: Satish Acharya Garry Sobers played for West Indies, his home island of Barbados, Nottinghamshire and South Australia. | Photo Credit: Satish Acharya Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/July20second202026-Sportstar.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194285,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194285","url_meta":{"origin":194823,"position":0},"title":"With Sir Garfield Sobers\u2019 demise, cricket loses its original superstar all-rounder","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In cricket\u2019s deep memory, some players seem eternal and always relevant. 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