{"id":194907,"date":"2026-07-20T06:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194907"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:44:32","slug":"brian-lara-calls-for-celebration-of-father-figure-garry-sobers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194907","title":{"rendered":"Brian Lara calls for celebration of \u2018father figure\u2019 Garry Sobers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71244844\">Brian Lara has urged the \u201cwhole of the Caribbean\u201d to celebrate Garry Sobers following the death of the West Indies legend.<\/p>\n<p>Sobers, widely regarded as cricket\u2019s most outstanding all-rounder, died aged 89 on Friday, sparking a flood of tributes from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Among his many achievements, Sobers\u2019s 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958 stood as the highest individual innings in Test cricket for 36 years.<\/p>\n<p>That record was eventually broken by fellow West Indies left-hander Lara, who made 375 against England in 1994, with Sobers walking on to the ground to congratulate him after he had gone past 365.<\/p>\n<p>Lara, who first met Sobers as a boy while taking part in a youth cricket competition set up by the Barbados national hero, told Sky Sports: \u201cHe was a father figure, a general, a mentor in my life, so even though I am sad, 89 is a great score.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell the whole of the Caribbean that we need to celebrate his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIn each era of West Indies cricket there is a different motivational factor. Sir Clive Lloyd and Sir Vivian Richards wanted to be the best team in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I read that in the 1950s and 60s it was about making ourselves independent of English rule and Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Frank Worrell, Sir Wes Hall fought for a different purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSir Garfield is the most amazing person I have ever met. Just unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 20, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/brian-lara-garry-sobers-record-tribute-legacy-death\/article71244844.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Lara has urged the \u201cwhole of the Caribbean\u201d to celebrate Garry Sobers following the death of the West Indies legend. Sobers, widely regarded as cricket\u2019s most outstanding all-rounder, died aged 89 on Friday, sparking a flood of tributes from all over the world. Among his many achievements, Sobers\u2019s 365 not out against Pakistan in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194908,"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-194907","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\/LARA.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194285,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194285","url_meta":{"origin":194907,"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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