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| Full name: | Garfield St Aubrun Sobers |
| Born: | 28th July 1936, Chelsea Road, Bay Land, St Michael, Barbados |
| Batting: | Left-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm chinaman, Slow left-arm orthodox, Left-arm fast-medium |
| Relations: | Brother: GF Sobers; Cousin: DAJ Holford |
| Teams: | West Indies (Test: 1953/54-1973/74); West Indies (ODI: 1973); Barbados (Main FC: 1952/53-1973/74); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1961-1962); South Australia (Main FC: 1961/62-1963/64); Nottinghamshire (Main FC: 1968-1974); Nottinghamshire (Main ListA: 1968-1974); Barbados (Main ListA: 1969/70-1972/73); All teams |
| Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1958/59 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1964 | |
| Nottinghamshire Captain: 1968 - 1972, 1973 | |
| Nottinghamshire cap: 1968 | |
| The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket: 1970 | |
| Nottinghamshire benefit season: 1972 | |
| Walter Lawrence Trophy winner: 1974 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Century: 2000 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Sobers to open World Cup |
| Sobers prefers Gupte over Warne | |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1953/54-1973/74) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| West Indies | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 57.78 | 26 | 30 | 109 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1953/54-1973/74) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| West Indies | 21599 | 974 | 7999 | 235 | 6-73 | 34.03 | 6 | 0 | 91.91 | 2.22 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1952/53-1974) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Barbados | 30 | 40 | 9 | 2355 | 204 | 75.96 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |
| West Indies | 94 | 161 | 21 | 8147 | 365* | 58.19 | 27 | 30 | 110 | |
| West Indies XI | 2 | 3 | 1 | 214 | 89 | 107.00 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| West Indians | 88 | 126 | 21 | 5134 | 219* | 48.89 | 13 | 22 | 103 | |
| Commonwealth XI | 4 | 8 | 0 | 456 | 102 | 57.00 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| AER Gilligan's XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 75 | 64.66 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 3 | 5 | 1 | 154 | 103 | 38.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| South Australia | 26 | 45 | 2 | 2707 | 251 | 62.95 | 10 | 10 | 26 | |
| EW Swanton's XI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 123 | 130.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| CC Hunte's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 107 | 59.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sir FMM Worrell's XI | 3 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 44 | 52.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jamaica Invitation XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 129 | 89.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rest of the World XI | 10 | 17 | 1 | 688 | 183 | 43.00 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 107 | 174 | 30 | 7041 | 160 | 48.89 | 18 | 39 | 108 | |
| International Cavaliers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 35 | 21.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| World XI | 9 | 14 | 4 | 562 | 254 | 56.20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Overall | 383 | 609 | 93 | 28314 | 365* | 54.87 | 86 | 121 | 405 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1952/53-1974) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Barbados | 5607 | 296 | 2133 | 71 | 6-56 | 30.04 | 2 | 0 | 78.97 | 2.28 |
| West Indies | 21707 | 978 | 8055 | 235 | 6-73 | 34.27 | 6 | 0 | 92.37 | 2.22 |
| West Indies XI | 637 | 26 | 269 | 11 | 3-49 | 24.45 | 0 | 0 | 57.90 | 2.53 |
| West Indians | 11192 | 454 | 4769 | 205 | 9-49 | 23.26 | 9 | 0 | 54.59 | 2.55 |
| Commonwealth XI | 522 | 12 | 295 | 12 | 4-69 | 24.58 | 0 | 0 | 43.50 | 3.39 |
| AER Gilligan's XI | 78 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0-2 | 4.84 | ||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 600 | 27 | 283 | 8 | 3-9 | 35.37 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | 2.83 |
| South Australia | 8049 | 117 | 3565 | 137 | 7-110 | 26.02 | 8 | 0 | 58.75 | 2.65 |
| EW Swanton's XI | 276 | 10 | 141 | 9 | 6-63 | 15.66 | 1 | 0 | 30.66 | 3.06 |
| CC Hunte's XI | 162 | 1 | 135 | 5 | 4-86 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 5.00 |
| Sir FMM Worrell's XI | 558 | 14 | 336 | 10 | 4-59 | 33.60 | 0 | 0 | 55.80 | 3.61 |
| Jamaica Invitation XI | 472 | 19 | 205 | 7 | 3-41 | 29.28 | 0 | 0 | 67.42 | 2.60 |
| Rest of the World XI | 2466 | 132 | 836 | 36 | 6-21 | 23.22 | 1 | 0 | 68.50 | 2.03 |
| Nottinghamshire | 17128 | 783 | 7202 | 281 | 7-69 | 25.62 | 9 | 1 | 60.95 | 2.52 |
| International Cavaliers | 294 | 16 | 126 | 2 | 2-77 | 63.00 | 0 | 0 | 147.00 | 2.57 |
| World XI | 1030 | 7 | 528 | 14 | 3-67 | 37.71 | 0 | 0 | 73.57 | 3.07 |
| Overall | 70778 | 2894 | 28941 | 1043 | 9-49 | 27.74 | 36 | 1 | 67.86 | 2.45 |
| One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1973) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | |
| One-Day International Career Bowling (1973) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| West Indies | 63 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1-31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 2.95 |
| One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1963-1974) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| West Indians | 3 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 64 | 92.00 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nottinghamshire | 86 | 85 | 19 | 2553 | 116* | 38.68 | 1 | 17 | 37 | |
| Barbados | 3 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 19 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| World XI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 44* | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Indies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Overall | 95 | 92 | 21 | 2721 | 116* | 38.32 | 1 | 18 | 41 | |
| One-Day Career Bowling (1963-1974) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| West Indians | 174 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 1-13 | 79.00 | 0 | 0 | 174.00 | 2.72 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4035 | 113 | 2227 | 103 | 5-43 | 21.62 | 4 | 1 | 39.17 | 3.31 |
| Barbados | 111 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 2-16 | 19.25 | 0 | 0 | 27.75 | 4.16 |
| World XI | 40 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0-12 | 1.80 | ||||
| West Indies | 63 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1-31 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 2.95 |
| Overall | 4423 | 122 | 2426 | 109 | 5-43 | 22.25 | 4 | 1 | 40.57 | 3.29 |
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