Famous Cricketers No 42 - Gary Sobers

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 190. West Indians v Indian Universities, Hyderabad, December 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c A.L.Fernandes b A.V.Mankad 49 245/8d 26.3 9 83 6 D.Mukherjee lbw 249/9d 1 K.S.Dharsey c C.C.Griffith A.V.Mankad b K.H.Nagabushan st D.L.Murray S.Guha st D.L.Murray B.S.Bedi st D.L.Murray did not bat - 171/2 191. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bombay, December 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 (West Indies won by six wickets) b S.Venkataraghavan 50 421 25 9 46 3 C.G.Borde c J.L.Hendriks 296 1 A.L.Wadekar c L.R.Gibbs A.S.Durani b not out 53 192/4 27 6 79 2 D.N.Sardesai b 316 2 M.L.Jaisimha c M.R.Bynoe 192. West Indians v Prime Minister’s XI, New Delhi, December 20, 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) hit wkt b B.S.Bedi 35 415 22 3 78 1 A.A.Baig lbw 376 2 did not bat - 231/4d 14 5 35 2 A.A.Baig c M.R.Bynoe 233/9 2 C.G.Borde c M.R.Bynoe 193. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Calcutta, December 31, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (West Indies won by an innings and 45 runs) c M.L.Jaisimha b B.S.Chandrasekhar 70 390 28.5 16 42 3 R.F.Surti lbw 167 S.Venkataraghavan b B.S.Bedi c J.L.Hendriks 20 2 56 4 R.F.Surti c C.C.Griffith 178 Hanumant Singh b B.S.Bedi c M.R.Bynoe S.Venkataraghavan c J.L.Hendriks 194. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Madras, January 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c F.M.Engineer b B.S.Chandrasekhar 95 406 27.2 7 69 2 F.M.Engineer c R.B.Kanhai 404 1 B.S.Chandrasekhar c J.L.Hendriks not out 74 270/7 27 11 58 0 323 3 195. West Indians v Ceylon, Colombo, January 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c P.D.Heyn b N.Chanmugan 115 549/8d 13 4 34 0 400 1 5 0 22 0 163/3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 3 5 2 342 95 114.00 - 4 7 Other matches 3 3 0 199 115 66.33 1 1 6 Tour 6 8 2 541 115 90.16 1 5 13 Career 195 308 44 15524 365* 58.80 49 62 215 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Tests 155.1 51 350 14 5/42 25.00 - - Other matches 80.3 21 252 9 6/83 28.00 1 - Tour (6-ball) 235.4 72 602 23 6/83 26.17 1 - Career (6-ball) 4376.1 1225 } 15479 562 9/49 27.54 22 - (8-ball) 1362.1 163 1966/67 Again captained by Sobers, Barbados won the West Indies Shell Shield competition for the second successive year. They did so convincingly, winning three of their four matches and drawing the other. They did, however, lose by a wide margin to the Rest of the World in a match which formed part of the island’s celebration of its political independence. Sobers achieved his 50th century when he scored a 42