Famous Cricketers No 42 - Gary Sobers

glorious 165 against Guyana at Georgetown. He was only the second West Indian to score 50 centuries. Marshall, the first to do so in 1964, had by this time acquired 56. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 196. Barbados v Leeward Islands, Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 9, 10, 11 (Barbados won by an innings and 76 runs) not out 97 406/6d 7 3 6 1 L.Harris c R.M.Edwards 159 2 14 6 32 1 E.Gilbert c H.M.Phillips 171 197. Barbados v Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain, February 22, 23, 24, 25 (Barbados won by 59 runs) c C.A.Davis b P.R.Roberts 17 149 9 4 22 2 B.A.Davis lbw 135 1 W.V.Rodriguez c A.M.Taylor c B.A.Davis b M.C.Carew 45 337 12 1 48 2 K.M.Furlonge b 292 1 Inshan Ali b 198. Barbados v Guyana, Georgetown, February 28, March 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b W.English 165 552 28 5 82 1 O.Glasgow c and b 641/5d 1 - - - - 244/5 199. Barbados v Rest of the World XI, Bridgetown, March 8, 9, 10, 11 (Rest of the World XI won by 262 runs) b L.R.Gibbs 32 84 9 5 15 1 Mushtaq Mohammad c M.R.Bynoe 308 c N.J.N.Hawke b R.W.Barber 3 238 21 4 39 1 Mushtaq Mohammad c A.M.Taylor 276 1 200. Barbados v Jamaica, Bridgetown, March 22, 23, 25,27 (Barbados won by 96 runs) lbw A.B.Wellington 47 521/8d 24 5 64 1 R.A.Pinnock lbw 361 1 c L.A.King b R.A.Cohen 18 160/4d 22 7 38 1 V.Fray lbw 226 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Shell Shield 4 6 1 389 165 77.80 1 1 7 Other matches 1 2 0 35 32 17.50 - - - Season 5 8 1 424 165 60.57 1 1 7 Career 200 316 45 15948 365* 58.84 50 63 222 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Shell Shield 116 31 292 9 2/22 32.44 - - Other matches 30 9 54 2 1/15 27.00 - - Season (6-ball) 146 40 346 11 2/22 31.45 - - Career (6-ball) 4522.1 1265 } 15825 573 9/49 27.61 22 - (8-ball) 1362.1 163 1967 – Rest of the World in England Sobers participated in only two first-class matches this summer, leading the Rest of the World to draws against England and Sussex. His own contributions with the bat were somewhat modest but he bowled with considerable fire in both games. Against Sussex, Colin Bland and Rohan Kanhai struck attractive centuries. Seymour Nurse did likewise against the England XI. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 201. Rest of the World XI v Sussex, Hove, August 30, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c M.A.Buss b E.J.Lewis 24 475/8d 13 2 38 3 K.Suttle b 351/9d 1 M.A.Buss b M.G.Griffith b 23 4 66 4 M.A.Buss c J.D.Lindsay 256 1 A.W.Greig c J.D.Lindsay J.M.Parks c R.B.Kanhai G.C.Cooper c J.D.Lindsay 43