Famous Cricketers No 42 - Gary Sobers

287. Rest of the World v England, Kennington Oval, August 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 (Rest of the World won by four wickets) b P.Lever 79 355 15 5 18 1 M.C.Cowdrey c D.L.Murray 294 1 not out 40 287/6 42 15 81 3 K.W.R.Fletcher c E.J.Barlow 344 A.P.E.Knott b J.A.Snow c Mushtaq Mohammad 288. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Ilkeston, August 22, 24, 25 (Nottinghamshire won by 128 runs) c P.E.Russell b C.P.Wilkins 25 326 19.2 4 32 4 I.W.Hall lbw 178 D.H.K.Smith c D.A.Pullan P.E.Russell c J.B.Bolus A.Ward c D.A.Pullan did not bat - 143/1d 11 5 27 1 E.Smith lbw 163 1 289. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Trent Bridge, August 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) did not bat - 338/2d 27 2 68 3 H.Pilling c D.A.Pullan 374/8d F.M.Engineer b J.Simmons c G.Frost c P.Lever b D.P.Hughes 52 234/5 22 4 62 2 B.Wood c G.Frost 249/4d 1 C.H.Lloyd c sub 290. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Folkestone, August 29, 31, September 1 (Kent won by three wickets) not out 123 376/4d 15 2 49 1 J.N.Shepherd lbw 310/7d 1 b G.W.Johnson 44 215/6d 19.4 2 103 3 G.W.Johnson c S.B.Hassan 283/7 M.C.Cowdrey c S.B.Hassan Asif Iqbal b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 14 23 8 1154 160 76.93 5 3 15 Other matches 5 9 1 588 183 73.50 2 4 5 Season 19 32 9 1742 183 75.73 7 7 20 Career 290 458 69 22316 365* 57.36 69 96 316 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 403.3 87 1085 43 6/21 25.30 1 - Other matches 272.4 106 452 21 21.52 5/39 1 - Season (6-ball) 676.1 192 1540 64 6/21 24.06 2 - Career (6-ball) 6949 1959 } 23183 848 9/49 27.33 33 1 (8-ball) 1792.2 236 1970/71 – Rest of the World in Pakistan The Pakistan trip was undertaken for a worthy cause. Sobers led the Rest of the World XI in a ‘Cyclone Disaster Relief Match’ at Karachi in December. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 291. Rest of the World XI v Pakistan XI, Karachi, December 18, 19, 20, 21 (Pakistan won by 226 runs) b Salin Altaf 0 184 11.3 3 33 2 Shafqat Rana c F.M.Engineer 373/6d 1 Intikhab Alam lbw c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 25 283 9 1 29 0 320/6d 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tour 1 2 0 25 25 12.50 - - 3 Career 291 460 69 22341 365* 57.13 69 96 319 55