Famous Cricketers No 42 - Gary Sobers

not out 27 180/5d 11 6 21 4 C.T.Radley c B.Stead 108 2 N.G.Featherstone b T.Selwood c M.N.S.Taylor J.T.Murray b 316. Nottinghamshire v Sussex, Trent Bridge, July 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) did not bat - 416/2d 23 6 62 1 P.J.Graves c S.B.Hassan 267/8d not out 28 163/6d 6 0 28 1 K.G.Suttle c D.A.Pullan 241/5 317. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Ilkeston, July 31, August 2, 3 (Match drawn) c C.P.Wilkins b E.Smith 37 312/7d 11 7 12 0 155 3 5 3 5 0 30/3 1 318. Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan, Swansea, August 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 151 333/4d 10 2 17 2 D.J.Shepherd c D.A.Pullan 186 1 D.L.Williams b c A.R.Lewis b D.J.Shepherd 63 185/7 23 7 68 1 A.R.Lewis c and b 377/5d 1 319. Nottinghamshire v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 7, 9, (10) (Match drawn) c D.J.S.Taylor b T.W.Cartwright 100 206/9d 5 0 15 0 229/8 320. Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 18, 19, 20 (Northamptonshire won by 100 runs) c H.M.Ackerman b J.W.Swinburne 7 231 24 9 50 5 A.Tait b 282/7d H.M.Ackerman b D.S.Steele b G.Cook lbw D.Breakwell b c P.J.Watts b J.W.Swinburne13 175 31 11 51 1 D.S.Steele b 224/5d 321. Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire, Trent Bridge, August 21, 23, 24 (Nottinghamshire won by five wickets) did not bat - 332/2d 16 4 57 0 373 1 not out 89 219/5 11.2 4 19 3 M.J.K.Smith c J.B.Bolus 177 L.R.Gibbs c D.A.Pullan W.N.Tidy c M.J.Harris 322. Nottinghamshire v Essex, Chelmsford, August 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) lbw R.N.S.Hobbs 9 289 12 1 41 0 339 c K.R.Pont b R.N.S.Hobbs 1 203/6 13 2 51 0 228/6d 2 323. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Trent Bridge, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b J.C.J.Dye 10 347 17 6 31 3 M.H.Denness c J.B.Bolus 282 A.G.E.Ealham c R.A.White J.N.Shepherd lbw 12 0 42 3 B.W.Luckhurst c D.A.Pullan 151/7 1 M.H.Denness lbw G.W.Johnson b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 23 38 6 1485 151* 46.40 3 8 29 Career 323 513 78 24715 365* 56.81 76 106 353 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 660.4 190 1641 53 5/11 30.96 2 - Career (6-ball) 7962.4 2264 } 25512 928 9/49 27.49 36 1 (8-ball) 1792.2 236 1971/72 - Rest of the World in Australia Bowing to political pressure, the Australian Cricket Board of Control replaced a scheduled visit by the South Africans with a World team tour of Australia this winter. Sobers was invited to captain this international squad which played 12 first-class matches altogether, including 5 unofficial ‘Tests’. They won the close rubber by a margin of 2-1. The skipper’s own form was spotty with both the bat and the ball, but he did play one unforgettable innings at Melbourne which many observers, including Bradman, still rank as one of the finest exhibitions of strokeplay ever witnessed in Australia. His 254 59