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Cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers dies at 89

Saturday, 18 July 2026, 06:20 · 1 min read

Sir Garfield Sobers, widely regarded as cricket's greatest all-rounder, has died at the age of 89, West Indies Cricket confirmed on Friday. Over a Test career spanning two decades from 1954 to 1974, the Barbadian scored 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78 and claimed 235 wickets across 93 matches, while also becoming the first batsman in history to hit six sixes in a single over. Tributes poured in from cricket bodies worldwide, including England, India's BCCI, and Nottinghamshire — the English county club where Sobers played — with Australian legend Donald Bradman having once called him "the greatest cricketer of all time."

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