zen Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 (edited) No matter which team one follows, it is difficult to not be amazed by Garry Sobers. While his overall career record is fascinating: Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 overall 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 If we break it down into two phases: Phase 1 ecords type batting analysis [change type] View career summary [change view] Start of match date less than or equal to 1 Jan 1958 Ordered by default (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 unfiltered 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 Profile filtered 1954-1957 14 25 3 672 66 30.54 0 3 0 Phase 2 Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 unfiltered 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 Profile filtered 1958-1974 79 135 18 7360 365* 62.90 26 27 12 A batting avg of 63 over the 16-17 years period PS Bowling Records type bowling analysis [change type] View career summary [change view] Ordered by default (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10 overall 1954-1974 93 159 21599 7999 235 6/73 8/80 34.03 2.22 91.9 6 0 Edited April 5, 2020 by zen Link to comment
zen Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Ian Chappell recalls some tales: Link to comment
Gollum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 So stylish, at a time when he was quite old and more interested in golf than cricket. Lillee made some sarcastic remarks about him before this test questioning the GOAT's motivation, a 45 minutes long intense net session on eve of the match, 1st innings duck and then this carnage when his side was in a losing position, there will never be another one like Sir Garfield Sobers. Deleted_User_1 and Vijy 1 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 World XI in Australia, 1971/72, 3rd Match Australia v World XI Melbourne Cricket Ground 1,2,3,5,6 January 1972 (5-day match) Result: World XI won by 96 runs Series: 5-Match series level 1-1 Toss: World XI Umpires: JR Collins and MG O'Connell Balls per over: 8 Close of play: Day 1: World XI 184, Australia 58/1 (IM Chappell 21*) Day 2: Australia 285, World XI 42/1 (Gavaskar 12*, Zaheer Abbas 21*) Day 3: World XI 344/7 (Sobers 139*, PM Pollock 9*) Day 4: World XI 514, Australia 139/3 (Benaud 34*, Walters 2*) World XI 1st innings HM Ackerman b Lillee 0 SM Gavaskar c GS Chappell b Lillee 38 Zaheer Abbas c Stackpole b Massie 4 RG Pollock c Marsh b Lillee 8 *GS Sobers c Stackpole b Lillee 0 AW Greig c Benaud b Massie 66 +FM Engineer c Marsh b Lillee 5 Intikhab Alam lbw b Jenner 38 PM Pollock lbw b Jenner 3 N Gifford not out 0 BS Bedi run out (Massie/Walters) 7 Extras (b 5, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) 15 Total (all out, 49.3 overs, 256 mins) 184 FoW: 1-0, 2-11, 3-26, 4-26, 5-105, 6-117, 7-151, 8-160, 9-177, 10-184. Bowling O M R W Lillee 16.3 4 48 5 (1nb,1w) Massie 14 3 70 2 GS Chappell 10 2 17 0 Watson 3 1 10 0 Jenner 6 0 24 2 Australia 1st innings KR Stackpole c Ackerman b Greig 32 GD Watson c RG Pollock b Greig 16 *IM Chappell b PM Pollock 21 J Benaud lbw b Intikhab Alam 24 GS Chappell not out 115 KD Walters b Greig 16 +RW Marsh b Greig 4 KJ O'Keeffe c Gavaskar b Intikhab Alam 1 TJ Jenner c Engineer b Sobers 19 RAL Massie c Engineer b Sobers 34 DK Lillee c Bedi b Sobers 0 Extras (b 1, lb 2) 3 Total (all out, 71.6 overs, 363 mins) 285 FoW: 1-58, 2-58, 3-78, 4-104, 5-133, 6-141, 7-146, 8-188, 9-285, 10-285. Bowling O M R W PM Pollock 19 2 87 1 Sobers 14.6 0 67 3 Greig 16 4 41 4 Intikhab Alam 12 0 45 2 Bedi 6 0 28 0 Gifford 4 0 14 0 World XI 2nd innings HM Ackerman c Stackpole b Lillee 9 SM Gavaskar c IM Chappell b Jenner 27 Zaheer Abbas c IM Chappell b Lillee 86 RG Pollock b Massie 28 *GS Sobers c Walters b GS Chappell 254 AW Greig c & b Jenner 3 +FM Engineer b Lillee 14 Intikhab Alam lbw b Watson 15 PM Pollock c O'Keeffe b Jenner 54 N Gifford not out 4 BS Bedi c Massie b Jenner 3 Extras (lb 13, w 3, nb 1) 17 Total (all out, 124.3 overs, 598 mins) 514 FoW: 1-12, 2-87, 3-146, 4-177, 5-214, 6-248, 7-319, 8-505, 9-505, 10-514. Bowling O M R W Lillee 30 3 133 3 Massie 25 4 95 1 (2w) Walters 2 0 5 0 Watson 16 2 37 1 Jenner 20.3 5 87 4 (1w) O'Keeffe 27 5 121 0 Stackpole 1 0 7 0 GS Chappell 3 1 12 1 (1nb) Australia 2nd innings (target: 414 runs) KR Stackpole c Engineer b Greig 24 GD Watson retired hurt 21 *IM Chappell run out (Intikhab Alam/Engineer) 41 J Benaud c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 42 GS Chappell c Sobers b Bedi 12 KD Walters c sub (RS Cunis) b Bedi 127 +RW Marsh lbw b Bedi 0 KJ O'Keeffe c Sobers b Intikhab Alam 1 TJ Jenner c Gavaskar b Bedi 12 RAL Massie c & b Intikhab Alam 23 DK Lillee not out 1 Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 13 Total (all out, 76 overs, 328 mins) 317 FoW: 1-35, 2-117, 3-133, 4-157, 5-158, 6-163, 7-201, 8-313, 9-317. Bowling O M R W Greig 14 1 71 1 (4nb,1w) PM Pollock 1 0 8 0 Sobers 8 0 48 0 Gifford 5 1 13 0 Bedi 24 4 81 4 Intikhab Alam 24 5 83 3 Link to comment
zen Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Seen that clip many times. @3.30 when the batsman at the other end claps, it again reinforces that a very special inning is being played Link to comment
zen Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 1958 to 1971, a period of 14 years, averaged a mind blogging 66 Records type batting analysis [change type] View cumulative averages [change view] Start of match date between 1 jan 1958 and 1 Jan 1972 Ordered by start date (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 unfiltered 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 Profile filtered 1958-1971 67 117 16 6701 365* 66.34 24 24 10 Deleted_User_1 1 Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 8 hours ago, zen said: 1958 to 1971, a period of 14 years, averaged a mind blogging 66 Records type batting analysis [change type] View cumulative averages [change view] Start of match date between 1 jan 1958 and 1 Jan 1972 Ordered by start date (ascending) Return to query menu Cleared query menu Career averages Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0 unfiltered 1954-1974 93 160 21 8032 365* 57.78 26 30 12 Profile filtered 1958-1971 67 117 16 6701 365* 66.34 24 24 10 Post WW II, he may be one of the greatest, if not the greatest batsman, and he a was an all-rounder. This should diminish his greatness, but most of his cricket was played before the 70s and I think the quality of bowling was better in 70s-90s. Link to comment
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