Sir Gary Sobers: 254 against Australia

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Edited August 22, 2016 by Nova
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[Nova]

This epic innings of 254 came in the midst of personal turmoil, which makes it even more special:

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But the innings was even more remarkable, as Tony Greig remembered. "Garry had problems on the home front. His wife and little boy, who lived in Melbourne, had left him. My lasting memory was when he walked off the ground, his wife had agreed to come back and speak to him. The whole stadium were on their feet except one person. And that was his wife. Sobers went straight downstairs and the two of them reconciled.

"In the breaks between innings he was not the normal Sobers. He was very quiet, upset and disturbed, in so much as he was heartsore. And yet he still played that knock."

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A legendary player and the ultimate all-rounder. Sir Gary Sobers.

[rkt.india]

this innings was played after this 

 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

 

Sobers vs Lileee.......absolute champion stuff. The theatre and contest which is hardly seen in today's cricket

[Deleted_User_1]

Man those were the days!!!

[Ankit_sharma03]

A great episode on Sobers-

Best line for him- he was like having 3 players in ur team 

 

 

 

[maniac]

I thought Rohit 264 was better....Joking....TFS

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[zen]

#2 on my list of ATG batsmen (after Bradman) 

[Forever Indian]

For me Gary Sobers > Don Bradman. Bradman may be the greatest batsman but Gary was the greatest player ever. Just a look at his records will show this allround genius who has taken over a 1000 FC wickets and averages over 57 in tests. He could bowl Left arm medium, Slow left arm, Chinaman and what not and got the highest score in test cricket of 365 at the age of 21

 

Now that's whom you call a born genius