{"id":2602,"date":"2026-07-17T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:55:08","slug":"west-indies-legend-garry-sobers-dies-at-89-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":"West Indies legend Garry Sobers dies at 89 | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132464665,imgsize-40441,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/gary-sobers-1707-s.jpg\" alt=\"West Indies legend Garry Sobers dies at 89\" title=\"Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies)\">Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. His death was confirmed by his son, Daniel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Sobers was just 10 days short of his 90th birthday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Widely regarded as one of the finest cricketers the game has ever produced, Sobers represented the West Indies from 1954 to 1974.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>A legendary career<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Sobers played 93 Test matches and scored 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78, including 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>A left-arm fast-medium bowler, Sobers also claimed 235 Test wickets. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>He also played one One-Day International, taking one wicket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Record-breaking feats<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>One of the defining moments of Sobers&#8217; career came in 1958 when he scored an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan. The innings stood as the highest individual score in Test cricket for 36 years before fellow West Indian Brian Lara broke the record with 375 against England in 1994.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Sobers also created history in first-class cricket in 1968 when, playing for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan, he became the first batter to hit six sixes in a single over.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/west-indies-legend-garry-sobers-dies-at-89\/articleshow\/132464604.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garry Sobers (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: Garfield Sobers, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history and a former West Indies captain, passed away on Friday at the age of 89. 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