Overview
- Cricket West Indies announced on Friday that Sir Garfield 'Garry' Sobers has died, posting on X that “a great innings has come to an end.”
- Reports say Sobers died at his home in Barbados and is survived by his sons Daniel and Matthew and an adopted daughter, Genevieve, and no cause of death has been disclosed.
- Sobers played 93 Test matches from 1954 to 1974, scoring 8,032 runs at an average of 57.78 and taking 235 Test wickets, numbers cited across multiple reports.
- His signature achievements include an unbeaten 365 at Sabina Park in 1958, which stood as the Test record for decades, and becoming the first player to hit six sixes in a first-class over in 1968.
- Honours that cement his legacy include a 1975 knighthood, selection among Wisden’s top players of the 20th century, an ICC Hall of Fame place, and the ICC’s top men’s award bearing his name.