List of international cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers
Sobers held the record for the second highest number of centuries in Test cricket at the time of his retirement.[ 1]
Sir Garfield Sobers (also known as Gary or Garry Sobers) is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1954 and 1974. He scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings ) on 26 occasions. Widely acknowledged as the "greatest all-rounder ",[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] he was described by Australian cricketer Don Bradman as a "five-in-one cricketer".[ N 1] In 93 Tests , Sobers scored 8,032 runs—at a batting average of 57.78—and claimed 235 wickets .[ 3] He held the record for most runs by a player in Test cricket until 1981.[ N 2] Sobers was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1964, and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000.[ 6] He entered into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame when the International Cricket Council (ICC) formally inducted him alongside 55 initial inductees in 2009.[ 7]
Sobers made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1954. He scored his first century (365 not out ) against the same team during the third Test of the 1957–58 home series . In the event, he became the youngest player to complete a triple century.[ 8] Sobers' innings remained the highest individual score in Test cricket for 36 years until it was transcended by Brian Lara in 1994;[ 9] the innings, however, remains the highest maiden century for a player in Tests.[ 10] In the fourth Test of the same series , Sobers went on to score centuries in both the innings; he ended up scoring 824 runs at an average of 137.33 in the series.[ 11] In terms of centuries scored, he was most successful against England (10 centuries).[ 12] Sobers made scores of 150 or more in a Test match innings on thirteen occasions, and was dismissed five times between scores of 90 and 99.[ 13] As of March 2019[update] , he has the third-highest number of centuries for West Indies in Tests.[ 14]
Sobers made his solitary One Day International (ODI) appearance in a match against England in September 1973;[ 15] he was dismissed for a duck .[ 15]
Key
Test cricket centuries
Notes
References
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^ "Sobers' sporting tales" . BBC Sport . 28 May 2002. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2013 .
^ a b "Sir Garry Sobers – profile" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ S, Rajesh (13 December 2010). "An allrounder like no other" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ Finlay, Ric (29 October 2008). "Record-holders for most number of Test runs" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013 .
^ "How they were chosen, 2000 – Five cricketers of the century" . Wisden . ESPNcricinfo . 2000. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2012 .
^ "Hanif, Imran and Miandad in ICC Hall of Fame" . Dawn . Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Youngest player to score a triple hundred" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013 .
^ "There it is... for the first time – Lara scales a mountain" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Highest maiden hundred" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most runs in a series" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most hundreds against one team" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most nineties in career" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012 .
^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012 .
^ a b "Statistics / Statsguru / GS Sobers / One-Day Internationals / Match by match list" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013 .
^ "Statistics / Statsguru / GS Sobers / Test matches / Hundreds" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Kingston, Feb 26 – Mar 4, 1958" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ a b "4th Test: West Indies v Pakistan at Georgetown, Mar 13–19, 1958" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "1st Test: India v West Indies at Mumbai (BS), Nov 28 – Dec 3, 1958" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "2nd Test: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Dec 12–17, 1958" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: India v West Indies at Kolkata, Dec 31, 1958 – Jan 4, 1959" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "1st Test: West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Jan 6–12, 1960" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 17–23, 1960" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "4th Test: West Indies v England at Georgetown, Mar 9–15, 1960" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Dec 9–14, 1960" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "The second tied Test" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Jan 13–18, 1961" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "2nd Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Mar 7–12, 1962" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "5th Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Apr 13–18, 1962" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "4th Test: England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 25–29, 1963" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "1st Test: England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 2–4, 1966" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "2nd Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 16–21, 1966" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "4th Test: England v West Indies at Leeds, Aug 4–8, 1966" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "2nd Test: West Indies v England at Kingston, Feb 8–14, 1968" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "5th Test: West Indies v England at Georgetown, Mar 28 – Apr 3, 1968" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "4th Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Jan 24–29, 1969" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "5th Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Feb 14–20, 1969" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: West Indies v India at Georgetown, Mar 19–24, 1971" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "4th Test: West Indies v India at Bridgetown, Apr 1–6, 1971" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "5th Test: West Indies v India at Port of Spain, Apr 13–19, 1971" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: West Indies v New Zealand at Bridgetown, Mar 23–28, 1972" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .
^ "3rd Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, Aug 23–27, 1973" . ESPNcricinfo . Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012 .