Sir Garfield Sobers dies aged 89
Cricket's greatest ever all-rounder, and one of the finest gentlemen in all of sport. He represented his game and his people with style and class, grace and dignity. Rest easy, Gary Sobers. A magnificent innings 👏👏👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
PontsticInsect6Well remember the six sixes from one over he hit at Swansea. Legend.
wtffashionshark.bsky.social4I met him once. A complete darling of a man. And I watched him play too. He was terrific.
Nick25 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦3What a sad loss. Truly one of the greatest cricketers that ever lived. A magnificent ambassador for the game and the West Indies and a true gentleman as well. I doubt that we will ever see his like again. RIP Sir.
Brian Corney2So sad. A boyhood hero of mine and the finest all rounder ever to have graced the game. Forget Botham, forget Flintoff. This guy could bowl at pace, he could also spin the ball and he didn't bat with brute force but elegance and timing.
💙 EveNewtonJobs 🦋2An absolute legend. I saw him at Lords as a young child and he was extraordinary. RIP legend.
Pennoangle2We'll always have Swansea 😢.
Six sixes in an over. SIX SIXES. In 1968. youtu.be/aWA7wYKcPGo
Lev Parikian26Those who were there said this was his greatest innings. Which means it was a bit good. youtu.be/4SzfWtTZOtA
Lev Parikian3This is a nice piece about Malcolm Nash, the bowler (a really good one) on that historic occasion. He died in 2019. www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/909203...
Jeremy Smith2Watching him bat was a joy - all smooth and silken movement and stroke play.
Amy L Crow 🐦⬛1I’m genuinely moved by this news. Just an absolute colossus of a cricketer but a legend for the islands of the West Indies.
Bill Wilkinson1His first class debut took 7 wickets in the match aged 16. His second match scored 46 and 27 and took three wickets. His third was his test match debut against England taking 4/75. He was 17. 🤯
Simon Spanton1Insane batting average for an all-rounder. Pretty damn good bowling one too.
Lev Parikian29It’s always dangerous to equate sport and art but I’ve been trying to think of equivalents to convey the perfection of this and I’ve come up with: - Stevie Wonder’s run of albums in the early-mid 1970s - Mozart’s last three symphonies - Bach
Toby Miller28I love the moment the camera follows the fourth six...and there somebody's washing on the line, in a garden outside the ground. That home's linen caught forever in the amber of this immortal moment.
Chris Dale136 sixes, and Sobers just raises his bat in acknowledgement - that gracious and restrained reaction is something we have lost. Old-fashioned of me, I know.
David Thomas3My Dad was in the crowd to witness this (in Swansea.)
Tom Slee2Absolutely epic, and the smoothest swing of a bat imaginable.
Right at the top of the list of “wish I had seen him play” #RIP www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
George Golcar2Saw him make a first innings duck Aus v Rest of the World MCG 1971 . Just a lazy 254 in the second innings ! A true great
Saw him first in England vs RoW 1970. Got his autograph.
sociablesocialist.bsky.social1He lived around the corner from me when I was a wee tacker. Both he and the great Barry Richards played for SA in Sheffield Shield. Vaguely remember they both “worked” for Coke.
robau05.bsky.social1Greg I saw him play at the Brisbane Cricket Ground with Wes Hall and team. A great allrounder.
NK JJB1Swansea, Wales, Nash bowling to Sobers. Rest his history. Vale Gary Sobers
Adam1As a youngster I had the good fortune to see him batting with Rohan Kanhai at Lords in 1973. They both made 150. Bit too young to recall the detail but I do remember them being in for a while.
I am very sorry to report that Garfield "Gary" Sobers has died. One of THE greatest cricketers of all time.
Le désobéissant 🏴Ministre fantôme pour les ministres fantômes2Truly a giant of the game. "During his stint at Nottinghamshire in 1968, Sobers became the first player to hit a six off all six balls in an over in a first-class match." - BBC website
Mark Beeney🗿1Went to a sports meal in the 90’s where he gave a fantastic 1/2hr-1hr chat, recounting some of his highs & lows. A warm, funny and honest man.
Sir Alfie1pure legend and class !!
As @garydelaney.bsky.social says, the word “legend” has been watered down to mean someone unexpectedly returning with crisps. But the baggy maroon cap definitely fits with this man. www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Ambassador Griff1Got his autograph once as a kid. Pure coincidence that I'd bought a cricket book earlier that day. Thankfully my Dad recognised who he was, standing outside the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester. He was an utter gent with me, almost statesman-like but humble and kind. It remains a treasured possession.
The Ardent Skiver1My dad used to sing a snatch of a song about Garry Sobers. Always got the rhythm, words and beat wrong. Then he'd slide effortlessly into 'cricket lovely cricket'. No wonder I grew up wrong.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j... This is such sad news - the greatest Cricketer of all time has left us. It was a privilege to have seen you play Sir Garfield. Now you can show them how it's done up there. RIP 💔
Somerset Golden Retrievers2The 6 sixes at Glamorgan 👌
Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺1Fig 1: If Garry had played the same number of matches as Tendulkar, he'd have scored 17,273 runs Fig 2 His batting & the fact that he could bowl swing, seam & spin made him the greatest all rounder ever in my opinion. If he'd played the same number of matches as Kallis he'd have taken 419 wickets
