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SOBERS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

MARK BUTCHER

Last week saw the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers, arguably the greatest cricketer ever to have played the game.
cricketers.” That burst the bubble of 22 young hopefuls! But in comparison to a man of his talent, adequate is probably the right word for 99.99% of the people who have ever played the game.
His career, which ended in 1974, was before my time, but I grew up with an appreciation of what a genius he was. He was my dad’s favourite player and he had the chance to meet Sobers when he was living in Australia and playing for the South Australian youth ...

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