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Mark Butcher: Sir Garfield Sobers in a league of his own

Mark Butcher pays tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers’ unmatched brilliance and questions the ICC’s controversial new format for the 50-over World Cup.
Sir Garfield Sobers in the dressing room at Scarborough during a England v Rest of the World fixture

Last week saw the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers, arguably the greatest cricketer ever to have 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 squads.
He even had the opportunity to bowl at him in the nets at the Adelaide Oval during the West Indies’ 1965/66 tour of Australia.
First exposure
My first exposure to Sobers was watching the grainy old footage from the famous...

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