Patrick Murphy remembers a player who made fans swoon
In any discussion about Garry Sobers, two things are immutable. To those of a certain age, comparisons with other cricketers are a complete waste of time because he was simply the best. And secondly, forget his career statistics, hugely impressive as they are. You’re as well saying that Cole Porter wrote a lot of songs. It was the way that Sobers and Porter compiled their grace notes so effortlessly that marks out their genius. Not their longevity or productivity.
You had to have seen Sobers in the flesh, in his glorious po...
