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Sir Garfield Sobers’ unmatched style and brilliance

Patrick Murphy remembers a player who made fans swoon and explains why Sir Garfield Sobers remains the greatest all-round cricketer the game has ever seen.

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In any discussion about Sir Garfield 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.
Matchless gifts
You had to have seen Sobers in the flesh, in his glorious pomp, to get the measure of him as a cricketer....

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