Gary was hungover for most of this, and not just a bit, but the real thing. He finished the first day on 35 then went out for drinks. He finished drinking at 9:00 AM the next morning then went out to bat at 11:00 and scored 150. He said that he didn't see the first five balls from Willis, and his team was laughing in the pavilion. It's hard to tell, but I think it shows in the first ball in the vid, but we don't know whether that was on the second day. The story is in espncricinfo.
Some truly ridiculous comments on this video. Of course the bowling looks mediocre: this is a highlights reel showing Sobers hitting boundaries, so naturally poor balls are going to be overrepresented. It's absurd to claim that the bowlers (and by extension batsmen) are low-quality on that basis.
And as to the claims that the era's fast bowlers were "medium medium" pace: (1) I wasn't aware you had speed guns wired into your brains; and (2) since when has pace equated to quality bowling anyway?
Comparisons are bad between Kallis and Sobers. They played in different eras and styles, Sobers played like a millionaire and Kallis plays like a pauper. Long live Kind Sobers
@ianwilson2007 You might not like the look of it but Underwood and Willis would walk into any test team these days. They both got around 300 wickets at around 25 runs each. Great bowlers.
@LiamE69 believe me I have seen Underwood and Willis bowl live, they were both good bowlers...but the general standard of the balls shown in these highlights (not just from them but the others too) was pretty poor. Sobers was at the end of his career and they were just serving them up to be hit
To all those who want to bring stats into the equation..........look at the opinions of his opponents who faced him on the field. Don Bradman himself has said that sobers is the GREATEST CRICKETER of all time. Sobers 2nd only to the Don in votes for Wisdens 5 cricketers of 20th Century. Also voted clear winner of best all rounder of all time by ESPNCricinfo international panel. Sobers comes from a country of 250,000 people so clearly his ability and his opponents do the talking for him!
What are these idiots talkign about Kallis averages 57.4. Not to mention over 40 hundreds and 11000 runs. He has taken more wickets than Sobers at a better average. What whimisical notion makes Sobers better than Kallis other than personal opinion?
harbajan has more wickets than prasanna and bedi and younis khan averages more than viv richards. what makes viv richards and bedi better than younis and harbajan other than personal opinion..? Try not being stupid...that hsould help
Not just the greatest all-rounder, but the greatest batsman who ever played cricket. I'll put Bradman in second place as a batsman, but not first. Sobers was also top of the pack for sheer class and style.
@redjam40, Bradman averaged 100, Sobers 57. Sobers only averaged 34 with the ball - not all that impressive. On his batting alone Bradman is the greatest cricketer ever. Sobers may be the second best but you can't argue with the numbers - Bradman was the best by miles and miles.
@314159192829 - How can he be the greatest cricketer. Sobers opened bat, came in a number 3 or 4 or whatever order the team needed him to be at. He was a World class Wicket keeper - in fact he started his career as a Wicket Keeper. He was brilliant spin bowler, as well as a swing bowler. He could be used a Fast bowler ask Dennis Lillie. He was a brilliant slip fielder, and we mean brilliant! Also a brilliant fielder in the deep.
He was and still is the greatest all rounder the game has known.
@redjam40 - And I forgot - he could bat... boy could he bat. He is truly the only cricketer in the game to truly be World class at every aspect of the game. Including batting - that to me and to many others around the world means that he is the greatest cricketer ever to play the game.
I always thot he was some extraordinary batsman.but after seeing couple of his videos now I feel his shots are no different from those played by Lara or any other great batsman..He his throwing his bat at everything without any footwork..Sachin is far more classy.
He is an inspiring cricketer, I am just reading his Autobiography and it really gives you an inside view of proffesional cricket, the uups and the downs, i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys good cricket, His bowling was pure Class.
No without a doubt one of the greatest Batsman ever, but not the greatest all rounder. Jack Kallis leaves Great Sobers Miles behind. Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan also much better all rounders. Ian Botham another.
Great Difference between Great Batsman & Great All Rounder!!
With all due respect I think you have it back to front. Sobers is universally regarded as the greatest all-rounder to have played the game. Superb, stylish batsman, yes - but not the greatest pure batsman.
what a team and what a summer that was- wasn't there a bomb scare stoppage?- they smashed England all over and then in 76 it was the summer of the great Viv Richards.
certainly was a classic - his last test century and mostly played under the cloud of a hangover from an all night drinking session at the end of the first day (as he admits in his autobiography)!
Gary Sobers, the greatest all rounder of all time and may be after Viv Richard, the greatest batsman. Never Judge players ofr the runs they made but how they made those runs are important.
Gary was hungover for most of this, and not just a bit, but the real thing. He finished the first day on 35 then went out for drinks. He finished drinking at 9:00 AM the next morning then went out to bat at 11:00 and scored 150. He said that he didn't see the first five balls from Willis, and his team was laughing in the pavilion. It's hard to tell, but I think it shows in the first ball in the vid, but we don't know whether that was on the second day. The story is in espncricinfo.
edmundus1581 1 month ago
Some truly ridiculous comments on this video. Of course the bowling looks mediocre: this is a highlights reel showing Sobers hitting boundaries, so naturally poor balls are going to be overrepresented. It's absurd to claim that the bowlers (and by extension batsmen) are low-quality on that basis.
And as to the claims that the era's fast bowlers were "medium medium" pace: (1) I wasn't aware you had speed guns wired into your brains; and (2) since when has pace equated to quality bowling anyway?
CyrilWashbrook 2 months ago
lol, dennis lillee medium pace as well? You idiot
assilemneimad1 5 months ago
i mean look at the bowlers- they are medium medium. not even fast medium.
ashokatibrewal 6 months ago
@ashokatibrewal Bob Willis was an out and out fast bowler. Do your homework.
Parrock1 1 month ago
the mos overrated cicketer in my opinion. by modern standards he would be a part time bowler and a good batsman at most by modern standards.
ashokatibrewal 6 months ago
He played many a great innings against great bowlers on top form.
toby2011ism 6 months ago
Comparisons are bad between Kallis and Sobers. They played in different eras and styles, Sobers played like a millionaire and Kallis plays like a pauper. Long live Kind Sobers
dnprahlad 8 months ago
the bowling looks awful
ianwilson2007 9 months ago
@ianwilson2007 You might not like the look of it but Underwood and Willis would walk into any test team these days. They both got around 300 wickets at around 25 runs each. Great bowlers.
LiamE69 8 months ago
@LiamE69 believe me I have seen Underwood and Willis bowl live, they were both good bowlers...but the general standard of the balls shown in these highlights (not just from them but the others too) was pretty poor. Sobers was at the end of his career and they were just serving them up to be hit
ianwilson2007 8 months ago
Best batsman in history........The Don.
Best CRICKETER in history........Sobers.
Dont consult the stats, just ask their opponents and the guys who played at the highest level.
nottsmanjason 9 months ago
To all those who want to bring stats into the equation..........look at the opinions of his opponents who faced him on the field. Don Bradman himself has said that sobers is the GREATEST CRICKETER of all time. Sobers 2nd only to the Don in votes for Wisdens 5 cricketers of 20th Century. Also voted clear winner of best all rounder of all time by ESPNCricinfo international panel. Sobers comes from a country of 250,000 people so clearly his ability and his opponents do the talking for him!
nottsmanjason 9 months ago
What are these idiots talkign about Kallis averages 57.4. Not to mention over 40 hundreds and 11000 runs. He has taken more wickets than Sobers at a better average. What whimisical notion makes Sobers better than Kallis other than personal opinion?
buramabull 1 year ago
@buramabull
harbajan has more wickets than prasanna and bedi and younis khan averages more than viv richards. what makes viv richards and bedi better than younis and harbajan other than personal opinion..? Try not being stupid...that hsould help
maroczyvariation 1 year ago
Best Test All Rounders - Post WWII
{numbers exclude Bangladesh, Zimbabwe & ICC World XI}
1: Gary Sobers {8032 runs @ 57.78 , 235 wickets @ 34.03, 109 catches}
2: Keith Miller {2958 runs @ 36.97, 170 wickets @ 22.97, 38 catches}
3: Imran Khan {3800 runs @ 37.69, 362 wickets @ 22.81, 28 catches}
4: Jacques Kallis {10370 runs @ 52.90, 228 wickets @ 34.79, 145 catches}
5: Ian Botham {5200 runs @ 33.54, 383 wickets @ 28.40, 120 catches}
6: Kapil Dev {5172 runs @ 30.97, 430 wickets @ 29.61, 64 catch
onoeoner 1 year ago 3
Not just the greatest all-rounder, but the greatest batsman who ever played cricket. I'll put Bradman in second place as a batsman, but not first. Sobers was also top of the pack for sheer class and style.
doobydooby223 1 year ago
The GREATEST!!
lilleeWAfot 1 year ago
those dads newer wear helmet on there head but yet they would punish bowler make good ball look like bad ball the king at the control
benji1275 1 year ago
the big man
benji1275 1 year ago
boycott the greatest fart-er of all time !! case closed...
reimannx33 1 year ago
lolz spectators along the sideliens just picking up the ball and tossing it back
AjoseRow 2 years ago
great batting, although some of the bowling was quite tame. it's a pity england didn't discover cameras at both ends until about 2005
mkeysou812 2 years ago
oh how i wish he was playin today!
sting695 2 years ago
The greatest Cricketer in the History of the sport. He was and still is far ahead of any cricketer that has ever played the game
redjam40 2 years ago
@redjam40, Bradman averaged 100, Sobers 57. Sobers only averaged 34 with the ball - not all that impressive. On his batting alone Bradman is the greatest cricketer ever. Sobers may be the second best but you can't argue with the numbers - Bradman was the best by miles and miles.
314159192829 1 year ago
@314159192829 - How can he be the greatest cricketer. Sobers opened bat, came in a number 3 or 4 or whatever order the team needed him to be at. He was a World class Wicket keeper - in fact he started his career as a Wicket Keeper. He was brilliant spin bowler, as well as a swing bowler. He could be used a Fast bowler ask Dennis Lillie. He was a brilliant slip fielder, and we mean brilliant! Also a brilliant fielder in the deep.
He was and still is the greatest all rounder the game has known.
redjam40 1 year ago
@redjam40 - And I forgot - he could bat... boy could he bat. He is truly the only cricketer in the game to truly be World class at every aspect of the game. Including batting - that to me and to many others around the world means that he is the greatest cricketer ever to play the game.
redjam40 1 year ago
Gary Sobers, a gentleman, sportsman, and as a player could do the lot...very quiet guy. Superb. Let his playing do the talking.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
GREATEST CRICKER - Sir Gary Sobers, GREATEST BATSMAN - Sir Don Bradman
lovejahama 2 years ago
can someone post gordon greenidges 214* vs england please.
Sanath340 2 years ago
I always thot he was some extraordinary batsman.but after seeing couple of his videos now I feel his shots are no different from those played by Lara or any other great batsman..He his throwing his bat at everything without any footwork..Sachin is far more classy.
don2186 2 years ago
best PLAYER in history m8
LH4wdc 2 years ago
greatest cricketer-GARFIELD Sobers...greatest batsman-BRIAN C Lara
DDazzle1 2 years ago
He is an inspiring cricketer, I am just reading his Autobiography and it really gives you an inside view of proffesional cricket, the uups and the downs, i would recommend it to anyone who enjoys good cricket, His bowling was pure Class.
cochgwan 2 years ago
greatest ever allrounder.....
susantukt 3 years ago 8
No without a doubt one of the greatest Batsman ever, but not the greatest all rounder. Jack Kallis leaves Great Sobers Miles behind. Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan also much better all rounders. Ian Botham another.
Great Difference between Great Batsman & Great All Rounder!!
zaffrann 2 years ago
Zaffran
With all due respect I think you have it back to front. Sobers is universally regarded as the greatest all-rounder to have played the game. Superb, stylish batsman, yes - but not the greatest pure batsman.
Just my 5 cents
HaggisPowah 2 years ago
Obviously, you are a younger man, to whom numbers mean everything. Kallis better than Gary Sobers! Oh dear me. I shudder the thought..Cheers.
thecrucifer 2 years ago 11
Kallis is very good but the consensus is that Sobers is the greatest allrounder of the modern era. His flair is one of the reasons.
TheRealNeill 2 years ago
Kallis is behind Imran, Dev, Hadlee, Botham to name a few but Sobers is in a different universe to everyone!
marxistsoldier 1 year ago
what a team and what a summer that was- wasn't there a bomb scare stoppage?- they smashed England all over and then in 76 it was the summer of the great Viv Richards.
mizofan 3 years ago
2nd only to Bradman.
damadarr 3 years ago
Can one man have that much talent?
Greatest Cricketer..Sir Garfield Sobers
cancricfan 3 years ago
certainly was a classic - his last test century and mostly played under the cloud of a hangover from an all night drinking session at the end of the first day (as he admits in his autobiography)!
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francoismendoza 3 years ago
Thanks for this video. Does anyone have any Seymour Nurse highlights?
LLUT 4 years ago
cricketopinions.blogspot dot com - the right place for the right opinions.
asdfrewqq 4 years ago
I KNOW HIS RELATIVES IRL LOLZ
bastienvans 4 years ago
SOBERS IS MY BOY
bastienvans 4 years ago
Lovely stuff; I was at Lord's for the first two days of this match and saw every ball of this innings; brings the memories flooding back.
JSMunn 4 years ago
The man's a genius - watching cricket like that sends shivers down my spine - maybe I should get out more
CornishEagle 4 years ago
great player and one of the finiest all rounders
prasanna75 4 years ago
the one thing that always amazed me about sobers was BAT SPEED!!!
moriz786 5 years ago
salute to you sir
kbsanjay 5 years ago
Gary Sobers, the greatest all rounder of all time and may be after Viv Richard, the greatest batsman. Never Judge players ofr the runs they made but how they made those runs are important.
bhimraju 5 years ago
are they heck, they havent got half the bowling power they had. Brian Lara's the only genuine west indies player left.
debiansudoer 5 years ago
shame West Indies can't compete any more!
harfur666 5 years ago
at least thier rebuilding
LaraRox1 5 years ago
classic....da great man sobers..
konroy21 5 years ago