Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers

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Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers is a legendary Barbadian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the sport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Barbadian person
all-rounder
cricketer
human
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
National Hero of Barbados
Order of the Caribbean Community
Wisden Cricketer of the Century
Wisden Cricketer of the Year
battingStyle left-handed bat
bowlingStyle left-arm fast-medium
left-arm orthodox spin
left-arm wrist spin
captaincyEndYear 1972
captaincyStartYear 1965
captainedTeam West Indies cricket team
countryOfCitizenship Barbados
dateOfBirth 1936-07-28
familyName Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sobers
famousFor being one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history
fullName Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
gender male
givenName Garfield
hasStatueIn Bridgetown
surface form: Bridgetown, Barbados
heldRecordFor highest individual Test score
honorificPrefix Sir
honouredBy naming of the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Barbados
lastTestDate 1974-04-05
lastTestOpponent England cricket team
notableAchievement hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket
occupation cricket coach
cricket commentator
professional cricketer
odiDebutDate 1973-09-05
odiDebutFor West Indies cricket team
placeOfBirth Bridgetown
surface form: Bridgetown, Barbados
playedForDomesticTeam Barbados national cricket team
surface form: Barbados cricket team

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Rest of the World XI
South Australia cricket team
playedForTeam West Indies cricket team
primaryRole all-rounder
recordScore 365 not out
recordScoreAgainst Pakistan national cricket team
surface form: Pakistan cricket team
recordScoreDate 1958-02-28
sixSixesAgainst Glamorgan
sixSixesYear 1968
sport cricket
testBattingAverage 57.78
testBowlingAverage 34.03
testCapNumberForWestIndies 84
testCatches 109
testCenturies 26
testDebutDate 1954-03-30
testDebutFor West Indies cricket team
testDebutOpponent England cricket team
testFiveWicketHauls 6
testMatchesPlayed 93
testRunsScored 8032
testWicketsTaken 235
yearOfKnighthood 1975

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National Hero of Barbados hasRecipient Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Wisden Cricketer of the Year hasNotableRecipient Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
this entity surface form: Garfield Sobers
ICC Cricketer of the Year namedAfter Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
this entity surface form: Garfield Sobers
West Indies cricket team notableFormerPlayer Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
this entity surface form: Garfield Sobers
National Heroes Day (Barbados) honors Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
this entity surface form: The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers fullName Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Garfield St Aubrun Sobers
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers familyName Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sobers