Sir Garfield Sobers, great West Indies all-rounder, dies aged 89

Sobers notably hit six sixes and held highest Test score.

Cricket mourns the incomparable West Indies legend and benchmark for all-rounders

The late Richie Benaud, a revered broadcaster and former Australia captain, described Sobers as “the greatest all-round cricketer the world has seen”.

One of the finest all-rounders the game has ever seen, Sobers played 93 Tests and scored 8,032 runs at 57.78 with 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries between March 1954 to April 1974.