List of international cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers

Sir Garfield Sobers (also known as Gary or Garry Sobers) is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1954 and 1974. He scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 26 occasions. Widely acknowledged as the "greatest all-rounder",[1][2][3] he was described by Australian cricketer Don Bradman as a "five-in-one cricketer".[N 1] In 93 Tests, Sobers scored 8,032 runs—at a batting average of 57.78—and claimed 235 wickets.[3] He held the record for most runs by a player in Test cricket until 1981.[N 2] Sobers was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1964, and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000.[6] He entered into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame when the International Cricket Council (ICC) formally inducted him alongside 55 initial inductees in 2009.[7]

Sobers held the record for the second highest number of centuries in Test cricket at the time of his retirement.[1]

Sobers made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1954. He scored his first century (365 not out) against the same team during the third Test of the 1957–58 home series. In the event, he became the youngest player to complete a triple century.[8] Sobers' innings remained the highest individual score in Test cricket for 36 years until it was transcended by Brian Lara in 1994;[9] the innings, however, remains the highest maiden century for a player in Tests.[10] In the fourth Test of the same series, Sobers went on to score centuries in both the innings; he ended up scoring 824 runs at an average of 137.33 in the series.[11] In terms of centuries scored, he was most successful against England (10 centuries).[12] Sobers made scores of 150 or more in a Test match innings on thirteen occasions, and was dismissed five times between scores of 90 and 99.[13] As of March 2019, he has the third-highest number of centuries for West Indies in Tests.[14]

Sobers made his solitary One Day International (ODI) appearance in a match against England in September 1973;[15] he was dismissed for a duck.[15]

Key
Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Captained the West Indies cricket team
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
H/A/N Venue was at home (West Indies), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by West Indies
Won The match was won by West Indies
Drawn The match was drawn
Tied The match was tied

Test cricket centuries
List of Test centuries scored by Garfield Sobers[16]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 365*  Pakistan323/5Sabina Park, KingstonHome26 February 1958Won[17]
2 125  Pakistan224/5Bourda, George TownHome13 March 19581Won[18]
3 109*  Pakistan344/5Bourda, George TownHome13 March 19582Won[18]
4 142*  India131/5Brabourne Stadium, BombayAway28 November 1958Drawn[19]
5 198  India432/5Green Park Stadium, KanpurAway12 December 1958Won[20]
6 106*  India613/5Eden Gardens, CalcuttaAway31 December 1958Won[21]
7 226  England421/5Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome6 January 1960Drawn[22]
8 147  England423/5Sabina Park, KingstonHome17 February 1960Drawn[23]
9 145  England424/5Bourda, George TownHome9 March 1960Drawn[24]
10 132  Australia411/5Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneAway9 December 1960Tied[25][N 3]
11 168  Australia413/5Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway13 January 1961Won[27]
12 153  India522/5Sabina Park, KingstonHome7 March 1962Won[28]
13 104  India515/5Sabina Park, KingstonHome13 April 1962Won[29]
14 102  England614/6Headingley, LeedsAway25 July 1963Won[30]
15 161  England631/5Old Trafford Cricket Ground, ManchesterAway2 June 1966Won[31]
16 163*  England612/5Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway16 June 1966Drawn[32]
17 174  England614/5Headingley, LeedsAway4 August 1966Won[33]
18 113*  England632/5Sabina Park, KingstonHome8 February 1968Drawn[34]
19 152  England511/3Bourda, George TownHome28 March 1968Drawn[35]
20 110  Australia614/5Adelaide Cricket Ground, AdelaideAway24 January 1969Drawn[36]
21 113  Australia543/5Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway14 February 1969Lost[37]
22 108*  India533/5Bourda, George TownHome19 March 1971Drawn[38]
23 178*  India514/5Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome1 April 1971Drawn[39]
24 132  India625/5Queens Park Oval, Port of SpainHome13 April 1971Drawn[40]
25 142  New Zealand733/5Kensington Oval, BridgetownHome23 March 1972Drawn[41]
26 150*  England613/3Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway23 August 1973Won[42]

Notes
  1. In addition to batting and fielding, Sobers could bowl three different types of deliveries—left-arm seam and swing, slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm wrist spin.[4]
  2. England's Geoffrey Boycott surpassed his record.[1][5]
  3. As of 2013, this is the first of two occasions where a Test match ended in a tie.[26]

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