Rihanna pays tribute to the legendary cricketer sir Garfield Sobers

An excerpt from the ESPN Cricinfo article:

Legendary former West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers, regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died aged 89.

Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scored 8,032 runs and took 235 wickets.

An entertaining left-handed batter, Sobers scored 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958 – an effort which stood as the record Test score for 36 years.

He was also a brilliantly versatile bowler, who bowled spin and seam.

Sobers, who also played county cricket for Nottinghamshire, was knighted for his services to cricket in 1975.

He was also named one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the 20th century.

During his stint at Nottinghamshire in 1968, Sobers became the first player to hit a six off all six balls in an over in a first-class match.

“A great innings has come to an end. In our hearts, now and forever, Sir Garfield Sobers,” Cricket West Indies said.
Nottinghamshire described Sobers as “cricket’s greatest-ever all-rounder and an iconic figure in Nottinghamshire history”.
“We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers,” the club said.

Sobers made his first-class debut for Barbados aged 16 and was capped by West Indies aged 17.

He was initially more successful as a bowler than batter – he bowled left-arm wrist and finger spin as well as pace – but went on to score 26 Test centuries and finished his career with a batting average of 57.78.

He scored 28,314 in his first-class career, including 7,041 for Nottinghamshire. He was also a superb fielder

One of a kind. Easily the greatest cricketer of his generation.