Greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:43 pm
Sobers passes another landmark
By Tony Cozier
THE "greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars" (as Sparrow extolled him in his 1965 calypso) passed another landmark last Thursday.
It was chronological, his 75th birthday, and it came as a timely reminder of the almost universal acceptance of the genius that made Sir Garry Sobers the finest all-rounder the game has ever known.
"Timely" and "almost" are words that would not have been necessary until just a few days earlier when the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the All-time Dream Test XI, chosen by votes through its internet website from a supplied shortlist of candidates and designed to mark Test cricket's 2,000th match, between England and India at Lord's. Read More
By Tony Cozier
THE "greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars" (as Sparrow extolled him in his 1965 calypso) passed another landmark last Thursday.
It was chronological, his 75th birthday, and it came as a timely reminder of the almost universal acceptance of the genius that made Sir Garry Sobers the finest all-rounder the game has ever known.
"Timely" and "almost" are words that would not have been necessary until just a few days earlier when the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the All-time Dream Test XI, chosen by votes through its internet website from a supplied shortlist of candidates and designed to mark Test cricket's 2,000th match, between England and India at Lord's. Read More
