It’s good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don’t think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
An all-rounder is someone who can make it to the team purely on the basis of his batting or bowling. Not both. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
Only men like Imran Khan, Kapil Dev and Ian Botham can be branded all-rounders. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, ‘I have never made a run for me.’ Garfield Sobers Read Quote
In cricket, there is a lot of psychology in the game, especially if you are watching people who are not top-class. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
In the early days, when I first got into the WI team, when the Ws were playing, I would sit and watch. When you could learn from watching players like that, it was a great joy to watch them play. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
I enjoyed playing any type of cricket. Didn’t matter what type it was because I did not want to change my game. My game was built on one type of cricket: if there was a ball to hit, you hit it, whether it was Test matches, whatever it was. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
There are a plenty of shots that I have been amazed by, but a lot of these shots are played because you have worn an iron mask. Take away the protection, and let me see if they play them. Don’t forget that the past players did not have any protection. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
If I am talking to a youngster, I coach him what I feel is best for him to bowl, how to hold the ball, how to bowl certain things, and how to bowl to certain batsmen, how to position himself. I never talk to them about the rules. Garfield Sobers Read Quote
My whole obligation was to West Indies cricket. As I have always said, I have never made a run for me. Records meant nothing. The team was important. Garfield Sobers Read Quote