6. Sir Garfield Sobers (WIN) -Gary Sobers was one of the benevolent figures of the Golden Age of West Indian cricket. It is said that he is the most influential cricketers of his time.This legendary cricketer is regarded as the best all-rounder of all time. Sobers could score over 8000 with an average of 57.78. His career runs in test cricket was the record for that time. He could score 26 centuries in has career. With such a record in batting he also served his team taking 235 wickets in his career. In 2000 he was named as one of the five “Wisden Crickets of the Century”. In 1975 he was awarded the Knight by Queen Elizabeth.Widely regarded as the greatest all-rounder the game has ever seen, Sobers became the first ever player to hit six sixes in an over. He has the record of over over 28,000 First Class runs and over 1,000 First Class wickets.
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