Don Bradman dominated as a batter. Curtly Ambrose dominated as a fast bowler. Shane Warne (otherwise a crook) dominated as a spin bowler.
Now Garfield Sobers could have walked into any team solely as a batter, fast bowler or spinner.
Probably the closest to him in my generation would be Jacques Kallis, but Kallis could not bowl spin.
I do not think another Garry Sobers will ever come up in cricket. A true legend.
Someone whom I never saw playing, yet fantasized about being, when I had my persistent daydreams about being a cricketer as a kid.
RIP.
My late father, obsessed with cricket, never saw Sobers bat, field or bowl (orthodox spin, chinaman or swing).
He merely heard a cantankerous uncle, the only one that owned a short wave radio in his village near Tirunelveli, narrate to him with the vivid eye of a poet how Sir Garry’s collar would be up and how his bat, from his backlit, would descend from the heavens as he smashed 95 at Chepauk in January 1967.
He would sometimes forget his own birthday, but never forget this second hand memory of a legendary sportsperson, reconstructed from a crackling radio broadcast, delivered to him via cranky uncle describing a cover drive he never saw himself.
Human memory is indeed reconstructive, rebuilding each scene from stored fragments rather than playing back a recording, so a story heard enough times gets rebuilt with the same neural intensity as an actual afternoon you have lived through.
Some human beings provide the raw material for second, third and fourth hand memories that play back in IMAX level detail and immersion, and Sir Garfield Sobers was one of them.
I heard this story, practically third hand, and yet, I can see him play in my mind’s eye. A child, across a generation, and before adulthood and society and schooling shackle one’s mind, concluded that a human being can be incredibly good at everything at once.
Go well, Sir Garry.
I want to live his life.. 😭❤️
Kadan vaangiyavathu oru Gopro maathiri high range vlog camera mattum onu vaangitu explore panna kelambiralam nu thonite iruku..
Backpacker Kumar is my all time favorite YouTuber.. In my opinion he’s living one of the best lives anyone could ask for..
My dream is to travel across many countries, experience different cultures, meet new people, and explore the world just like him..
Tamil Trekker is also good but for me, Backpacker Kumar is a legend.. 🙇🏻📈
A director’s greatest reward is not the opening day—it is when the film continues to be remembered years later. Thank you for carrying #Subramaniyapuram for
18 unforgettable years.
Thank you to every artist, technician, Media and every member of the audience who made this journey immortal 😍
#18YearsOfSubramaniapuram
Routine life-ல இருந்து ஒரு small break… ❤️
மனசு சொன்ன பாதையில் நடந்தேன்.
அது என்னை எங்கே கொண்டு சென்றது தெரியுமா?
என் தலைவரின் பிறந்த ஊருக்கு… மரியாதையும் பாசமும் நிறைந்த ஒரு பயணம். ❤️
திருக்குவளை!