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Examples
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We could toast the memory of men such as Sobers and Marshall, Richards and Lara, Worrell and Weekes.
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Jonathan Trott's triumph in the main award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Cricketer of the Year, which he won ahead of the favourite Hashim Amla, was perhaps less widely expected but still richly deserved for a player who has thrived in Test and one-day cricket, and whose ever-engorging bubble has yet to pop.
England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards 2011
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The nearby Parliament building established in 1639 houses an excellent account of the history of democracy in Barbados, while the National Heroes Gallery shows footage of the Queen knighting cricketer Garry Sobers at the Savannah racecourse.
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He loves his wife Sheila, would take bullets for her and their son, Garfield named after Sobers, not the cat, but he also knows that sport is somehow bigger than this.
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka – review 2011
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"Maybe the best thing is to bring back Gary Sobers, Viv Richards, Clyde Walcott, all of them," he said.
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Garry Sobers, another genius, was not known for his spartan existence.
Cricketers today cannot afford to ape hard-living Ian Botham | Mike Selvey 2011
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Garry Sobers, another genius, was not known for his spartan existence.
Cricketers today cannot afford to ape hard-living Ian Botham | Mike Selvey 2011
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"Maybe the best thing is to bring back Gary Sobers, Viv Richards, Clyde Walcott, all of them," he said.
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In a dark corner at the bottom of one of the staircases, there's a sign hanging over a settee which reads "The Sobers Waiting Area".
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My dear Fellow you are doubtless too young to have seen Sobers, Kanhai, Dexter or Graeme Pollock.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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