Headline! Garfield Sobers drinks all night and hits 150 not out at Lord’s

“I rarely went to bed at a normal time because I am one of those people who can have four or five hours' sleep and still wake up fresh. It was well known I liked a drink after play. My philosophy was that life is for living… I played hard and drank reasonably hard on occasions. I had to make sure those late nights could continue by maintaining a consistently high level of performance.”

No one doubted the Garry Sobers take on life and cricket, least of all the bowlers who were taken apart by his rapier of a blade. However, he was 37, had not been picked for a home series against Australia after injury problems, and had come off a rather mediocre season of county cricket for Nottinghamshire. He was playing for West Indies that summer only because a string of injuries had left the tourists short of players. One could have been forgiven for expecting him to be just a little more human.
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Happy 80th Birthday to a true westindies Legend on and off th pitch! Sir Gary Sobers

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“I rarely went to bed at a normal time because I am one of those people who can have four or five hours' sleep and still wake up fresh. It was well known I liked a drink after play. My philosophy was that life is for living… I played hard and drank reasonably hard on occasions. I had to make sure those late nights could continue by maintaining a consistently high level of performance.”

No one doubted the Garry Sobers take on life and cricket, least of all the bowlers who were taken apart by his rapier of a blade. However, he was 37, had not been picked for a home series against Australia after injury problems, and had come off a rather mediocre season of county cricket for Nottinghamshire. He was playing for West Indies that summer only because a string of injuries had left the tourists short of players. One could have been forgiven for expecting him to be just a little more human.
[url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Garfield-Sobers-drinks-all-night-and-hits-150-not-out-at-Lord-rsquo-s/30267] read it all at cricket country
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It goes to show the greatness of Sir Garry, when at age 37, a batting average of 27.75 and a bowling average of 23.40 for Nottinghamshire is considered mediocre.