List of international cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers

Sir Garfield Sobers (also known as Gary or Garry Sobers) is a former international cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1954 and 1974. He scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 26 occasions. Widely acknowledged as the "greatest all-rounder",^[1][2][3] he was described by Australian cricketer Don Bradman as a "five-in-one cricketer".^{[N 1]} In 93 Tests, Sobers scored 8,032 runs—at a batting average of 57.78—and claimed 235 wickets.^[3] He held the record for most runs by a player in Test cricket until 1981.^{[N 2]} Sobers was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1964, and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000.^[6] He entered into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame when the International Cricket Council (ICC) formally inducted him alongside 55 initial inductees in 2009.^[7]

Sobers held the record for the second highest number of centuries in Test cricket at the time of his retirement.^[1]

Sobers made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1954. He scored his first century (365 not out) against the same team during the third Test of the 1957–58 home series. In the event, he became the youngest player to complete a triple century.^[8] Sobers' innings remained the highest individual score in Test cricket for 36 years until it was transcended by Brian Lara in 1994;^[9] the innings, however, remains the highest maiden century for a player in Tests.^[10] In the fourth Test of the same series, Sobers went on to score centuries in both the innings; he ended up scoring 824 runs at an average of 137.33 in the series.^[11] In terms of centuries scored, he was most successful against England (10 centuries).^[12] Sobers made scores of 150 or more in a Test match innings on thirteen occasions, and was dismissed five times between scores of 90 and 99.^[13] As of March 2019^[update], he has the third-highest number of centuries for West Indies in Tests.^[14]

Sobers made his solitary One Day International (ODI) appearance in a match against England in September 1973;^[15] he was dismissed for a duck.^[15]

Key

Key

Symbol	Meaning
*	Remained not out
†	Captained the West Indies cricket team
Pos.	Position in the batting order
Inn.	The innings of the match
Test	The number of the Test match played in that series
H/A/N	Venue was at home (West Indies), away or neutral
Date	Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost	The match was lost by West Indies
Won	The match was won by West Indies
Drawn	The match was drawn
Tied	The match was tied

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Garfield Sobers^[16]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	365*	Pakistan	3	2	3/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	26 February 1958	Won	[17]
2	125	Pakistan	2	2	4/5	Bourda, George Town	Home	13 March 19581	Won	[18]
3	109*	Pakistan	3	4	4/5	Bourda, George Town	Home	13 March 19582	Won	[18]
4	142*	India	1	3	1/5	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Away	28 November 1958	Drawn	[19]
5	198	India	4	3	2/5	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	Away	12 December 1958	Won	[20]
6	106*	India	6	1	3/5	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	Away	31 December 1958	Won	[21]
7	226	England	4	2	1/5	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	6 January 1960	Drawn	[22]
8	147	England	4	2	3/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	17 February 1960	Drawn	[23]
9	145	England	4	2	4/5	Bourda, George Town	Home	9 March 1960	Drawn	[24]
10	132	Australia	4	1	1/5	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	Away	9 December 1960	Tied	[25][N 3]
11	168	Australia	4	1	3/5	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	13 January 1961	Won	[27]
12	153	India	5	2	2/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	7 March 1962	Won	[28]
13	104	India	5	1	5/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	13 April 1962	Won	[29]
14	102	England	6	1	4/6	Headingley, Leeds	Away	25 July 1963	Won	[30]
15	161 †	England	6	3	1/5	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	Away	2 June 1966	Won	[31]
16	163* †	England	6	1	2/5	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	Away	16 June 1966	Drawn	[32]
17	174 †	England	6	1	4/5	Headingley, Leeds	Away	4 August 1966	Won	[33]
18	113* †	England	6	3	2/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Home	8 February 1968	Drawn	[34]
19	152 †	England	5	1	1/3	Bourda, George Town	Home	28 March 1968	Drawn	[35]
20	110 †	Australia	6	1	4/5	Adelaide Cricket Ground, Adelaide	Away	24 January 1969	Drawn	[36]
21	113 †	Australia	5	4	3/5	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	14 February 1969	Lost	[37]
22	108* †	India	5	3	3/5	Bourda, George Town	Home	19 March 1971	Drawn	[38]
23	178* †	India	5	1	4/5	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	1 April 1971	Drawn	[39]
24	132 †	India	6	2	5/5	Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain	Home	13 April 1971	Drawn	[40]
25	142 †	New Zealand	7	3	3/5	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Home	23 March 1972	Drawn	[41]
26	150*	England	6	1	3/3	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	Away	23 August 1973	Won	[42]

Notes

1. In addition to batting and fielding, Sobers could bowl three different types of deliveries—left-arm seam and swing, slow left-arm orthodox and left-arm wrist spin.^[4]
2. England's Geoffrey Boycott surpassed his record.^[1][5]
3. As of 2013, this is the first of two occasions where a Test match ended in a tie.^[26]