Sobers

/ ˈsəʊbəz /

noun

1. SobersSir Garfield St Auburn1936MWest IndianSPORT AND GAMES: cricketer Sir Garfield St Auburn, known as Garry. born 1936, West Indian (Barbadian) cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 93 test matches (1954–74), 39 as captain, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets; first man (1968) to score six sixes in a single over in first-class cricket

Example Sentences

In the book, Oliver wakes up and sobers up.

From Los Angeles Times

A World All Stars XI captained by Tony Greig, and featuring Garry Sobers, Alan Knott, Gregg Chappell and others, surprisingly lost to an American side, most of whom were originally from the Caribbean, in an exhibition match at Shea Stadium in the Bronx in front of 8,000 fans.

From BBC

Stokes moved to 198 wickets, only two away from joining bona fide greats Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers in doing the Test double of 200 wickets and 6,000 runs.

From BBC

Stokes is three wickets shy of becoming only the third man in Test cricket - after Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers - to do the double of 6,000 runs and 200 wickets.

From BBC

With 6,251 Test runs and 197 wickets, Stokes is on the brink of becoming only the third man to do the double of 6,000 runs and 200 wickets after greats of the game Jacques Kallis and Sir Garfield Sobers.

From BBC