West Indian cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers, arguably the greatest ever cricketer, has died aged 89 West Indies Cricket announced.
The late Garfield Sobers "stood out" even among cricket's greats but remained humble despite his standing in the game, former West Indies bowler Michael Holding told AFP on Friday.
The Barbados-born Sobers, who has died at the age of eighty-nine, featured in ninety-three Tests between 1954 and 1974, amassing 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.
Holding, 72, never played with Sobers but said he was struck by the way he was revered in the game.
"Among the great cricketers he stood out," the former paceman told AFP by phone from his Cayman Islands home. "Look at his numbers, and they are impressive, but he too was impressive. I know other cricketers whose numbers are good but who I would not be impressed by."
