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FLASHBACK:
Bradman, Gavaskar and Sobers - top stars
By A.C. De Silva
CRICKET: The Indian star Sunil Manohar Gavaskar equalled Sir Donald
Bradman’s record of 29 Test hundreds and also equalled yet another world
record of most fifties (including centuries) of 64, held by Geoff
Boycott, he completed 8,000 runs, when on 104, to become the third
batsman in the world after Geoff Boycott (8,114) and Garfield Sobers
(8,032). At the end of the first innings of that match, Gavaskar had an
aggregate of 8,017 runs to his credit.
 Gavaskar’s break-up of centuries are: vs West Indies 12, vs England
4, vs Australia 5, vs New Zealand 2, vs Pakistan 5 and vs Sri Lanka 1.
If a question is asked to name the top three batsmen one has seen in
cricket, the answer may well be Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers
and Sunil Gavaskar.
Sir Donald Bradman of Australia played 52 Tests, had 80 innings with
10 not outs, scored 6,996 runs with 334 as highest. He hit 29 centuries
and his average was 99.94.
Bradman’s break-up of centuries: vs England 19, vs South Africa 4, vs
West Indies 2 and India 4.
Sobers played 93 Tests, had 160 innings with 21 not outs, scored
8,032 runs with 365 not out as his highest. He hit 26 hundreds and his
average was 57.38. In bowling, Sobers sent down 21,599 deliveries took
235 wickets conceding 7,999 runs for an average of 34.03.
Bradman’s centuries:
1. v England at Melbourne, 1928-29, c Duckworth b Geary 112, 2nd Test
4th innings.
2. v England at Melbourne, 1928-29, c Tate b Geary 123, 4th Test, 7th
innings.
3. v England at Nottingham, 1930, b Robins 131, 5th Test, 10th innings.
4. v England at Lord’s, 1930, c Chapman b White 254, 6th Test, 11th
innings.
5. v England at Leeds, 1930, c Duckworth b Tate 334, 7th Test, 13th
innings.
6. v England at Oval, 1930, c Duckworth b Larwood 232, 9th Test, 15th
innings.
7. v West Indies at Brisbane, 1930-31, c Grand b Constantine 223, 12th
Test, 18th innings.
8. v West Indies at Melbourne, 1930-31, c Roach b Martin 152, 13th Test,
19th innings.
9. v South Africa at Brisbane, 1931-32, lbw Vincent 226, 15th Test, 22nd
innings.
10. v South Africa at Sydney, 1931-32, c Vijolen b Morkel 112, 16th
Test, 23rd innings.
11. v South Africa at Melbourne, 1931-32, lbw Vincent 167, 17th Test,
25th innings.
12. v South Africa at Adelaide, 1931-32, not out 299, 18th Test, 26th
innings.
13. v England at Melbourne, 1932-33, not out 103, 20th Test, 28th
innings.
14. v England at Leeds, 1934, b Bowes 304, 27th Test, 40th innings.
15. v England at Oval, 1934, c Ames b Bowes 244, 28th Test, 41st
innings.
16. v England at Melbourne, 1936-37, c Allen b Verity 270, 31st Test,
48th innings.
17. v England at Adelaide, 1936-37, c & b Hammond 212, 32nd Test, 50th
innings.
18. v England at Melbourne, 1936-37, b Farmes 169, 33rd Test, 51st
innings.
19. v England at Nottingham, 1938, not out 144, 34th Test, 53rd innings.
20. v England at Lord’s, 1938, not out 102, 35th Test, 55th innings.
21. v England at Leeds, 1938, b Bowes 103, 36th Test, 56th innings.
22. v England at Brisbane, 1946-47, b Edrich 187, 38th Test, 58th
innings.
23. v England at Sydney, 1946-47, lbw Yardley 234, 39th Test, 59th
innings.
24. v India at Brisbane, 1947-48, ht. Amarnath 185, 43rd Test, 66th
innings.
25. v India at Melbourne, 1947-48, lbw Phadkar 132, 45th Test, 68th
innings.
26. v India at Melbourne, 1947-48, not out 127, 45th Test, 69th innings.
27. v India at Adelaide, 1947-48, b Hazare 201, 46th Test, 70th innings.
28. v England at Nottingham, 1948, c Hutton b Bedser 138, 48th Test 72nd
innings.
29. v England at Leeds, 1948, not out 173, 51st Test, 79th innings.
Gavaskar’s centuries:
 1. West Indies at Guyana, 1970-71 c Carew b Sobers 116, 2nd Test,
34rd innings.
2. v West Indies at Barbados, 1970-71, not out 117, 3rd Test, 6th
innings.
3. v West Indies at Trinidad, 1970-71, c Lewis b Holford 134, 4th Test,
7th innings.
4. v West Indies at Trinidad, 1970-71, b Shepherd 220, 4th Test, 8th
innings.
5. v England at Manchester, 1974, run out 101 in 13th Test, 25th
innings.
6. v New Zealand at Auckland, 1975-76, c Turner b Howarth 116, 18th
Test, 35th innings.
7. v West Indies at Trinidad, 1975-76, c D.L. Murray b Holding 156, 22nd
Test, 42nd innings.
8. v West Indies at Trinidad, 1975-76, c D.L. Murray b Jumadeen 102,
23rd Test, 44th innings.
9. v New Zealand at Bombay, 1976-77, c Cairns b Patherick 119, 25th
Test, 47th innings.
10. v England at Bombay, 1976-77, c & b Underwood 108, 32nd Test, 61st
innings.
11. v Australia at Brisbane, 1977-78, c Rixon b Clarke 113, 33rd
Test, 64th innings.
12. v Australia at Perth, 1977-78, b Clarke 127, 34th Test, 66th
innings.
13. v Australia at Melbourne, 1977-78 c Sergeant b Gannon 118, 35th
Test, 68th innings.
14. v Pakistan at Karachi, 1978-79, c Safraz b Imran Khan 111, 40th
Test, 76th innings.
15. v Pakistan at Karachi, 1978-79, c Wasim Bari b Safraz 137, 40th
Test, 77th innings.
16. v West Indies at Bombay, 1978-79, b Clarke 205, 41st Test, 78
innings.
17. V West Indies at Calcutta, 1978-79, c Bachhus b Philip 107, 43rd
Test, 81st innings.
18. v West Indies at Calcutta, 1978-79, not out 182, 43rd Test, 82nd
innings.
19. v West Indies at New Delhi, 1978-79, c Murray b Clarke 120, 45th
Test, 85th innings.
20. v England at Oval, 1979, c Gower b Botham 221, 50th Test, 93rd
innings.
21. v Australia at New Delhi, 1979-80, lbw b Higgs 115, 54th Test,
98th innings.
22. v Australia at Bombay, 1979-80, c Hughes b Border 123, 56th Test,
101st innings.
23. V Pakistan at Madras, 1979-80 c Qasim b Imran Khan 166, 61st Test,
109th innings.
24. v England at Bangalore, 1981-82, c & b Underwood 172, 71st Test,
128th innings.
25. v Sri Lanka at Madras, 1982-83, c A. de Mel b S. de Silva 155, 79th
Test, 138 innings.
26.v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 1982-83, not out 127, 82nd Test, 144th
innings.
27. v West Indies at Guyana, 1982-83, not out 147, 88th Test, 154th
innings.
28. v Pakistan at Bangalore, 1983-84, not out 103, 91st Test, 160th
innings.
29. v West Indies at Delhi 1983-84, b Gomes 121, 95th Test, 166th
innings.
Sobers’ centuries:
 1. v Pakistan at Kingston, 1957-58: 365 not out.
2. v Pakistan at Georgetown: 125 and 109 not out.
3. v India at Bombay: 1957-58: 142.
4. v India at Kanpur: 1958-59: 198
5. v India at Calcutta: 1958-59: 106 not out.
6. v England at Bridgetown: 1959-60: 226.
7. v England at Kingston: 1959-60: 147.
8. v England at Georgetown: 1959-60: 145.
9. Australia at Brisbane: 1960-61: 132.
10. Australia at Sydney: 1960-61: 168
11. v India at Kingston: 1961-62: 153.
12. v India at Kingston: 1961-62 104.
13. v England at Leeds: 1963: 102.
14. v England at Manchester: 1966-161.
15. v England at Leeds (Lord’s) 1966: 163 not out,
16. v England at Leeds 1966: 174.
17. v England at Kingston 1967-68: 113 not out.
18. v England at Georgetown 1967-68: 152.
19. v Australia at Adelaide 1968-69: 110.
20. v Australia at Sydney 1968-69: 113
21. v India at Georgetown 1970-71: 108 not out.
22. v India at Bridgetown 1970-71: 178.
23. v India at Port of Spain 1970-71: 132.
24. v New Zealand at Bridgetown 1971-72: 142
25. v England at Lord’s 1973: 150 not out.
[26 Test hundreds.]
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