Sir Garfield Sobers’ say on top bowlers Article by Interviews with The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers will always be treasured. And when Barbadians celebrated National Heroes Day on Wednesday, it provided yet another opportunity to highlight some of the wonderful achievements of the island’s only living national hero, who is now aged 84. Regarded as the world’s greatest ever all-rounder, Sir Garfield, a former Barbados and West Indies captain, played 93 Test matches. A left-hander, he scored 8032 runs including 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries at an average of 57.78, and took 235 wickets at 34.03 runs apiece, bowling either left-arm fast-medium, or two styles of spin – orthodox and wrist. He also held 109 catches.