http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garfield-St-Auburn-Sobers-c58435 is my favourite all-rounder, says Angelo Mathews – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s vice-captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913, has revealed that the former West Indies all-rounder, Sir Garry Sobers, is his all time favourite cricketer, and went on to credit veterans Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara for helping
him develop his game.
Sobers, 76, is considered to be one of the greatest cricketers of all times, with more than eight thousand runs and 235 scalps in Tests. The former cricketer from Barbados was a cricketing genius, who could win a match for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760
with the bat, ball or even in the field.
The left-hander was the first batsman in first-class cricket’s history to have struck six sixes in an over and also remained the highest individual scorer in a Test match innings, with 365 not out, which came against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in 1958.
Mathews, while talking to ESPNcricinfo, confessed that he can never match Sobers’ brilliance, but the legendary cricketer remains his idol.
The 25-year-old cricketer also appreciated Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff as two of the top all-rounders of the modern game.
"Garry Sobers is someone I've always looked at as the pinnacle. He is the best allrounder and someone I would like to emulate. Obviously, no one can match up to Sobers but he is someone I look at as the ideal," the all-rounder said.
"Apart from him, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flintoff-c44360 are two players I looked up to when I was growing up."
Speaking of his own countrymen, Mathews shared that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 have immense experience and understanding of the game.
"From a cricketing point of view, I talk to Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. They've been around for more than a decade now and know what it's all about," he added.
Mathews is leading Nagenahira Nagas in the inaugural edition of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Premier League (SLPL) and has helped his franchise reach the tournament’s final, which will be played on August 31 at Colombo, against UVA Next.
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