Maestro - David Tossell

Fascinating story of Garry Sobers, the greatest cricketer of his generation, who rose from poverty in Barbados to become West Indies captain and receive a knighthood. Yet his life was not without drama and controversy – both personal and political. By acclaimed cricket writer David Tossell, whose work has been shortlisted seven times in the British Sports Book Awards and three times for MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year. Maestro offers a full and impartial study of Sir Garfield Sobers, including his feats and his flaws, and celebrates perhaps the greatest talent ever seen on a cricket field. This compelling book:Traces his boyhood in Barbados, where he grew up in poverty after the wartime death of his father at sea, when Garry was only fourShows how Sobers developed from a left-arm spinner into the game’s premier all-rounder, and recalls his greatest achievements, including his Test-best innings of 365, his six sixes in an over for Nottinghamshire, triumphant tours of England in 1963 and 1966 and his great success in Australia, including smashing an unforgettable 254 against a rampant Dennis LilleeExplores the significance of Sobers’s appointment as West Indies captain, which was as important culturally as that of Frank Worrell, his nation’s first black captainLooks at the impact of the tragic car crash that killed Garry’s friend Collie Smith and could have cost Sobers his own life or libertyDissects the political storm Sobers ignited
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