The Man Who Walked Out of the Sun

Duncan Hamilton

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At the end of the 1960s, Garry Sobers became the highest profile beneficiary of English cricket's decision to rid itself of the qualification rule about hiring overseas glamour. He picked Nottinghamshire, a side mediocre for so long that it was stranded on the margins of the Championship. In that first memorable summer Sobers so successfully sparked the revival of a moribund club that it acquired the sobriquet 'Sobers-shire'. Duncan Hamilton fell in love with cricket because he first fell in love with Sobers. He counts himself as 'blessed' to have lived only a shilling bus ride from Trent Bridge during the years Sobers played there. 'The Man Who Walked Out of the Sun' is both Hamilton's remembrance of those times and a study of Sobers' career, tracking the rise and dominance of the world's first 'jet age' cricketer.


Author(s): Hamilton, Duncan
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 02/07/2026
Pagination: 343 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Abacus
Published By: Abacus
Book Classification: Biography: sport
Dimensions: 238 x 156 x 36
Weight: 580
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780349148656

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