Barbadian cricketing great Sir Garfield Sobers has died at the age of 89.Sobers is widely considered one of cricket’s greatest-ever all-rounders, having played for 20 years with the West Indies between 1954 and 1974.He will forever be remembered for his incredible feat in 1968 at Glamorgan’s St Helen’s ground in Swansea, when he became the first batsman to hit six sixes in a single over.Sobers made his first-class debut for Barbados in 1953 at the age of 16, with his talent evident early on.At Sabina Park in 1958, the 21-year-old compiled an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan, eclipsing Len Hutton’s mark of 364 set at The Oval two decades earlier.Remarkably, the triple century contained not a single six.The record would stand until fellow West Indian Brian Lara surpassed it in the 1990s and 2000s.That breakthrough knock proved the first of 26 Test hundreds across a two-decade international career.Sir Garfield Sobers has died at the age of 89 | GETTYHis batting average of 57.78 placed him among the game’s elite, while his bowling yielded 235 wickets at 34.03.His emergence as a world-class batsman came in 1955 when, thrust into an unfamiliar opening role, he struck Australian great Keith Miller for a succession of boundaries.A decade after his record-breaking innings, Sobers etched his name into cricketing folklore once more.Playing for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan at Swansea on the August Bank Holiday of 1968, he struck six consecutive sixes off a single over from Malcolm Nash.Sobers is regarded as ‘the greatest all-round cricketer the world has seen’ | GETTYBBC cameras were present, capturing the unprecedented feat and ensuring its place in sporting history.Stories have circulated ever since about the extraordinary distance the final blow travelled beyond the St Helens ground boundary.Nash, despite enjoying a respectable career as a left-arm seamer, could never escape the moment.”The captain asked me if I fancied having a go at bowling some slow-left armers,” he recalled.Barbados designated sobers as a National Hero | GETTY”Sobers came along and quickly ended my slow-bowling career. It was a pretty short experiment.”His contributions to cricket were formally recognised when he received a knighthood in 1975.Greater honours followed in 1998 when Barbados designated him a National Hero.