Garfield Sobers, 21 years old, batted for 614 minutes to score 365 not out against Pakistan — breaking Len Hutton's 20-year-old world record of 364 and becoming the most prolific single innings in Test history for 36 years.
West Indies batted first at Sabina Park. Sobers came in at number six with the score comfortable. He batted through the third and fourth days. When he reached 364 — level with Hutton — the entire ground fell still. Conrad Hunte, his running partner, told him he had to go on.
Sobers pushed the ball into the covers for a single off Fazal Mahmood to reach 365 — the new world record. He was 21 years, 210 days old. The crowd at Sabina Park erupted. Sobers became the first man in history to reach 365 in Test cricket.
He was eventually declared not out when West Indies declared — denying Pakistan the chance to dismiss him. The innings lasted 614 minutes (over 10 hours). West Indies declared at 790/3. Pakistan were bowled out twice and lost by an innings.
The record stood for 36 years until Brian Lara scored 375 against England in 1994 — at the same venue, Antigua Recreation Ground. Sobers was at the ground to congratulate Lara personally.
Sobers reaching 364 — level with Hutton's 20-year-old world record
The single off Fazal Mahmood — 365, new world record
Declaration at 790/3 — Sobers never dismissed, record sealed
February 26, 1958
Sobers comes to the crease — begins his record innings
February 27, 1958
Sobers reaches 364 — equals Hutton's 20-year world record
February 27, 1958 (later)
Single off Fazal — 365, world record
West Indies won by an innings. Sobers went on to captain West Indies for a decade, taking over 200 Test wickets and scoring over 8,000 runs. His 365 stood as the world record until Lara's 375 in 1994 at the same ground in Antigua.
The innings of a 21-year-old who broke the world record and defined Test batting for a generation. Sobers went on to become the greatest all-rounder cricket has ever seen — but 365 was his batting monument.
Sobers's 365 and the manner in which he broke it — a 21-year-old from Barbados surpassing an Englishman's record on a Caribbean ground — was a statement about the shift of cricketing power toward the West Indies.
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