Garfield Sobers Leads Special Tribute For Muhammad Ali at Lord's
Sat, Jun 11, '16
London: Garfield Sobers, arguably cricket's greatest all-rounder, led a special tribute to Muhammad Ali at Lord's on Friday that coincided with the boxing legend's funeral.
The two sporting icons met at Lord's back in 1966 when Sobers was a member of the West Indies side playing England in a Test match at "the home of cricket" and heavyweight star Ali was in London for his second fight with Britain's Henry Cooper.
During the lunch interval of Friday's second day play in the third Test between England and Sri Lanka, black and white photographs of Ali meeting Sobers in the Lord's dressing room were displayed on the ground's giant screens.
Sobers, 79, then rang a bell in the Lord's pavilion five minutes before the start of the second session of play as a tribute.
