The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Sir Garry’s 80th birthday

Sun, Jul 17, '16

by KEITH HOLDER

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Mark down Thursday, July 28th as a very special day to be at Kensington Oval to celebrate the 80th birthday of the world’s greatest ever all-round cricketer, The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers.
There will be a Twenty20 match starting at 6:30 p.m., featuring former top international players. Just take a look at the advertisement in the local print media with catchy slogans such as “Sir Garry 80 not out, Cricket, Culture and Calypso”.
The message is clear. Be there!
As Barbados’ only living National Hero and for his wonderful cricketing exploits, Sir Garfield deserves the fullest support. The match is one of the events in the ‘Sir Garry: 80 not out Season of Celebration, July 3rd to 31st.
In 93 Test matches, the former West Indies captain scored 8032 runs including 26 centuries and 30 half-centuries at an average of 57.78 and took 235 wickets at 34.03 runs apiece. He also held 109 catches.
Describing him as “a cricketing genius”, Cricinfo notes that Sobers “excelled at all aspects of the game, and few would argue his claim as the finest all-round player in modern cricket”.