Sir Garfield St. Aubrun Sobers passed away on Friday, July 17, 2026. With his passing, cricket lost not merely its greatest all-rounder, but perhaps the finest cricketer ever to grace the game. When I read the heartbreaking news on Caribbean Cricket's message board, my mind travelled instantly to another day that has remained etched in my memory for almost sixty years – February 28, 1967.
It is not an easy day for me to forget. I was eight years old, lying in a hospital bed after the doctors had quietly told my mother there was little more they could do. At that very moment, two of my childhood heroes, Rohan Kanhai and Gary Sobers, were preparing to do battle at Bourda.
