State funeral for cricket legend set for July 29

BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos, Jul 21, CMC – The Bar­ba­dos gov­ern­ment Tues­day said that the state fu­ner­al of Na­tion­al Hero and for­mer West In­dies crick­et cap­tain, Sir Garfield Sobers, will take place on Ju­ly 29, at the Kens­ing­ton Oval.

The crick­et leg­end died last Fri­day at the age of 89.

“The State Fu­ner­al for the Right Ex­cel­lence, Sir Gar­ry Sobers, is go­ing to be held at Kens­ing­ton at 10am on Ju­ly 29th. This is the Mec­ca, this is where Sir Gar­ry is best known, this is one of the icon­ic crick­et­ing grounds and so we will send him off in a Thanks­giv­ing cer­e­mo­ny that will take the for­mat of a state fu­ner­al on the 29th of Ju­ly,” Health and Well­ness Min­is­ter, Lisa Cum­mins, told a news con­fer­ence.