BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados declared Friday a day of national mourning following the earlier death of former West Indies cricketer and National Hero Sir Garfield St Aubyn Sobers.

He died at his home at the age of 89.

“Sir Garfield Sobers has completed his final innings, but his legacy will forever endure in the hearts of our region, and in the story of the cricketing world,” said President of Cricket West Indies, Dr Kishore Shallow.