A grand public farewell befitting Sir Garfield Sobers is set for Wednesday, with family and officials urging Barbadians to line the route and pay their respects as the island honours its late National Hero.

At Kensington Oval during Sunday’s grand rehearsal for the State Funeral of his late father, Daniel Sobers expressed pride and shared reflections on the sporting legend.

“He was very, very much a humanitarian, very humble in how he carried himself, but grand in his aura,” he described, noting that the large-scale farewell reflected how his father, a globally acclaimed cricket icon, lived.