Cricket commentators and administrators have paid glowing tribute to National Hero of Barbados, The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, following his death at age 89.

The global icon passed away at his home on Friday, after battling an illness.

Veteran commentator Joseph Reds Pereira remembers Sobers, whom he had the privilege of watching play on several occasions. Later in life, the pair became good friends off the field.