Sir Garfield Sobers – reflecting on his early days
A STARSTRUCK audience spent an evening listening to cricketing tales from legendary all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers.
The great West Indian was the star guest at a gala dinner at Billericay’s Stock Brook Country Club, which raised funds for Essex Air Ambulance.
Event organiser Steve Shoesmith said it proved a night to remember.
He added: “He was a real star performer.
“Then were some great stories about his exploits on the pitch and a few revealing insights into some of his contemporaries.”
Sir Garfield, 74, who captained the West Indies in the Sixties and Seventies, is one of the greatest all-rounders in cricketing history.
He ended his 19-year test career with a batting average of 58 and 235 wickets.
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