Yesterday, July 28th, Sir Garfield Sobers celebrated his 89th birthday — and there was absolutely no way I was going to miss spending part of that special day with him. For me, Sir Gary is not only the greatest cricketer who has ever lived, but also one of Barbados’ living national Heroes. To be in his presence is to sit with history, to witness grace and genius in its most human form. As a young boy in Trinidad, he was the unreachable figure I dreamt of emulating. Later, when I had the honour o