He was not merely a cricketer. He was a force of nature, a symphony of left-handed grace, a man whose very presence on a field seemed to bend the game to his will.Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, the colossus who bestrode the cricket world for two decades and whose legend only grew in the half-century since, has died at the age of 89.News that the man universally hailed as the greatest all-rounder the game has ever produced had died sent ripples of grief across the cricketing globe on Friday morning, from his cricket-obsessed native Barbados to the hallowed pavilions of Lord’s.

The Caribbean and the cricketing world are in mourning following the death of Sir Garfield Sobers, widely regarded as the greatest all-round cricketer in the history of the game…

Sir Garry Sobers, who has died aged 89, was an undisputed cricketing great and is widely regarded as the sport’s greatest all-rounder

Cricket mourns the loss of Sir Garfield Sobers, a legendary West Indies all-rounder. He passed away at the age of 89, just before his 90th birthday. Sobers played internationally…