Pupils at two Chester schools were bowled over when one of cricket’s true legends, Sir Garfield Sobers, paid them a visit.

Following his invitation to the area by Chester Boughton Hall CC, Sir Garfield visited Abbey Gate College and The King’s School on Friday, June 5.

He spent four hours at Abbey Gate and met headteacher Tracy Pollard, before walking through the college gardens to watch Year 7 and 8 cricketers play a six-a-side match. Sir Garfield gave the boys some tips to use in their own games, as well as answering their questions about his time playing for the West Indies.

Sir Garfield then addressed a full lecture theatre of pupils and staff before having lunch with parents and friends of the college. Here again he enthralled everyone with stories about his life in cricket before signing numerous autographs and posing for many photographs.

Sir Garfield, who held the record for the best Test score of 365 for 36 years before Brian Lara broke it and famously hit six sixes in an over in 1968, stayed much longer than he had planned to.

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He said: “I would like to thank the staff, pupils and parents of Abbey Gate College for making me most welcome at their beautiful school. I wish the under 13 cricket team good luck in their final and look forward to hearing news regarding the development of a new pavilion and astroturf pitch.”

At The King’s School, Sir Garfield was interviewed on his upbringing, development as a professional cricketer and his approach to sport.

The audience was fascinated and captivated by Sir Garfield’s wit and charisma, as he recounted tales of a great cricketing life which included the famous ‘six sixes’ in an over for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan and his memories of a West Indies career that saw him score 8,032 runs (average 57.78) and take 235 wickets (average 34.03).

Sir Garfield was then presented with an honorary King’s 1st XI cap by director of sport Richard Lunn, who said: “It was wonderful to welcome such an iconic player to King’s. It is rare that one is able to meet someone who is a true ‘great’ and it was a real thrill to hear both Sir Garfield’s anecdotes and about his attitude towards cricket and, indeed, life.”