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    West Indies captain Roston Chase said his team's historic Test triumph over Pakistan was dedicated to the late Sir Garfield Sobers, whose 90th birthday would have been last Tuesday. The Caribbean side secured a memorable 90-run victory on the fourth day, making it the first-ever Test win at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Addressing the media after the match, Chase explained that the victory was a tribute to Sir Garry, who died on July 17. Sir Gary is widely regarded as the greatest cricketer the game has ever produced. “This is a good feeling. Obviously the first match at the Brian Lara Stadium, so to come and get a win here is very good for us and also the passing of a legend, the great Sir Garfield Sobers, coming and beating the Pakistanis in four days, especially on his birthday as well, it’s a good send-off to him as well and a really good feeling,” Chase said. “…I think that it would be a good gesture, it would be a great privilege and an honour for me to go home and attend the funeral of the great Sir Garfield Sobers, so if it’s available for me, I’ll be there.” After the press conference, Chase joined white-ball captain Shai Hope and fellow Barbadians Justin Greaves, Joshua Bishop, and Jomel Warrican on a Government of Barbados-arranged flight home to attend Sir Garfield Sobers' funeral. They formed part of a Cricket West Indies (CWI) delegation that also features President Dr Kishore Shallow, Chief Executive Officer Chris Dehring, and CWI directors Enoch Lewis, President of the Leeward Islands Cricket Board; Bissoondyal Singh, President of the Guyana Cricket Board; and Clement Marcellin, President of the Windward Islands Cricket Board. Sir Garry wad laid to rest during a state funeral in Barbados on Wednesday at the Kensington Oval where thousands of local, regional and international mourners, including Britain's King Charles, paid tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers. Prime Minister Mia Mottley said the service honoured his legacy while inspiring future generations, praising his commitment to achieving his personal best. Sir Garry was buried a day after what would have been his 90th birthday, and Mottley noted the symbolic timing of the West Indies' 90-run victory over Pakistan, which allowed some members of the regional team to attend the funeral. "I say today as we say farewell to you, Sir Garry, this is your final walk from Kensington Oval. This will be our country's last opportunity to give you that which you became so accustomed to, a standing ovation," Mottley said. "I ask each and every one of us in this Oval today...to let us stand and give Sir Garry, our Sir Garry, our hero, our beloved man. A man who guided me in my own personal journey with the confidence I think each and every one of us as children needed to take on this world. "We thank you for teaching us that greatness could wear humility, that excellence could still belong to ordinary people, that the dreams of a little boy from the Bay-land could become the inheritance of an entire nation," Mottley said of Sir Gary, who until July 17 was a living National Hero.
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