Chase and Warrican to represent cricket at Garry Sobers state funeral in Barbados

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West Indies cricketers Roston Chase and Jomel Warrican will lead a Barbadian contingent attending the state funeral of cricket legend Sir Garry Sobers. The two players are currently part of the West Indies Test squad engaged in a series against Pakistan in Trinidad. They will travel from Trinidad to Barbados specifically to pay their respects at the funeral. The state funeral honors Sobers, widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest ever all-rounders and a national hero of Barbados.

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