One of the most highly regarded cricket players of all time, Sir Garfield Sobers, is a Barbados native.
Famous guests at Faletti's include the Founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Hollywood actors Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger, Hollywood director George Cukor, Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Hollywood actor Marlon Brando, West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers and the Chief Justice of Pakistan, A.R. Cornelius.
Barbados has a number of famous cricketers including: Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Clyde Walcott, and Sir Frank Worrell.
In 1968, Ford briefly acted as a substitute fielder for Glamorgan in their County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at St. Helen's, Swansea in the match during which Sir Garfield Sobers hit his world record six sixes from an over bowled by Malcolm Nash.
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From its earliest days Barbados has been renowned for the quality and calibre of its cricketers producing cricketers such as Challenor, Martindale, Weekes, Sobers, Hall.
In August 1975 a benefit match was held for the then Club Professional, Salahuddin, and those taking part included Colin Cowdrey, Mike Denness, Intikhab Alam, Majid Khan, Asif Iqbal and Sir Garfield Sobers.