Sir Garry will be a visitor of Sri Lanka Cricket amid his one week stay here and will be a visitor of honor at the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies to be played at the P Sara Oval from 22-26.
The continuous arrangement is played for a trophy named after Sir Garry and Michael Tissera of Sri Lanka. These two cricketers were the opponent skippers when Sri Lanka played West Indies in an informal test match at the P Sara Oval in 1967.
"We are respected to have Sir Garry as our visitor. We will treat him like a ruler," said Sri Lanka Cricket interval advisory group executive Sidath Wettimuny who is exceptionally energized by the way that Sir Garry had acknowledged the welcome.
At first there were a few questions in the matter of whether the West Indies cricket legend who is 79 years of age would go to, however Wettimuny expressed that Sri Garry had affirmed that he will be coming.
"We have a few projects lined up for him and additionally for the Test match. Sir Garry and Michael Tissera will be available in the center at the season of the hurl and he will likewise be facilitated to an extraordinary supper," said Wettimuny.
Wettimuny likewise expressed that SLC was wanting to welcome the Sri Lankan players who showed up in the 1967 informal test.
As Sir Garry was likewise the mentor of the Sri Lanka group for the 1983 World Cup in England, Wettimuny who was an individual from that side said that the players who spoke to the nation at that World Cup would likewise be welcomed for the event.
Calms, a previous skipper scored 8032 runs (avg. 57.78), took 236 wickets (avg. 34.08) and held 109 gets in the 93 Tests he played for West Indies.
