Seymour Nurse laid to rest

Former legendary West Indies batsman Seymour MacDonald Nurse took to the crease at Kensington Oval this morning for one final innings.

And it was a farewell fitting for one of the greatest batting icons Barbados has ever produced.

Governor General Dame Sandra Mason and Prime Minister Mia Mottley led a gathering filled with dignitaries and past and present Barbados and West Indies players, including Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Charles Griffith, Gordan Greenidge and Desmond Haynes among others.

Twin daughters Roseanne and Cherylanne kept vigil at the entrance as those paying their final respects filed past.

From right: Sir Garfield Sobers, Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson.

President of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) Conde Riley, Director of Cricket Steven Leslie and other members of the BCA as well as Government ministers and ex-cabinet members were also in attendance at the two-hour long service.

Haynes, Riley and president of the Empire Cricket Club Adrian King delivered tributes.

Cricket legend Rev. Sir Wesley Hall (centre), flanked by eulogist former Chief Justice Sir David Simmons (left) and Rev. John Rogers.

 In the eulogy, former Chief Justice Sir David Simmons remembered the 85-year old as a batting legend and classical player with strokes that were pleasing to the eye.

The Reverend Sir Wesley Hall in his half-an-hour long sermon described Nurse as an outstanding cricketer and a fine man.

The cricket fraternity was well represented.

As the service came to an end, the casket bearing Nurse’s remains was taken out of the cricket mecca draped in the West Indies Cricket flag to a guard of honour.

Nurse, who passed away on May 6, was interred at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens where family and friends wept silently. (AGB)

First vice president of the Barbados Cricket Association, Calvin Hope, laying a wreath.