ONE of Guyana’s and West Indies’ most illustrious batsman, Alvin Kallicharran, or Kalli, as he is familiarly known, a former captain and batting maestro, will be celebrating his 74th birth anniversary on March 21, 2023, in a most memorable manner.

Kallicharran will be returning to Port Mourant, Berbice, his birthplace, and ground for his eventual career as one of the most outstanding batsmen Guyana and the West Indies have ever produced, for the official launching of an illustrated children’s storybook celebrating his cricketing journey.

Authored by Tony McWatt, the son of the late former Guyana and West Indies wicketkeeper batsman, Clifford ‘Babyboy’ McWatt, the Alvin Kallicharran Guyana’s Pocket Dynamo Caribbean Cricket Superhero Illustrated Children’s Storybook chronicles Kalli’s cricket career, from the humblest of beginnings to his finest hour, his 1975 Inaugural ICC World Cup thrashing of Australia’s legendary fast bowler, Dennis Lillee, at England’s Oval.

Published as a 32-page, full coloured illustrated paperback, the book will be officially launched in celebration of Kalli’s 74th birth anniversary at a Berbice Cricket Board-hosted special event to be held at the Port Mourant Portuguese Quarters Community Centre on Tuesday March 21, 2023.

Starting time for the Launch will be at 3:00 pm sharp.

During the launch, several hundred copies of the book will be presented to the Berbice Cricket Board for subsequent distribution to the county’s school aged budding cricketers, courtesy of Laparkan Canada.

While in Berbice, Kallicharran will also conduct a two-hour coaching session for the county’s youth cricketers. The coaching session will run from 3:00 – 5:00 pm on Monday, March 20 and will be held at the Port Mourant cricket ground.