LinkCARIBBEAN cricket great Alvin Kallicharran has signed up to become a volunteer at the London Olympics - and urged others to follow suit.
The former West Indies player, regarded as one of the world's finest batsmen during his pomp in the Seventies, has registered to join Boris Johnson's army of 8,000 Olympic tour guides, to be known as "London Ambassadors".He said: "I have travelled the world playing cricket. I know how important it is when you arrive in a foreign country to be greeted by friendly, well-informed and helpful local people. It's this experience I'd like to bring to the Olympics."But already Kallicharran, 61, who lives in west London, has become the poster-boy of the recruitment campaign.
A British resident for nearly 40 years, Kallicharran first lived in Birmingham, where he played county cricket for Warwickshire, before moving to London where he now lives in Greenford with his wife Patsy, who has also applied to be a volunteer.
He added:"It's nice to contribute something because this country has been good to me. I feel very much a Londoner and when something big happens like the Olympics you want to share in the excitement."
Gwaan poster-boy Kalli...good to give back to your adopted country eh.
