Dominic Cork was given out to a no ball

Yet Sobers believes Scotland can continue to rise through the ranks of International cricket and eventually be elevated to Test status.

"There's no reason why Scotland can't compete at Test level at some point," he said.

"You only have to see what Bangladesh have achieved recently and think that Scotland could do the same.

"They have some good young players.

Enthusiasm remains

"But I honestly believe that, if the weather was a lot better here, they would have risen to Test status long ago. The weather is the only thing holding them back."

The man who held the highest Test cricket score of 365 not out for 37 years has not picked up a cricket bat in more than 10 years.

Gary Sobers:

But his enthusiasm remains and he eagerly worked closely with the keen youngsters of Dundee HSFP and Forfarshire Cricket Club.

"The future of Scottish cricket starts with the youngsters and it is wonderful to see so many of them here," said Sir Gary.

"And one would hope that, one day, they would battle down and take cricket more seriously and who knows what would happen from there?"

Sir Gary arrived in Dundee the day after England were controversially beaten by Pakistan thanks to several no balls not spotted by the umpire.

Enough video on TV

It has led to calls for the use of more video evidence.

But Sir Gary said: "There's enough video on TV for umpires now."

He pointed out that, if video evidence ruled out wickets because of no balls, it would also have to be used to catch wickets missed by the umpires.

"You just have to learn to accept decisions," he added.