Sangakkara to deliver MCC lecture

[cameron_black]

Kumar Sangakkara will deliver the eleventh MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's on July 4 2011. He will become the first Sri Lankan and the first current international cricketer to be invited to speak at the annual event which comes a day after Sri Lanka meet England at Lord's for the third ODI of the series. Sangakkara will also take over from 2009 speaker, Adam Gilchrist, as the youngest man to deliver the lecture, which has been given by people such as Geoffrey Boycott, Desmond Tutu and, most recently, Imran Khan. The lecture was inaugurated in 2001 in memory of the late Colin Cowdrey, a past president of MCC, who - together with another former club president, Ted Dexter - was instrumental in the Spirit of Cricket being included as the Preamble to the 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket. Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the BBC commentator and current MCC President, said: "Sri Lanka have been so consistently successful in world cricket that it is very appropriate that a distinguished cricketer from this beautiful country should be giving the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture. "Kumar Sangakkara is widely respected in cricket not only as a brilliant player but as a highly intelligent one. His views on topical matters will be truly illuminating and many people will be looking forward to hearing what he has to say." http://www.espncricinfo.com/mcc/content/story/515585.html

[cameron_black]

now now, how did he get the chance ahead of sachin? sachin has a far better cricketing brain than him...

[Prakat]

Expect him to be asked about the toss.

[ganeshran]

Hope they are able to hear what he says :nervous:

[Cricket Tragic]

Hope they are able to hear what he says :nervous:

:cantstop: He shouldn't turn up drunk or sing either. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Cwf9DmPdc]YouTube - Brett Lee Singing with Kumar Sangakkara - Kings XI IPL Crick[/ame]

[ganeshran]

^ :cantstop:

[Sachin=GOD]

Whingakara and "the spirit of cricket" don't exactly go hand in hand so how is he invited for this lecture :giggle:

[cameron_black]

Whingakara and "the spirit of cricket" don't exactly go hand in hand so how is he invited for this lecture :giggle:

can you come up with an instance?

[Ultimate_Game]

can you come up with an instance?

For starters the toss fiasco before the WC final where he backed out after calling tails the first time.

[gsivak]

Sangakkara comes across as a very urbane and well spoken man. When you hear him talk you do know he is well read and quite intelligent....the way Dravid is. Will be interested in hearing what he has to talk.

[yoda]

This has to be a joke. The guy whines at every opportunity, yes with an accent.

[saneindian]

And Punter to deliver the 'vote of thanks'?

[Sachin=GOD]

And Punter to deliver the 'vote of thanks'?

and Symonds to be given Lifetime Achievement for constantly maintaining the Spirit of Cricket B->

[Raghav_12]

Hope they are able to hear what he says :nervous:

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Square Drive]

Great decisions by MCC to give this opportunity to a current player, and a true gentleman like Sanga.. :hatsoff: Haters can suck it.. :finger:, but Sanga is the best choice available for these occasions. But any of these stories won't diminish the fact that you are the worst (on field) captain we had in our cricket history, Sanga.. :((

[urbestfriend]

Sanga, his accent not withstanding, is a great cricketer. I dont understand why there are too many haters here. But yes, he is not a good captain.

[ensd2]

Sanga:giggle::giggle::giggle:

[ganeshran]

Afridi going to deliver a lecture at Stanford about the importance for integrity in cricket B->

[The Dark Horse]

Afridi going to deliver a lecture at Stanford about the importance for integrity in cricket B->

And on how to differentiate between apples and cricket balls:giggle:

[21cent]

Sanga walks every time he is out, unlike some other players. His comments in the media dont really have anything to do with the game. Symond has been charged with racist comments, Afridi and Sachin have been charged with ball tampering . I cant seem to remember the last time Sanga was charged with an offense (ignoring slow overrates) . Maybe because he has played according to the spirit of cricket.