England’s new status as the top team in Test cricket was reflected on Friday when five of their players were named in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Team of the Year. Sangakkara appears in the team of the year for the second time running. Batsmen Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott were joined by all-rounder Stuart Broad, fast bowler James Anderson and spinner Graeme Swann, in a side picked by a selection  [ Read More ]

Congratulations Kumar we are proud of you!

Sri Lanka is greatly honoured. One of the greatest wicket keeper batsmen of the world, former Sri Lanka Cricket Captain, a product of Trinity College, Kandy and University of Ceylon Colombo – Law Faculty, Kumar Sangakkara has been selected to deliver this year 2011, MCC SPIRIT OF CRICKET COWDREY LECTURE. The 33 year old Kumar Sangakkara, will also take over from former Australian Keeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist, as the youngest man  [ Read More ]

Trinity College Kandy is the flagship school of Sri Lanka Rugby. In 1906 the school that carries the slogan “best school of all” took to what was largely an unknown sport in the island nation. It was a challenge from an old Trinitian Mr E. L. Blaze, then the Founder/principal of another top school across town (Kingswood College). Trinity Captained by H. S. Perera played their hearts out against a  [ Read More ]

The Sri Lankans are here, promising to bring much pleasure to the start of the cricketing summer, but even their best batsmen should gladly concede that the greatest innings ever played by a Sri Lankan took place in the committee rooms at Lord’s almost 30 years ago. Gamini Dissanayake (educated at Trinity College, Kandy) made a charismatic case for Sri Lanka cricket on that day in June 1981, winning over  [ Read More ]

Sangakkara to deliver MCC lecture

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  [ Read More ]

Kumar Sangakkara explains why he stepped down from the captaincy and looks back at his two years in charge. Your coach, Trevor Bayliss, said: “They [Sanga and Mahela] probably had enough of putting up with distractions. These days a captain has to deal with issues that sometimes have got nothing to do with cricket.” In modern-day cricket you get it. In the subcontinent you get a bit more. As a  [ Read More ]

Kumar Sangakkara resigns as the captain

Kumar Sangakkara posted a post on his personal blog “Sanga Writes” that he is stepping down as the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team after the forthcoming cricket series with Australia and England. He mentioned the reason for the resignation being that by the time of the next world cup he will be 37 years old and he cannot be sure of his presence in the Sri Lankan cricket  [ Read More ]

The Legacy of Kumar Sangakkara

A more determined romantic is hard to find. He totally immerses himself in his mission. And his vision compels him to win any prize he sets his eyes on. He has two heart throbs. His wife Yehali and the other Cricket. The childhood romance started when she was at the Hillwood College hostel in Kandy. The school’s conservatism made it near impossible to permeate the purdah-like restrictions which were imposed  [ Read More ]

 
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