There’s a breathless hush in the close to-night Ten to make and the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it’s not for the sake of a ribboned coat. Or the selfish hope of a season’s fame, But his captain’s hand on his shoulder smote: “Play up! Play up! And play the game!” The sand of [ Read More ]
The 2011 ICC Cricket Awards concluded in London yesterday, the 12th of September. Kumar Sangakkara, the former Sri Lankan cricket captain and old boy of Trinity College Kandy was the only player to win two awards that night. He was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year and also picked up the People’s Choice Award. For the ODI Cricketer of the Year Award, Sangakkara scored 1049 [ Read More ]
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 ]
Yes, once again, Kumar Sangakkara is back here on the pages of the Trinity College Worldwide Website. Although this piece of news is quite “Off Season”, it is nonetheless inspiring. During the last moments of the Cricket World Cup Finals, the BBC captured-this shot of the Sri Lankan Captain about which they said the following : Just seconds after India won the world cup final, Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara [ Read More ]
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 ]
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 ]
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: Not Just A Great Sportsman But An Inspiring Gentleman. Rated as the best test batsman in the world and praised by pundits as one of the most successful leaders of Sri Lanka cricket, marshaling the tiny island nation to two World Cup finals both in ODI’s and T20 format, and to the surprise of many, Chokshanada Kumar Sangakkara has stepped down from national captaincy. One can go on [ Read More ]
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 ]