Cricket: Sangakkara to give Cowdrey Lecture
Sangakkara will become the youngest speaker, following 2009 lecturer Adam Gilchrist.
LONDON:
Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will become the first active international cricketer to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on July 4.
Top-order batsman Sangakkara, also the first Sri Lankan invited to speak in the 11-year history of the event, is due to give his address the day after he is set to play against England in a One-Day International at Lord’s.
The 33-year-old Sangakkara will become the youngest speaker, following 2009 lecturer Adam Gilchrist, and follows the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Imran Khan.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.
Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will become the first active international cricketer to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on July 4.
Top-order batsman Sangakkara, also the first Sri Lankan invited to speak in the 11-year history of the event, is due to give his address the day after he is set to play against England in a One-Day International at Lord’s.
The 33-year-old Sangakkara will become the youngest speaker, following 2009 lecturer Adam Gilchrist, and follows the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Imran Khan.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.