{"id":95984,"date":"2022-07-22T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=95984"},"modified":"2022-07-22T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:24:35","slug":"for-sri-lanka-kumar-sangakkaras-manifold-acts-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/for-sri-lanka-kumar-sangakkaras-manifold-acts-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara\u2019s Manifold Acts-by Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara\u2019s Manifold Acts-by Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

My Thanks to\u00a0Joe Paiva\u00a0in Adelaide for this important reference to Sanga;s recent appeal \u2026. one that is in step with the bold move he made in 2011 with his wife Yehali when they chose to visit st. Patrick\u2019s College in what was a reconciliatory political gesture.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Kumar<\/p>\n

Perchance as it happens today, I was listening to the commentaries on the ODI match between England and South Africa taking place at\u00a0 Chester le-Street yesterday -where one of the illustrious batch of commentators was Kumar Sangakkara.<\/span><\/p>\n

For those who are not familiar with Kumar\u2019s background,\u00a0note that<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kumar is the son of Kshema and Kumari Sangakkara<\/span><\/p>\n

That his father is a Kandyan with ancestral roots in a lineage originating from one of the lay officials accompanying\u00a0 the Siamese religious entourage that restored the\u00a0upasampada<\/em>\u00a0in the Kingdom of Kandy in 1753\/54 in Kirti Sri Rajasonghe\u2019s time.<\/span><\/p>\n

That his parents purchased \u201cEngeltina Cottage\u201d from the Hannadige Jeronis Pieris family at some point in the late 20th century and restored it tastefully \u2026 enabling me to visit them and capture its ambience in the year 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That Kumar\u2019s education at Trinity College and his training in cricket saw him enter the ranks of Sri Lankan cricket and perform in consistent and even magical fashion in the years\u00a0 1999-2012 \u2026 so much so that he \u201cwon the top prize at\u00a0 the\u00a02012<\/strong>\u00a0ICC awards, in addition to the award for\u00a0Test Cricketer of the Year a<\/strong>nd the People\u2019s Choice award for the second year running. Later that year he confirmed himself among batting\u2019s modern greats, by becoming the equal fastest man to 10,000 Test runs alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, with the biggest Test crowd Sri Lanka had ever played for in audience, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground\u201d (details from\u00a0https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/kumar-sangakkara-50710<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n