Sangakkara at Lord’s: Not a major issue- Upali

The speech of former Sri Lankan cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara at Lord's, which turned into 'controversy' now seems not a major issue to those involved in the game of cricket.

Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Chief, Upali Dharmadasa discribed it as –'Not a major, major issue to those involved in the game of cricket'-.

Sangakkara's speech which was copied to many who called for that have now been analytically examined, and cricket sources said there was nothing harmful or damaging to the country or the game of cricket. 'Sangakkara had only spoken in his personal capacity of what he believes to be the truth' the sources added.

Sangakkara's speech at Lord's was well received by the audience and the English he produced was far above the average that was expected from a young citizen in the Asian region.

The British audience present on the occasion listened to Sangakkara in a pin drop silence atmosphere, as the elegance of the Queens language shone brightly with excellence when the words he delivered had an attractive sequence.

Sri Lankans in Britain described Sangakkara's command of the English Language as beign far better than the game he plays and added that even the Britons were delighted to hear the excellence of their own language delivered by a young Asian man in the footsteps of Sri Lankan Oxford giants like S W R D Bandaranaike, Lalith Athulathmudali, Lakshman Kadiragamar and the Cambridge product like the late Tyronne Fernando and Harendra Corea.