The Lahore Attack
“The Lahore Attack”, which
comes under the prose passages, is an extract from Kumar Sangakkara’s Colin
Cowdrey Lecture delivered on 5th of July 2011 at Lords. Colin Cowdrey was a
batsman and a bowler who played cricket for the England team during 1954-1975.
He was a member of the M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) which was the governing
body of cricket in England and worldwide. The whole world mesmerized or
fascinated by this speech because of its sincerity, dignity and patriotism. He
was contributory in including the “spirit of cricket” in accordance with the
code of cricket laws, ensuring that cricket is always played in a truly
sportsman like manner. Being a multilingual and fluent speaker of English, it
was a very eloquent speech packed with emotionally charged expressions. At the
end of his speech he received a standing ovation at the Home of Cricket, as he
stunned the audience by his speech. In his speech, he focused on our history,
culture and opportunities for Sri Lankan cricket and also the tragic encounter
of the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, in a bus, in
Lahore-Pakistan. The team was lucky to escape from the attack without having
fatal damage. As he said, despite the turbulence in Sri Lanka, violence and
war, it had never affected directly on Sangakkara’s life until terrorists fired
on the bus taking his team to a stadium in Lahore in March 2009. So, he
experienced the terrorism out of the motherland. He shared the horrified moment
he thought he would be killed. A note on the Extract – The Lahore Attack in English
Literature Grade 10 & 11 His speech was full of love and regard for his
motherland, Sri Lanka and its people. He has given his ideas about his role as
a cricketer, his relationship with team members and other people. It is a
unique and genuine expression of Kumar about the responsibility as a leader, a
leader in cricket. He shared the great love and regard the Sri Lankans have for
the cricket and cricketers with the whole world. This oration has made a great
influence on the listeners as well as it will influence the readers of this
extract as well. In this moving speech, Sangakkara told about the civil war and
the role cricket has played in healing the conflict. The extract further
reveals the features of the good cricket player as well as the good leader.
Moreover, it reveals the qualities of Sangakkara as a great Sri Lankan and
great humanist to the world.
Source:
https://www.e- thaksalawa.moe.gov.lk/moodle/pluginfile.php/23113/mod_resource/content/2/sg10_elit_prose_lahore_attack.pdf
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