More should follow Sangakkara's example

Peter Roebuck lauds Kumar Sangakkara's MCC Spirit of Cricket Lecture in the Hindu, and says the problems with cricket governance extend beyond Sri Lankan cricket. Cheats thrive when honest men hold their tongues, Roebuck says, and urges others to join men like Sangakkara and Malcolm Speed in speaking out about the failings of cricket's administrative bodies.

It took courage for a 33-year-old to speak out against his own administrators. Sangakkara could easily have kept his thoughts to himself, taken the money and the IPL contract and the advertising deals and the adoration that accompanies cricketing greatness in the region. Evidently he is made of sterner stuff. Along the way he did outstanding service to his country, his cricket community and the game.