Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Sanga named in ICC WC Commentary Panel

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The Internatio­nal Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced a stellar line-up of commentato­rs for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup along with detailed broadcast plans that will bring more than a billion fans closer to the action and players than ever before.

The last man to lift the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, Michael Clarke, will be making his ICC TV commentary debut alongside some of the game’s most respected broadcaste­rs including Nasser Hussain, Ian Bishop, Sourav Ganguly, Melanie Jones, Kumar Sangakkara, Michael Atherton, Alison Mitchell, Brendon Mccullum, Graeme Smith and Wasim Akram.

Other big names who will commentate through the tournament include Shaun Pollock, Michael Slater, Mark Nicholas, Michael Holding, Isa Guha, Pommie Mbangwa,

Sanjay Manjrekar,

Harsha Bhogle,

Simon Doull, Ian

Smith, Ramiz

Raja, Athar Ali

Khan and Ian

Ward.

“This is going to be a very special summer of cricket in

England and

Wales and possibly the most competitiv­e ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup of all time,” said Sangakkara. “Hosts England have a great team but there are several realistic contenders and we are sure to see some amazing cricket along the way,” Sangakkara added.

This is going to be a very special summer of cricket in England and Wales and possibly the most competitiv­e ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup of all time

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Kumar Sangakkara

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