Sri Lanka's Sangakkara ICC Ambassador for 2010 - 2011

Sri Lanka Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara has been elected for a third time as an International Cricket Council (ICC) Ambassador along with four other leaders in the field for 2010 -2011
.England's ICC World Twenty20 2010-winning captain Paul Collingwood, Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke, India vice-captain Virender Sehwag and Simon Taufel of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires are the others who have agreed to become ICC Ambassadors for the 12-month period which includes the ICC's flagship event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
The ICC Ambassadors are expected to promote and support a variety of ICC events and initiatives, including the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, THINKWISE, Spirit of Cricket and the Pepsi ICC Development Programme.
By making appearances at press conferences, social events and coaching clinics, the ICC Ambassadors will also provide valuable support and general awareness of the activities of the ICC and its key stakeholders, the ICC said.
"Virender, Michael, Kumar, Paul and Simon have so much to offer and to have access to their valuable time and energy for issues of importance to the ICC is beneficial to the game as a whole," announcing the appointment the ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has said.

For Sangakkara and Taufel, it is the third successive time that they have been appointed as ICC Ambassadors since the programme was launched in 2008 while Collingwood, Clarke and Sehwag have been appointed for the first time.