Even in defeat credit must be given Sanath Jayasuriya and his side for trusting the safety assurances given and making this World Cup a truly African affair.
In a series of subsequent court hearings and appeals, judges first confined him to a prison hospital and then agreed with the hospital's medical staff that he should be forcibly given antipsychotic drugs for his own safety.
Earlier on Thursday, Mr McKee told the inquiry that it had to be accepted that up until 2003 there was no "guidance, responsibility or authority" given to the trust board to take responsibility for the clinical safety and quality of care given to patients.