Marvan Atapattu appointed Sri Lanka head coach

[StriKe]

Marvan Atapattu has been named Sri Lanka's head coach following the resignation of Paul Farbrace earlier this week. Ruwan Kalpage, the former Sri Lanka offspinner, has been appointed the interim assistant coach and Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed on Friday that the appointments were for Sri Lanka's upcoming tour of the UK and the home series against South Africa to follow.

[SLICKR392]

We gotta start appointing coaches from India too.

[thongale]

Until our guys start to be impartial in picking players local coaches not going to work well.

[gslv]

kudos to lanka for appointing a local. you go for foreign one if you dont have a good one. here in india they dont go for good one but for stooges.

[nevada]

Fast bowling coach - Zak Spin bowling coach - Kumble Batting coach - Laxman Carefree living coach - Viru Fielding coach - who needs fielding? We have batters to chase down any total.

[fineleg]

Fast bowling coach - Zak Spin bowling coach - Kumble Batting coach - Laxman Carefree living coach - Viru Fielding coach - who needs fielding? We have batters to chase down any total.

viru = cricket's Shri Rajneesh?

[Crookbond]

SL kicked out Geoff Marsh and paid him $8M because they didn't have a probationary period. Then they appointed Fabrace with a PP and he left.

[moniker]

Fast bowling coach - Zak Spin bowling coach - Kumble Batting coach - Laxman Carefree living coach - Viru Fielding coach - who needs fielding? We have batters to chase down any total.

Viru should be made the mental conditioning coach.

[Pakistan]

SL kicked out Geoff Marsh and paid him $8M because they didn't have a probationary period. Then they appointed Fabrace with a PP and he left.

He was Aussie coach for 99 World Cup. Why Sri Lanka sacked him?

[Crookbond]

He was Aussie coach for 99 World Cup. Why Sri Lanka sacked him?

It was a big blunder - he was there at the time of Dllshan being made the captain and all that. Arjuna Ranatunga called Marsh sacking "unprofessional".