Moody will Return to West Australia. Who Will Be the next Sri Lankan Coach?

Successful Sri Lankan coach, Tom Moody declared his resignation from Sri Lanka Cricket coach position, and said that he will return to West Australia where he started his coaching career. There were speculations that Moody is going to be next English coach, but he decided against it at the end.

Sri Lanka Cricket has made a request to fielding coach Trevor Penney to act as caretaker coach for the side's series against Bangladesh in June-July.

Moody said his family, who lived in England while he worked in Sri Lanka, played a large part in his decision. "It was a very difficult decision to make given the strong relationship that has been built between SLC and myself," he said.

"But at this stage in my life it was important that I made a bigger commitment to my family. However, I will be more than happy to assist in whichever way I possibly can for the continuous success of SLC."
It is expected Moody's advice will play a role in determining who succeeds him.

When Tom Moody was appointed as Sri Lanka coach, many questioned whether it was the right decision. When he leave his possition, he has proven a point that it was a right decision by SLC. We've seen, Dav Whatmore coming out of the blue and doing miracles with 1996, WC winning Sri Lanka team. Moody did the exact same thing. Now, both Whatmore and Moody are highly demanded Cricket coaches in the international level.

So far there's no reports of who would be the next coach of Sri Lanka Cricket team. As at now, the position for "coach" is vacant in all 4 test playing nations in the sub continent, making it more difficult for all 4 boards to attract "quality" coaches, at "reasonable price".