After a final interview held last evening at the Sri lanka Cricket headquarters in Colombo, the board decided to recruit former New South Wales coach Trevor Bayliss as next cricket coach of Sri Lanka cricket team. Bayliss will become the 5th Australian to coach a Sri Lanka team, after Dave Whatmore, Bruce Yardley, John Dyson and Tom Moody.
"Trevor came before a high powered committee comprising Aravinda de Silva, Sidath Wettimuny, Michael Tissera, Anura Tennekoon and Duleep Mendis, who were very impressed with his presentation," said Mr. Uplai Dharmadasa, the chairman of the interim commitee of Sri Lanka cricket, in a media briefing.
Bayliss was one of the names suggested to SLC for the position by Moody. The others included Terry Oliver, the Queensland coach, who was also a strong contender. He was interviewed a fortnight ago.
Testing un explored talent, was always been the success behind Sri Lanka cricket. When Dave Whatmore became the Sri Lankan coach, his name was never recognized in the Cricketing world. Tom Moody was never a "brilliant" cricketer, through out his career, and hardly secured a place in the team in many occasions. But, he left Sri Lanka with a reputation for being one of the most successful coaches in the world.
That's why, in one of my earlier blog posts I highlighted it's always good for Sri Lanka cricket to look for some new names from Australia, rather than looking for established international coaches like John Wright or Dave Whatmore.
Speaking to a local TV channel, Bayliss said "There's nothing much to change in present Sri Lanka change". How ever he mentioned that, he'll not hesitate to do some changes, if required. According to Sri Lanka Cricket, Bayliss will start working with Sri Lanka team starting from this August.
"Trevor came before a high powered committee comprising Aravinda de Silva, Sidath Wettimuny, Michael Tissera, Anura Tennekoon and Duleep Mendis, who were very impressed with his presentation," said Mr. Uplai Dharmadasa, the chairman of the interim commitee of Sri Lanka cricket, in a media briefing.
Bayliss was one of the names suggested to SLC for the position by Moody. The others included Terry Oliver, the Queensland coach, who was also a strong contender. He was interviewed a fortnight ago.
Testing un explored talent, was always been the success behind Sri Lanka cricket. When Dave Whatmore became the Sri Lankan coach, his name was never recognized in the Cricketing world. Tom Moody was never a "brilliant" cricketer, through out his career, and hardly secured a place in the team in many occasions. But, he left Sri Lanka with a reputation for being one of the most successful coaches in the world.
That's why, in one of my earlier blog posts I highlighted it's always good for Sri Lanka cricket to look for some new names from Australia, rather than looking for established international coaches like John Wright or Dave Whatmore.
Speaking to a local TV channel, Bayliss said "There's nothing much to change in present Sri Lanka change". How ever he mentioned that, he'll not hesitate to do some changes, if required. According to Sri Lanka Cricket, Bayliss will start working with Sri Lanka team starting from this August.
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I am excited.
This guys seems to know his shit and comes highly recommended from Moody himself.
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