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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SagaxConatusV" data-source="post: 18925355" data-attributes="member: 515237">                  Haturusinghe as head coach? <a href="http://www.elakiri.com/forum/www.sundaytimes.lk/150906/sports/haturusinghe-as-head-coach-163110.html" target="_blank">www.sundaytimes.lk/150906/sports/haturusinghe-as-head-coach-163110.html</a> Likely to take over before next month’s Windies tourFormer  Sri Lanka Shadow Coach Chandika Haturusinghe is likely to join Sri  Lanka cricket as its Head Coach before next month’s West Indies inbound  tour, the Sunday Times reliably learns.<img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150906/uploads/Chandika-Hatuurusinghe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  move to get Haturusinghe, who is at present coaching the high-riding  Bangladesh team, was in the air for the past few weeks and it gained  momentum after the incumbent Lankan coach Marvan Atapattu tendered his  resignation to the Lankan cricket authorities, and it was accepted.A  senior SLC official speaking on condition of anonymity said,  “Negotiations have been going on for the past few weeks and it is very  likely that Haturusinghe would join our ranks before the West Indies  tour. With the present team in this parlous state we need some  responsible person to guide them at this juncture.”He also indicated that the authorities were also having discussions with former Sri Lanka coach – South African Graham Ford. “I am sure there would be someone taking over the position very soon,” he said.SLC  Interim Committee chairman Sidath Wettimuny speaking on the subject  told the Sunday Times “Selecting the proper coach is our top priority  and we are working on that. Lots of coaches have shown interest in the  job. At the same time there may be problems in the dates because those  who are already in employment may have to make certain arrangement  before they move. “We may not be able to close in on an individual  before the tour of the West Indies and until such time one of our local  coaches could handle the side. For instance Sri Lanka head of coaching  Jerome Jayaratne had all the qualifications to do the job, maybe he can  handle the side till we find the right man to fill in the post of head  coach of Sri Lanka cricket”.Haturusinghe,  a product of Veluwana and Ananda College Colombo, Chandika Haturusinghe  retired from first-class cricket at the end of the 2004–05 season, and  Twenty20 cricket at the end of the following season.Soon after,  he took up the position as coach of United Arab Emirates in December  2005 and served in that position for one year, before taking up the  responsibility to coach the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team.In 2009, he was  named senior assistant to Sri Lanka’s national coach and named ‘Shadow  Coach’ of Trevor Bayliss. However, his contract was terminated following  a disagreement with the then Interim Committee Chairman, D. Somachandra  de Silva, after he returned early from a Lankan tour of Zimbabwe.Even  at that time the then Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara made a fervent  appeal to the authorities to retain him, but it was of no avail. Even  on a later date when the position was vacant once again Sangakkara went  on record saying, “My preference has been publicly known to everyone. I  think we have a great opportunity to have a completely Sri Lankan  coaching unit. That would be amazing if we can do it. We had candidates  of the calibre of Chandika Haturusinghe, who is now the assistant coach  at New South Wales, which is a great loss to us. He made an amazing  contribution to our cricket and he is an extremely capable coach.”After  losing the Lankan job, Haturusinghe took up permanent residency in  Australia. He was appointed assistant coach of New South Wales in  September 2011, on a two-year contract. When senior coach Anthony Stuart  was dismissed from the position in December 2012, midway through the  2012–13 season, Haturusinghe was named acting coach for the remainder of  the season. Trevor Bayliss was appointed coach of New South Wales for  the 2013–14 season, with Haturusinghe remaining as senior assistant and  also taking over from Shane Duff as coach of the Sydney Thunder in the  Big Bash League.In May 2014, Haturusinghe was named as coach of  the Bangladesh national side, replacing Shane Jurgensen, who had  resigned following the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Right now Bangladesh  cricket is experiencing a wave of success under Haturusinghe’s guidance.  At present the Lankan cricketers and the training staff are on a two  week break and are scheduled to begin their training for the forthcoming  West Indies tour on September 20.</blockquote>

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