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Message: <blockquote data-quote="asylum" data-source="post: 16574792" data-attributes="member: 490097">Marvan Atapattu has been named Sri Lanka's interim head coach, following  the resignation of Paul Farbrace earlier this week. Ruwan Kalpage, Sri  Lanka's fielding coach and former offspinner, has been appointed his  assistant. The appointments were for Sri Lanka's upcoming tour of the  Ireland and England as well as the home series against South Africa to  follow, SLC confirmed on Friday.  Atapattu had applied for the head coach position when Graham Ford had  announced he would vacate the job, and had progressed to the final round  of interviews in November, before Farbrace was appointed. Atapattu has  been Sri Lanka's batting coach since for three years, and had been  assistant coach since March 2013.    He has earned a reputation for his technical acumen - as a coach, as he  had been as a player - but he was deemed unready for head coach role  late last year. Both Farbrace and Ford, however, have publicly lauded  his work ethic.   The appointments had been made on the recommendations of a three-man  coach selection committee, featuring chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya,  head of coaching Jerome Jayaratne, and cricket committee chairman Ranjit  Fernando. Jayasuriya had issued strong signals Atapattu would be named  interim coach, in the days following Farbrace's departure, as the  fast-approaching tour did not allow SLC enough time to appoint a  permanent head coach.   "We should look to give responsibility to Marvan, because he's been  around for a few years," Jayasuriya had said. "The bowling and fielding  coaches will also have to take a lot of responsibility."   Among the most difficult aspects of Atapattu's job will be devising an  effective strategy against an opponent who now possesses intimate  knowledge of Sri Lanka's strengths, weaknesses and team dynamics, thanks  to Farbrace's appointment as England assistant coach. Sri Lanka have  not defeated England in a Test since 2007, but this tour represents a  good opportunity to improve that record, while England themselves seek  to rebuild after a disastrous winter.   "Farbrace knows inside out about Sri Lanka's cricketers, and that's the  biggest challenge for us," Jayasuriya said. "He knows our batsmen and  bowlers from top to bottom, and what we have been discussing in the last  four or five months. I hope Marvan, Ruwan, the bowling coach can do a  lot of work with the senior cricketers and come out of this situation."   The ODIs in the tour are also a vital step en route to the 2015 World  Cup, as Sri Lanka do not play outside Asia for six months, following  that series. The team leaves the country on May 2, to play two ODIs in  Dublin, before moving on to three practice matches in England.    Sri Lanka play four Tests, ten ODIs and a T20 international in their two  upcoming series. The trip to England is the most important away tour in  the year, before their most high-profile home-assignment, against the  top-ranked Test team, begins in July. source:-<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/739391.html" target="_blank">http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/current/story/739391.html</a>අපේම කෙනෙක් දාපු එක හොඳයි  මේකනම් හොඳ News එකක් Srilanka cricket වලට කියල හිතනවා.<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/162200/162221.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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