Cricinfo staff
May 14, 2007
Tom Moody has resigned as Sri Lanka's coach and will return home to Perth to take up a role guiding Western Australia. Trevor Penney, who worked with Moody as an assistant coach at Sri Lanka, will also join Western Australia under Moody.
The decision makes Sri Lanka the sixth Test-playing nation to lose their coach after the World Cup. Moody will reportedly be on a similar salary to the state's previous coach, Wayne Clark, but will have his finances boosted by a sponsorship deal with Vikas Rambal, the Indian industrialist, who lives in Perth.
Moody, a former captain of Western Australia who led the state to two Sheffield Shields and a domestic one-day title, has been Sri Lanka's coach since 2005. He said it would be terrific to return home and work with his former state team-mates Justin Langer, who was the captain last season, and Graeme Wood, who is the Western Australian Cricket Association's chief executive.
"I am extremely proud of my involvement with WA cricket as a player and the success we enjoyed as a team throughout the 1980s and 1990s," Moody said. "My aim as coach will be to do what I can to help the current crop of Warriors achieve that same success."
May 14, 2007
Tom Moody has resigned as Sri Lanka's coach and will return home to Perth to take up a role guiding Western Australia. Trevor Penney, who worked with Moody as an assistant coach at Sri Lanka, will also join Western Australia under Moody.
The decision makes Sri Lanka the sixth Test-playing nation to lose their coach after the World Cup. Moody will reportedly be on a similar salary to the state's previous coach, Wayne Clark, but will have his finances boosted by a sponsorship deal with Vikas Rambal, the Indian industrialist, who lives in Perth.
Moody, a former captain of Western Australia who led the state to two Sheffield Shields and a domestic one-day title, has been Sri Lanka's coach since 2005. He said it would be terrific to return home and work with his former state team-mates Justin Langer, who was the captain last season, and Graeme Wood, who is the Western Australian Cricket Association's chief executive.
"I am extremely proud of my involvement with WA cricket as a player and the success we enjoyed as a team throughout the 1980s and 1990s," Moody said. "My aim as coach will be to do what I can to help the current crop of Warriors achieve that same success."
