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Former England participant Ian Bell was named Tuesday as Sri Lanka’s batting coach for the three-match Check collection towards England. Sri Lanka Cricket stated the 42-year-old former right-hand batter was employed to attract on his expertise of enjoying 118 Checks for England. “We appointed Ian to herald an individual with native data to assist the gamers with key insights on the situations there,” Sri Lanka Cricket chief govt Ashley de Silva stated. “We imagine his inputs will assist our group on this essential tour.” Sri Lanka appointed former skipper Sanath Jayasuriya final month to exchange head coach Chris Silverwood, who give up following the nation’s early exit from the T20 World Cup.
Jayasuriya, 55, would be the “interim” coach till a full-time appointment is made for the nationwide group.
Jayasuriya represented Sri Lanka 586 instances throughout the three codecs of the sport, hitting 42 centuries and taking 440 wickets. He performed his final worldwide in 2011.
Former England coach Silverwood, 49, give up for “private causes”, in keeping with Sri Lanka Cricket.
Sri Lanka gained just one match on the T20 World Cup match, towards the Netherlands, and completed third of their group behind South Africa and Bangladesh.
Silverwood took over in April 2022 and loved speedy success when Sri Lanka gained the T20 Asia Cup that yr.
Sri Lanka then reached the ultimate of the 50-over Asia Cup in 2023.
Nonetheless, they did not make it to the knockout levels of the T20 World Cup in 2022 and final yr’s 50-over World Cup.
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