Sri Lanka Cricket will soon have a full-time head coach, and with Chandika Hathurusingha resigning from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, there is optimism that the 49-year-old will land the job here.
There is no official intimation with regard to his appointment SL Cricket board is waiting for his release by the current employer to seal the appointment.
The local board is tight-lipped but confirmed that they will appoint Graham Ford’s replacement by the end of this year.
They have had four candidates for the job, including interim coach Nic Pothas, Jason Gillespie and Geoff Marsh.
But their preferred choice has been Hathurusingha, a highly-rated coach in world cricket at present.
“We cannot make any official comments as of now,” said Sri Lanka Cricket President Thilanga Sumathipala. “For us to consider him, he has to make himself available. However, we are in the process of putting things in place for the national team. We have got one of the best batting coaches around. We also have Rumesh Ratnayake as bowling coach and we are in the process of finalising our head coach. We will do it soon after the current tour."
And also some unofficial news revealed that SLC will go to pay Rs. 38 lakhs to Hathurusingha as his monthly salary, but SLC stated that they did not discuss the amount with him.
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