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Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of Mr. Sanath Jayasuriya as the ‘Interim
Head Coach’ of the National Team.
He will function in the position until the completion of Sri Lanka’s tour of England in September
2024.
Jayasuriya is currently serving as the full-time \u2018Cricket Consultant\u2019 of Sri Lanka Cricket.
His new appointment comes into immediate effect.
\u201cSanath with his wealth of international cricketing experience is well positioned to guide the
national team, until we find a permanent solution,\u201d said Mr. Ashley De Silva, CEO, Sri Lanka
Cricket.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to announce the appointment of Mr. Sanath Jayasuriya as the ‘InterimHead Coach’ of the National Team.He will function in the position until the completion of Sri Lanka’s tour of England in September2024.Jayasuriya is currently serving as the full-time \u2018Cricket Consultant\u2019 of Sri Lanka Cricket.His new appointment comes into immediate effect.\u201cSanath with…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,57],"tags":[579,75,77,134,72],"class_list":["post-6342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-head-coach","tag-sanath-jayasuriya","tag-slc","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\nSanath Jayasuriya appointed Interim Head Coach - 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