Sri Lanka Cricket, as part of the restructuring program of the High Performance Center made the following appointments to the Coaching Unit.
The changes are aimed at further enhancing the focus on the National Team, ‘A,’ Emerging and also the Under 19 Team.
The new coaching appointments were approved by the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket.
National Fielding Coach
Anton Roux, Former Head Coach of the Netherlands Men’s team was appointed as the National Fielding Coach, effective from 7 March 2022.
Roux, who played 1st Class Cricket in South Africa, will be in-charge of fielding across all national teams and the High Performance Center.
Before joining Sri Lanka Cricket, Roux was working as the Assistant (fielding) Coach of the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, UK.
‘A’ Team
- Avishka Gunawardene – Head Coach
- Thilina Kandamby – Assistant Coach
- Malinda Warnapura – Batting Coach
- Sajeewa Weerakoon – Bowling Coach
- Upul Chandana – Fielding Coach
Emerging Team
- Ruwan Kalpage – Head Coach
- Ruvin Peiris – Assistant Coach
- Dharshana Gamage – Bowling Coach
- Dhammika Sudarshana – Batting Coach
Under 19
- Jehan Mubarak – Head Coach
- Sampath Perera – Assistant / Batting Coach
- Chamila Gamage – Bowling Coach
- Gayan Wijekoon – Fielding Coach
Apart from Roux’s appointment, rest of the appointments came into effect from 1 March 2022.