Sri Lanka Cricket announced that they received 11 applications for the post of National Head Coach of which 8 were from overseas and 3 from Sri Lanka.
However it is learned that several other interested partied were unable to submit their applications due to time constraints and therefore, the executive committee requested time to explore the possibility of obtaining applications from the interested parties prior to evaluating the applications received.
The Executive Committee appointed a committee headed by Mr. Ranjith Fernando and comprising of M/s. Mohan de Silva, Nishantha Ranatunga, Nuski Mohamed, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ashley de Silva and Jerome Jayaratne, in order to take the process forward.
