Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday appointed former Test captain Marvan Atapattu as head coach to prepare for the 2015 World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Atapattu, 43, becomes the island nation’s seventh coach in the last four years and is the first Sri Lankan in 15 years to hold the position of full time national coach.
“Marvan (Atapattu) was appointed for a period of two years,” Sri Lanka Cricket Vice President Mohan de Silva told the media.
Officials declined to give further details of his contract.
