Marsh - Sri Lanka’s new coach
Former Australian batsman Geoff Marsh has been named Sri Lanka’s
coach on a two-year contract, the country’s cricket board said Friday.
“He (Marsh) takes up his new assignment on September 27,” Sri Lanka
Cricket said in a statement.
“With his vast coaching and playing experience at the highest level,
Sri Lanka Cricket is confident that he would be an ideal choice.” The
former Australian opener, 52, scored 2,854 runs in 50 Tests and 4,357 in
117 one-dayers before he quit international cricket in 1992.
Sri Lanka have been without a regular coach since Australian Trevor
Bayliss stepped down after guiding the team to the World Cup final in
April.
Sri Lanka appointed Stuart Law as an interim coach for the England
tour and then former paceman Rumesh Ratnayake for the recent home series
against Australia. Law quit in July to coach Bangladesh.
Marsh, part of the 1987 World Cup-winning squad, coached Australia
from 1995 to 1999 and then Zimbabwe between 2000 and 2004.
He became the only cricketer to win the World Cup as player and coach
when he guided Australia to victory in the 1999 edition.
Marsh is the current coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise
Pune Warriors and it is not immediately clear whether he will continue
with his IPL job. |