Former England head coach Chris Silverwood is all set to take cost of the Sri Lankan nationwide group, the nation’s cricket board introduced on Saturday.
The former England pacer’s first aggressive project with the Sri Lanka nationwide group would be the upcoming away Test sequence in Bangladesh. He is contracted for a two-year interval.
“We are delighted to nominate Chris as the brand new Head Coach of the nationwide group. He is a particularly skilled coach and from our discussions with him within the recruitment course of it’s clear he has the required qualities we’re in search of to take the group ahead,” said Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) CEO Ashley De Silva.
“I am very excited to be on board with Sri Lanka and I cannot wait to get over to Colombo and get started. They have a talented and passionate group of players and I am really looking forward to meeting up with the players and coaching staff very soon,” Silverwood mentioned on his half.
Silverwood, was appointed as head coach of England males’s group in October 2019.
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He had beforehand served because the group’s bowling coach, working beneath then head coach Trevor Bayliss when England gained the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup in 2019.
Silverwood featured in six Tests and 7 ODIs for England and performed county cricket for Yorkshire and Middlesex.
After his taking part in profession, he took to teaching. He guided the Mashonaland Eagles in Zimbabwe to victory within the inaugural Logan Cup earlier than a really profitable stint because the Head Coach of Essex County Cricket.
At Essex, Silverwood helped the membership’s promotion in his first yr in cost and led them to win the County Championship in 2017, after a niche of 25 years.
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