Lasith Malinga Appointed As Specialist Bowling Coach For Sri Lanka’s Australia Tour

Legendary pacer Lasith Malinga has been appointed as a specialist bowling coach for Sri Lanka’s senior males’s nationwide workforce’s upcoming tour of Australia, nation’s cricket board introduced on Wednesday. “Malinga, in his new short-term position as a specialist coach, will help Sri Lanka’s bowlers, offering tactical perception and technical experience to assist the on-field execution of strategic plans,” Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) stated in a launch.

“SLC is assured that Malinga’s huge expertise and famend death-bowling experience, particularly within the T20 format, will assist the workforce immensely going into this sequence.” Sri Lanka are scheduled to play 5 T20 Internationals in Australia ranging from February 11.

The previous participant, one of many island nation’s best quick bowlers, has labored as a mentor for Mumbai Indians within the Indian Premier League in 2018.

The 38-year-old Malinga was appointed by the manager committee of SLC in session with the technical advisory committee of the Lankan board. The appointment will likely be efficient from February 1 to twenty.

Throughout an illustrious profession wherein the slinger has made a reputation as one of many world’s most interesting bowlers in slog overs, Malinga performed 30 Checks, 226 ODIs and 84 T20Is earlier than retiring from the sport.

He is likely one of the 4 bowlers with greater than 100 T20I wickets.

“Now we have some very proficient younger bowlers and I’m very excited concerning the alternative to share my expertise and data to assist them develop,” Malinga stated about his appointment.

In the meantime, Rumesh Ratnayake has been named because the interim coach of Sri Lankan workforce for the Australia tour.