{"id":77373,"date":"2022-04-17T14:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77373"},"modified":"2022-04-17T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T14:49:20","slug":"sri-lanka-beefs-up-coaching-ahead-of-bangladesh-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=77373","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka beefs up coaching ahead of Bangladesh tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Sri Lanka announced four new coaching staff Sunday to assist new head coach Chris Silverwood ahead of next month's two-match Test series in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Former Sri Lankan Test player Naveed Nawaz was named assistant coach for a two-year period, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Nawaz had been the head coach of the Bangladesh junior team which won the Under 19 World Cup in 2020.<\/p>\n

The cricket board also announced specialist coaches Chaminda Vaas for fast bowling, Piyal Wijetunge for spin and Manoj Abeywickrama for fielding.<\/p>\n

The first Test begins May 15 in Chittagong, followed by a Dhaka fixture from May 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Sri Lanka announced four new coaching staff Sunday to assist new head coach Chris Silverwood ahead of next month’s two-match Test series in Bangladesh. Former Sri Lankan Test player Naveed Nawaz was named assistant coach for a two-year period, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement. Nawaz had been the head coach of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":77374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n