Coaching staff appointed for Under-19 Super Provincial Tournament 2021

By Shamseer Jaleel

The Inter-Provincial Under-19 cricket encounters commenced yesterday at the Pallekelle International Cricket Stadium and the Asgiriya International Stadium. 

Chamila Gamage with  Colombo North

Roy Dias psrt of Colombo  South  outfit

Sachith Pathirana part of  the Kandy outfit

Each day, there will be two warm-up matches played: one in the morning hours and the other one in the afternoon. Both encounters will be T20 for the first four days. Thereafter, each of the five teams will battle it out in the 50-over encounters. The warm-up matches will end on 1 August, where the national selectors will bring the squad from 75 players to 30.

The Sri Lanka Under-19 outfit is expected to play in the Asia Cup which will be staged in UAE later this year while the International Cricket Council (ICC) Youth World Cup will take place in West Indies during February 2022. Mahela Jayawardena, who will be the consultant for the outfit, will join the team with effect from October 2022 after his Mumbai Indians contract concludes.

Former national cricketers, Roy Dias, Sachith Pathirana and Chamila Gamage are part of the coaching unit for the selected outfits.

The following coaching staff were appointed for the Super Provincial 2021 in Kandy.

Kandy

Under-19 National Spin Coach: Sachith Pathirana

Central Province Coach: Amila Pinnaduwa

Eastern Province Coach: Nilantha Wimalaweera

Colombo North

Under-19 National Pace Coach: Chamila Gamage

Western Province Coach: Gamini Perera and Chaminda Thotagamuwa

Dambulla

North Western Province Coach: Harsha Gamadikari and Sunil Fernando

North Western Province Coach: Davidraja Kankatharan

Colombo South

High Performance Coach: Roy Dias

Western Province Coach: Jeevantha Kulatunge and Wasantha Wijesuriya

Galle

Southern Province Coach: Suranga Wijenayake

Uva Province Coach: Chaminda Kodikara