Tom Moody appointed Director of Cricket by SLC

Tom Moody

Sri Lanka Cricket announced yesterday the appointment of Tom Moody as the Director of Cricket effective from today.

His appointment comes following recommendations made by the Technical Advisory Committee of the SLC to revamp Sri Lanka’s Cricket operations.

Moody’s role will be on consultancy basis, and he will have to fulfil 300 days of ‘Mandatory Assignment’ during his contracted three-year period. 

His duties include the analysis of the future tour program, focusing on the domestic tournament structure, player welfare, education and skill development, coaching and support staff structure and high performance and data analytics.

Moody once served Sri Lanka Cricket as the National Coach and led the team to the World Cup Final in 2007.

“Tom has worked with Sri Lanka Cricket in the past and has shown results, and I am sure with his working knowledge of the system, Tom will add greater value to our game,” Sri Lanka Cricket CEO Ashley De Silva said. 

SLC said Moody has had many experiences over the cricketing global, some of which include Director of Cricket of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Coach, and now the Director of Cricket of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. He held the same position with Worcestershire County Cricket Club and was the Head Coach of Western Australia, among other roles in the game.