Marvan Atapattu appointed Sri Lanka batting coach

Former Sri Lankan  Captain, Marvan Atapattu has been appointed as the batting coach of the  Sri Lanka cricket team Sri Lanka Cricket announced that Marvan would be joining a strong coaching team comprising of Stuart Law, Champaka Ramanayaka, and Ruwan Kalpage for the forthcoming tour of England  this summer, which includes 3 Test matches 5 One day Internationals and 2 T20 games against hosts England this summer which gets underway in May

Sri Lanka’s former Captian Marvan has played 90 Tests and 268 one day internationals in his illustrious career, and was recognized as a perfect technician with the bat.

Atapattu has scored 16 test centuries in 90 test matches which includes 6 double hundreds plus 17 half centuries. .

Meanwhile T.M. Dilshan has been appointed as the National Captain in all 3 formats of the game for Sri Lanka’s tour of England next month. The National Selectors have postponed the appointment of a Vice Captain, since the prospective candidates are nursing injuries, and their availability for the forthcoming tour is still in question