Gunawardene, Halangoda get top U19 cricket posts

Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Sri Lanka cricketer and ‘A’ team coach Avishka Gunawardene as the new head coach of the Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket team.

He succeeds another former Sri Lanka cricketer Hashan Tillakaratne who was coach till the last Under-19 World Cup in 2020.

Another former cricketer Mahinda Halangoda has been appointed manager of the Under-19 team, a role he will take up until the end of the Under-19 World Cup.

Gunawardene’s contract will run till the end of December 2022.

His first task is to undertake the training and practices of the 26-member Under-19 squad and prepare it for the inbound tours, the Under-19 Asia Cup in December and the Under-19 World Cup in January. (ST)