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Trevor Bayliss is Lanka’s new Coach

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Sri Lanka have appointed Trevor Bayliss as the successor to Tom Moody. as their National Coach. Like Moody, Trevor Bayliss is also an Australian. Sri Lanka have so far had four Australians as Coaches which starts with Dav Whatmore, Bruce Yardley, John Dyson and Tom Moody. The name of Trevor Bayliss was infact suggested by Tom Moody and the Sri Lankan Cricket Board didn’t take much time in calling him for an interview and appointing him unlike the Indian and the Pakistani Boards.

The immediate series for Sri Lanka is against Bangladesh but the new Coach Trevor Bayliss will not be available for that. Instead it is going to be Trevor Penny who was the Assistant Coach of Tom Moody will be the interim Coach for the Bangladesh Series. Penny will be then later replaced with former Sri Lankan opening bowler Rumesh Ratnayake.

Trevor Bayliss never played at the international level but has the experience of playing more than 50 first class games for New South Wales. The 44-year-old will be relieved of his coaching duties of the New South Wales team to take over the Sri Lankan job. A two-year contract has been given to the Australian by the Sri Lankan Board. His first assignment with the World Cup runners-up begins only during the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa which is in September.