Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Former test captain Hashan Tillakaratne made national team manager

Ex-captain Hashan Tillakaratne has been appointed Sri Lanka's national cricket team manager for the upcoming test and limited-overs home series against India.

Tillakaratne's appointment will be formally announced at a news conference later Tuesday, Sri Lanka Cricket media manager Shane Fernando said.

The 41-year-old Tillakaratne played in 83 tests and scored 4,545 runs. In 200 one-day internationals Tillakaratne compiled 3,789 runs.

He was a regular national player for 15 years from 1989 and led the team in 10 test matches from 2003.

Extracted from,
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/15/sports/AS-CRI-Sri-Lanka-Manager.php

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