Nineteen former Sri Lanka cricketers will join 15 other coaches to follow the ICC Global level-3 coaching course held in Sri Lanka.
The ex-national players are Rangana Herath, Dhammika Prasad, Chamara Silva, Ajantha Mendis, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Chamila Gamage, Darshana Gamage, Jehan Mubarak, Gayan Wijekoon, Sajeewa de Silva, Sajeewa Weerakoon, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Saman Jayantha, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, Sachith Pathirana, Thilina Kandamby, Malintha Warnapura and Indika de Seram.
The six-day course, which commenced on December 6, 2018 is organized by the Coach Education Unit of Sri Lanka Cricket and is conducted at NCC. ICC Coach Educators are Ziyaad Parker, Ashley Ross and Roland Lefebvre are the conductors of the course, whilst Heshan de Mel, head of Coach Education Unit of the SLC and Tharaka Samaratunga, Coach Educator of the SLC is facilitating the ICC towards conducting this programme. This is the first time that SLC is conducting a Level 3 Coaching Course in Sri Lanka.