Sri Lanka Cricket appoints Michael De Soysa as the team manager
Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed Michael De Soysa to function as the Manager of the national side, during the upcoming cricket tour to Bangladesh.
SLC CEO Ajith Jayasekera said, De Soysa was only appointed to handle the upcoming Bangladeshi tour, which commences during the early part of March.
The new appointment comes, despite former national team manager Charith Senanayake’s contract running up until the 31st of March, 2013.
We asked from Jayasekera, whether Senanayake was sacked from the position.
“Certainly not, but we thought to appoint De Soyza to handle the Bangladeshi tour”, Jayasekera told news360.lk.
He said, SLC will appoint a permanent manager, right after the end of the Bangladeshi tour.
Michael De Soysa is a former cricketer.