New Delhi: Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Saturday that it has roped in Julian Wood as batting coach and Rene Ferdinands as spin-bowling coach for their men’s national cricket team. Wood and Ferdinands will replace Thilina Kandamby and Piyal Wijetunge in the roles after the Asia Cup 2025 debacle where Sri Lanka despite a fine performance could not make it to the final.

Earlier, Kandamby had served as Sri Lanka’s batting coach since December 2023, while Wijetunge has been a fixture in their setup, serving the spin-bowling coach role since February 2006. As mentioned in a report on ESPNcricinfo , the decision has comes after Sri Lanka’s defeat in the T20I series against Bangladesh at home in July and the subsequent run at the continental tournament.

SLC’s media release

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