Marvan Atapattu News

Marvan Atapattu was elevated to the position of head coach of Sri Lanka in October 2014 after Paul Farbrace resigned

Sri Lanka's new coach Marvan Atapattu said there was no danger of complacency among his players and even star batsman Kumar Sangakkara recognised there was room for improvement ahead of the World Cup in New Zealand and Australia.

Marvan Atapattu becomes the island nation's seventh coach in the last four years and is the first Sri Lankan in 15 years to hold the position of full time national coach.

There were five candidates who were to face a seven-member panel but Steve Rixon, the current Australian fielding coach, did not turn up.

Chappell previously had a troublesome stint coaching India, resulting in his exit after a disastrous 2007 World Cup campaign.

Sri Lanka cricket is being subject to a thorough shake up with a view to improve its overall Test rankings. The team is currently placed at a lowly sixth.

The ICC has dismissed Pakistan Cricket Board's objection on Saeed Ajmal's omission from the shortlist for Test Cricketer of the Year award, saying it was an independent jury who cast out the off-spinner from the list.

Sri Lankan batting coach Marvan Atapattu on Sunday praised the Pakistan team as one of the best in the recent past and likened their captain Misbah-ul Haq to his country's former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga.

Sri Lanka on Tuesday appointed former captain Marvan Atapattu as the team's batting coach for the England tour, which gets underway next month.

Former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu on Sunday joined the Delhi Jets for the inaugural Indian Cricket League's (ICL) Twenty20 tournament.