The move signals a shift in SLC\u2019s high-performance strategy, with coaching roles now shared across national squads, including age-group and women\u2019s teams. \u201cAll these coaches, they are not being specified to say that they would be working with the national team. They work as the national coaches, but that does not mean they should work (solely) with the (men's) national team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Across the board, there are national teams, no? So on a rotational basis, tour by tour, we will decide who will be joining the teams. That's how the high-performance centre operates now,\u201d SLC CEO Ashley de Silva was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The rotational model of coaches is rare in international cricket and mirrors South Africa\u2019s structure where coaches like Imran Khan and Paul Adams are deployed flexibly across squads. SLC\u2019s version will see Wood, Ferdinands, Kandamby, and Wijetunge rotate based on tour requirements, with decisions made by the executive committee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"They work in the organisation, (it is) not that their contracts have been terminated. It doesn't matter wherever they have been assigned; they should be prepared to work. Even they (Wood and Ferdinands) have been designated the same way, so they would be working across the board. Depending on the tours, we, the ExCo (executive committee) will decide who should go on tour,\" added de Silva.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The rotational model of coaches is rare in international cricket and mirrors South Africa\u2019s structure where coaches like Imran Khan and Paul Adams are deployed flexibly across squads. SLC\u2019s version will see Wood, Ferdinands, Kandamby, and Wijetunge rotate based on tour requirements, with decisions made by the executive committee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kandamby has been Sri Lanka\u2019s batting coach since December 2023, while Wijetunge is a long-serving spin coach since 2006. Sri Lanka\u2019s next assignment is an ODI series in Pakistan in November, followed by a T20I tri-series involving Zimbabwe. SLC also said no decision has yet been made on which coaches will travel with the squad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n