http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pubudu-Bathiya-Dassanayake-c82746 appointed as Nepal cricket team's head coach – Cricket News Update
Sri Lanka’s former wicket-keeper batsman, Pubudu Dassanayake, has been appointed as the head coach for the Nepal cricket team, after succeeding his country-mate, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Roy-Luke-Dias-c86985, and will now be leading the side in the upcoming Asia Cricket Council (ACC) Twenty20
Cup.
The ex-Lankan cricketer has been making a name for himself in the coaching business after leading the Canadian side to the last International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup. However, soon after the championship, Dassanayake stepped down from the post, after
instructing the Canadians for four years.
Apart from his experience with the Canadian squad, the former batsman also holds Level 3 coaching qualifications from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
As for his new appointment, Dassanayake said that he had started exchanging e-mails with the Cricket Association of Nepal after the World Cup, and had showed his interest in taking on the role.
“It was during the World Cup that the Cricket Association of Nepal and I exchanged a few mails,” Dassanayake said. “I had expressed my interest to take on the role of head coach”.
“I heard a lot good things about Nepali cricket through http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nepal-c2965
has talented young players and they finished second in the Under-19 World Cup qualifier in August,” he added.
Dassanayake spent a limited international cricket career with his home-side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, which took off in 1993 with a Test match against the South Africans.
A month later, the player also premiered in his first ever One Day International (ODI) game against the same opponents.
However, Dassanayake brought it all to an end the following year, marking his participation in a total of 11 Tests and 16 ODIs, bagging a total of 196 and 85 runs respectively.
In 2001, Dassanayake once again revived his cricket career, but this time with the Canadian side, where the former batsman represented the side during the 2005 World Cup Qualifiers and then as the team’s Captain during the Intercontinental Cup.
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