Former England cricketer Chris Silverwood has been appointed as the top trainer of Sri Lanka males’s nationwide group for a duration of 2 years, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) confimed on Saturday.

“We’re thrilled to nominate Chris as the brand new head trainer of the nationwide group. He’s an especially skilled trainer and from our discussions with him within the recruitment procedure it’s transparent he has the specified qualities we’re on the lookout for to take the group ahead,” mentioned Ashley De Silva, CEO of SLC, within the board’s commentary.

The Islanders have been and not using a full-time head trainer for the reason that resignation of South Africa’s Mickey Arthur, who left the activity closing yr to turn out to be Derbyshire’s head of cricket.

“I’m very excited to be on board with Sri Lanka and I will not wait to recover from to Colombo and get began,” Silverwood mentioned in an legit commentary.

“They have got a skilled and passionate workforce of avid gamers and I’m in point of fact taking a look ahead to assembly up with the avid gamers and training workforce very quickly,” he added.

The 47-year-old stepped down from England’s head trainer place in February this yr after Joe Root & Co. misplaced the five-match Check Ashes sequence in opposition to Pat Cummins’ Australia (4-0).

Silverwood’s first aggressive task with the Sri Lankan group will probably be a two-Check sequence in opposition to the hosts Bangladesh, beginning Might 15 in Chattogram.