Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) appointed Chamara Silva as the Head Coach of the Sri Lanka U19 National Team.
Silva, a former Sri Lanka international cricketer, is an ICC Level III Qualified Coach with extensive coaching experience in Sri Lanka’s first class cricket. Before joining SLC, he served as the Head Coach of Police Sports Club and previously coached Bloomfield Cricket Club and Panadura Sports Club.
As a player, Silva represented Sri Lanka in 75 ODIs, 11 Test matches, and 16 T20Is, amassing 2,269 international runs, including a limited-overs century.
His appointment is effective from March 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.
Chamara will be responsible for preparing the Sri Lanka U19 team for the ICC U19 World
Cup in 2026.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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