Cricket: Jerome Jayaratne asked to continue till April 2016

The present Interim cricket coach of Sri Lanka, Jerome Jayaratne is likely to be seconded for his services till the end of the World T-20 Tournament which will be held in India April next year according to cricket’s Interim cricket head, Sidath Wettimuny.   “At the moment the side is pretty much settled and we do not want to rock the boat in any way. So we are hoping to keep him in charge of the national team will the end of the World T-20 tournament in March/April 2016. The discussions are continuing on the matter and we have not arrived at the final decision as yet” Wettimuny said.   However, it is also learned owing to the volatility of the situation ahead, Jayaratne may opt to stick with as head of coaching, though a majority of the current senior players have made a request to retain his services as the national coach.   This means besides the New Zealand tour which is scheduled to begin in late December, Jayaratne will be charge of the Lankans also for the away tour in India where the team will be involved in 5 ODIs and 3 T20s and the Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh just before the big T-20 assignment in April.