Sri Lanka's captain Angelo Mathews (L) talks with team coach Marvan Atapattu during a practice session ahead of their first test cricket match against Pakistan in Galle August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Former captain Marvan Atapattu became Sri Lanka's first full-time local coach in 15 years after he was put in charge of the national cricket team on Wednesday.
The executive committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has "unanimously approved and appointed" Atapattu with immediate effect, the SLC said in a statement without revealing terms and tenure of the appointment some five months before next year's 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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