Chaminda is a level 2 qualified cricket coach- Cricket Australia and  currently  Head coach of Chrinside Park Cricket Club. And he is a former assistance premier coach in Sri Lanka.

He has been coach of Sri Lanka test player Niroshan Dickwella, Sadun Weerakkody and Sri lankan womens player Sripali Weerakkody. So he has vast experience across all sections of the game including womens and juniors.

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Fast bowlers Kumara and Sanjaya were part of the Test squad – with Kumara playing the second and third Tests – while Vandersay replaced Prasanna in a legspinner-for-legspinner swap. Kumara, who has played four Tests, is yet to play a short-format game at the senior level, while Sanjaya is yet to make his international debut.

This means Sri Lanka’s squad now contains four players uncapped in the ODI format, including the allrounder Lahiru Madushanka and the wicketkeeper-batsman Sandun Weerakkody.

Allrounder Thikshila made his international debut during the T20 series, playing all three matches, batting twice – once at No. 4 – for scores of 3 and 0, and sending down just the one over. Prasanna, meanwhile, took two wickets in the three games and conceded 8.42 runs an over, while also contributing a match-winning, unbeaten 16-ball 37 in the decider at Newlands.

Udana, the left-arm quick, played two of the T20s, taking 3 for 13 in the second game at the Wanderers. Originally part of the ODI squad – having not played a 50-over game for Sri Lanka since July 2012 – he has now been left out.

Sri Lanka ODI squad: Upul Tharanga (captain), Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Dhananjaya Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Sandun Weerakkody, Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne, Chathuranga de Silva, Sachith Pathirana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Lakshan Sandakan, Lahiru Madushanka, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lahiru Kumara, Suranga Lakmal, Vikum Sanjaya.

The left-hand-batsman who has appeared in 193 ODIs for his country replaces injured captain Angelo Mathews who has returned home on personal grounds.

Mathews had informed the management of Sri Lanka Cricket that he may need to take time off to be with his family.

A hamstring injury in the 2nd T20 on Sunday ruled Mathews out of the tour forcing the skipper to make an early exit from South Africa.

Both Nuwan Pradeep and Dhanushka Gunathilaka also returned to Sri Lanka on Tuesday owing to injuries.

The national selectors picked the following players to join the squad in South Africa as replacement for the three injured players – Sandun Weerakkody, Lahiru Madushanka and Chathuranga de Silva.

The ODI match schedule: January 28 – Port Elizabeth, February 1 – Durban, February 4 – Johannesburg, February 7 – Cape Town, February 10 – Centurion.

The match was played over two days with the reserve day being used after rain had curtailed the West Indies ‘A’ innings on the first day to 69-2 in 12.5 overs on Monday.

In much better weather conditions West Indies ‘A’ continuing their innings racked up an impressive total of 267-6 in 50 overs with half-centuries from Kyle Hope (81 off 112 balls, 8 fours), skipper Jason Mohamed (58 off 71 balls, 5 fours) and Rovman Powell (55 off 35 balls, 3 sixes, 3 fours). Sri Lanka ‘A’ got off to a bad start losing opener Sandun Weerakkody to the second over of the innings. They soon slumped to 26-4 with three wickets falling at the same score. They never recovered from that disastrous start and were bundled out for 102 off 32.3 overs.

The damage to the Sri Lankan innings was done by off-spinner Trinidian off-spinner Jon-Rus Jaggesar who finished with impressive figures of 4 for 29. The second match of the series will take place at the Welegedera Stadium in Kurunegala on October 27.

Winning the toss and batting first Perera and Weerakkody provided the ideal beginning to the match for Sri Lanka ‘A’ by batting throughout the first session to take them to a total of 121 for no loss.

West Indies ‘A’ however hit back in the afternoon session to grab four wickets and reduce Sri Lanka A to 184-4 at tea. Perera was dismissed for a hard hit 69 off 85 balls (11 fours) and

Weerakkody made a stylish 79 off 105 balls with 10 fours. Paceman Delorn Johnson took both wickets to give West Indies ‘A’ the breakthrough after which off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall, the most successfulbowler in the series dismissed Lahiru Thirimanne for his fourth single digit figure in five innings for two and leg-spinner Damion Jacobs playing his first match of the series accounted for Aselan Gunaratne for 16. Charith Asalanka and Roshen Silva added 56 for the fifth wicket before West ndies ‘A’ once again broke through again in the final session to grab a further three wickets.

Asalanka, the Sri Lanka under 19 world cup captain scored an assured 46 off 95 balls with five fours and a six.

Silva played solidly to remain unbeaten on 40 scored off 87 balls (2 fours) but lost Dasun Shanaka and Jeffrey Vandersay cheaply as West Indies ‘A’ took control to end the day on a high.

Cornwall was again the pick of the West Indies ‘A’ bowlers ending the day with three for 93 to take his series tally to 19 wickets.