He will straight away take charge of the national pool and have a month long stint with them before the team leaves for New Zealand on February 25. The national pool which was named early this month and the final 16-member team is expected to be named by early February.
Sri Lanka will open their one-month tour of New Zealand with a one day game against thee Northern District at Owen Delamcy Park on February 27. Sri Lanka will play New Zealand 'A' from March 2 to 4 at Harry Barker Reserve, Gibson, before playing the first Test against New Zealand from March 7 at Carisbrook in Dunedin. The second Test between the two countries will be played at Trustbank Park in Hamilton from March 14. There will be no rest days in both the Tests.