Head coach of the national team Chandika Hathurusinghe has been assigned the role of selector on tour as part of a plan to give him more authority in team selections, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday.
Sumathipala said that the SLC executive committee had adopted the move at the extraordinary general meeting.
Sri Lanka's sports law of 1973 however, does not permit the coach to be a national selector.
"He will be able to pick the final eleven while on tour with the manager of the team and the captain also acting as co-selectors," Sumathipala said.
However, the coach will not be able to serve in the national selection committee when the squads are picked.
With the new arrangements, Sumathipala said it would not be necessary for selectors to travel with the team.
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