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Brydon Coverdale
September 23, 2011
Geoff Marsh said he looks forward to the challenge of helping rebuild some of Sri Lanka after the loss of several veterans in the past two years. Marsh, who was appointed coach of Sri Lanka, said he was "very exciting" to see the young talent on the screen during the test series against Australia in recent years, when the country was looking for his son to play for Australia Shaun .
During this series, Sri Lanka, the highest run scorer was 24 year old vice-captain Angelo Mathews, while the fast bowler Shaminda ERANGE made an impressive debut in the final test for the SSC. Although Sri Lanka lost the series 1-0 and slipped to fifth place in ICC Test rankings, Marsh said, encouraged by what he saw, after losing the series opener in Galle.
"I think that Sri Lanka is exactly the same position of Australian cricket," Marsh said ESPNcricinfo. "Over the past two years, has lost a lot of really good players and experienced, with Jayasuriya, Murali, Malinga, who lost the Test Cricket, VASA. In a country like Sri Lanka, which is a pretty big loss.
"But they still have some world class players in Jayawardene and Sangakkara on their side and they have some good young players, Mathews co. They have two good spinners. I think they are exactly the same position as Australia . seeking to recover a little lost these players
"My goal is within the next 12 months is to bring them and improve their performance against Australia. This first international match, wicket was not a good cricket wicket so it was difficult to assess to what they were. But then I thought they were quite competitive. We just need to grow, and continuously improve in all areas. "
Marsh comes to Sri Lanka from September 27 to begin his two-year contract and will be the beginning of a period of intense activity for the side as they prepare to go to UAE to take in Pakistan, followed by a tour in southern Africa. Then he told me it would be hard to catch up before the series in Pakistan, he was happy to put their faith in their support staff.
"I'm going with the same support team that they had there. They had things very organized, "says Marsh. "What I bring a lot of hard work, and work on basic skills in the game, and good communication with the players and ensure they understand their roles. Basically, I will be giving players every chance I can to help bring it into the environment. "
Marsh will work first international agreement since he resigned as coach in 2004 in Zimbabwe, a transition period that followed his success as coach of Australia. He said international coaching was not on his radar in recent years, but the words of encouragement from former coach Tom Moody's Sri Lanka and Tony Greig, helped him make his decision.
"In reality, began in the last IPL," he said. "I came into training there and I liked it. I never thought of returning to international train, which had a contract with the Warriors Pune, but when it came, I spoke with people like Tony Greig and Tom Moody and Co, who spend a lot time in Sri Lanka. We talked about cricket and Sri Lanka, where he was and where the head should be. The challenge was there and I decided that was the way I wanted to go. "
One of the challenges the most personal of Marsh will the new year the Sri Lanka head to Australia to participate in a one-day tri-series with India. This means that Marsh will almost certainly be coaching against his son, Shaun, to be part of the Australian ODI. But Marsh said that he and his son used to work against each other, having coached Shaun played Pune and Punjab Kings XI IPL during the 2011 e
"The last time I coached against my son, has made the most passes through the series and then play the next series of tests and received 100 debut test," says Marsh. "Shaun was what really pushed me to go back inside. I thought I really enjoy Sri Lankan cricket and the challenge. It is not a problem for us. We talked. It 's always a good sitting around the kitchen table a meal Speaking of training against him. It 'is not a problem. "
Marsh is the latest in a long line of Australian coaches in charge of some Sri Lanka after Dav Whatmore, John Dyson, Moody and Trevor Bayliss.
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