Australian Geoff Marsh is likely to take charge as coach of Sri Lanka cricket team soon after the present Australian tour of Sri Lanka according to reliable sources.
Rumesh Ratnayake who is the present interim coach will end his brief tenure soon after the present series against the visiting Australians.
Earlier Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had given the green light to former South African cricketer Graham Ford but a six-month resignation claws with his present employer had delayed the possible appointment.
SLC high rankers including, interim committee chairman, Upali Dharmadasa and its cricket committee chairman Michael Tissera had made lengthy discussions with Ford who is presently in Sri Lanka during the second Test match against Australia.
Others who contended for the coaching post long with Marsh were former Sri Lanka coaching staffers Chandika Hathurusinha and Englishman Paul Fabrice.
It is also learnt that earlier former Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody and former England coach Peter Moore had been approached by the SLC authorities but both have subsequently declined the offers.
Geoff Marsh represented Australia in 50 Tests and over 100 ODIs as an opener during his international career which spanned from 1985 to 1992.
He coached the World Cup winning Australian team in 1999 and later took charge of the Zimbabwe cricket team for four years.
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