Kuruppu to manage Sri Lanka

November 25, 2004 12:23 IST

Brendon Kuruppu has been reappointed as temporary senior team manager for Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand starting next month.

Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand: Schedule

Kuruppu was called up for the Pakistan tour in October and was expected to fulfil one more assignment before the appointment of a full-time manager, Sri Lanka Cricket revealed on Thursday.

The organisation is hoping to find a manager in January to fill the post for a two-year term that would probably include the 2007

World Cup in the Caribbean.

The 42-year-old Kuruppu played four Tests for Sri Lanka between 1988 and 1991 and holds the record for slowest double hundred in Test history, a gruelling 777-minute innings on debut.

Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand starts with a warm-up game against Central Districts on December 21 and includes five one-day internationals and two Test matches.

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