Chaminda Perera: upcoming young Sri Lankan coaching in Australia
December 17, 2019 05:25 pm
We come across the Sri Lankan characters who are showing their skills in various paths of the game of Cricket along with glory in international arena. Today we take a look at one such character, Chaminda Perera, who is currently coaching a women’s first-class cricket club in Melbourne Australia.
Chaminda started his journey under the guidance of former Sri Lankan national player and national women’s team head coach Bernard Perera and coach Harold Ranasinghe.
Since 2003 he served as a coach in Kandy school cricket academy and he contributed to produce current and former Sri Lankan national players the likes of Niroshan Dickwella, Sadun Weerakkody, Sripali Weerakkody, Dilhara Manodara, Suwini de Alwis and Praba Udawatte.
Chaminda is a Level 2 qualified Cricket Coach – Cricket Australia. He is also a qualified fitness instructor in Australia. And for a brief period, he served as an Assistant Coach at Nondescript Cricket Club (NCC).
Currently he is a Senior Assistant Coach – specialized in Batting & Spin Bowling at Plenty Valley Premier Women’s Cricket Club where the Australian national women’s players and WBBL players are representing.
In the last year he had been coaching for Melbourne Stars Multicultural team and successfully ended up the tournament.
Next year he is expecting to engage as a coach with one of the premier schools in Melbourne.