Former captain Marvan Atapattu became Sri Lanka's first full-time local coach in 15 years after he was put in charge of the national cricket team on Wednesday.
Following the resignation of Englishman Paul Farbrace in April, 43-year-old Atapattu was named the interim coach of the team which went on to win a Test series in England and a Test and one-day series at home against Pakistan.
Atapattu, who played 90 Tests and 268 one-dayers from 1990-2007, joined the Sri Lankan support staff in 2011 as a batting coach and was made Graham Ford's deputy in 2013.
Roy Dias was the last Sri Lankan to coach the team full-time in 1999 before SLC began its experiments with foreigners.
Sri Lanka will host England for seven one-day internationals beginning on November 26.
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