SYDNEY: Australian Trevor Bayliss will quit as coach of the Sri Lankan team after next year's World Cup, reports said Monday. Bayliss has handed in his notice after more than three successful years coaching Sri Lanka and plans to finish up after the World Cup in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh next April, the reports said. Bayliss, 47, said he wanted to spend more time with his wife and two children, who still live in Sydney, but he also intended to keep coaching. “I'm on the lookout (for a new job),” Bayliss told The Sydney Morning Herald. Bayliss took up his role with the Sri Lankans in August 2007 and became the fifth Australian to coach Sri Lanka after Dav Whatmore, Bruce Yardley, John Dyson and Tom Moody. Under his guidance, Sri Lanka has enjoyed a win ratio of better than 50 percent and is ranked third in Test cricket and fourth in One-Day Internationals. “They've got a good chance in this World Cup coming up and I'm looking forward to it very much,” he said. Sri Lankan-born Whatmore coached Sri Lanka to its greatest cricket triumph in 1996 when it co-hosted and won that year's World Cup, defeating Australia in the final. Sri Lanka is playing warm-up one-dayers ahead of its three-match ODI series and a one-off Twenty20 match against Australia next month. Siddle, Haddin back Paceman Peter Siddle and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin have returned to Australia's squad for next weekend's Twenty20 match with Sri Lanka in Perth after injury, selectors said Monday. Siddle is available for Sunday's game after a lengthy rehabilitation from a back injury, while Haddin has returned to full fitness following an elbow complaint. Haddin's return meant there was no place available for Tasmanian wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who played in the Test and one-day series in India this month. “It's exciting to see the return of Peter Siddle and Brad Haddin into international cricket,” chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said. “Peter is a key bowler in all forms of the game and has made a return from injury and is now ready to take his place in the Australia Twenty20 squad. “It is unfortunate for Tim Paine, having played so well for Australia recently, to miss out on this squad but Brad has made a very good recovery from his elbow injury and is an established member of our side in all forms of the game.” Hilditch said the squad assembles some of Australia's best young talent as they broaden their international experience. “Players like Steve Smith, Stephen O'Keefe and John Hastings have exciting all-round skills for T20 cricket and it will be great to see them against a very strong Sri Lanka squad.” Hilditch said senior Australian players Mike Hussey and Mitchell Johnson, were not considered for the T20 match ahead of the Ashes series squad selection. But he said they will be available for selection in the Western Australia-South Australia Sheffield Shield match, beginning in Adelaide Friday.
