Kontouri to not renew contract after World Cup

Alex Kontouri, Sri Lanka's Cypriot-born Australian physiotherapist, has informed the Sri Lankan Cricket Board that he will not renew his contract which expires shortly after the World Cup.

Kontouri, 34, has worked with the Sri Lanka side for seven and a half years and this will be his third World Cup. Highly regarded amongst the players, his departure will be a great loss for Sri Lanka cricket.

Although he has not ruled out further employment with Sri Lankan cricket, possibly in a consultative or developmental role, he is expected to return home to Australia.

Kontouri, a graduate of La Trobe University in Melbourne, worked at the Victorian Institute of Sport before coming to Sri Lanka alongside coach Dav Whatmore in November 1995.

Apart from being responsible for the day-to-day fitness and the overall health of the national players, Kontouri has initiated and driven a project to establish a professional network of regional cricket physiotherapists throughout Sri Lanka to serve outstation cricketers.