Sri Lanka's bowling coach resigns

Darryl Foster, Sri Lanka's bowling coach, has resigned following the refusal of the Board of Control for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) to assist him with the payment of emergency travel expenses.

Foster was told by the BCCSL on Friday that they would not help Foster offset the costs of his emergency trip back to Australia, a trip necessitated by a life threatening illness to his grandson, against future travelling expenses or an existing BCCSL airline ticket which could have been refunded.

Foster, who helped save Muttiah Muralitharan's career when he proved that the off-spinner bowled with a permanently locked elbow due to a congenital deformity, said that he was "extremely disappointed by the BCCSL's attitude and the fact that they choose to pass comment on it during the course of a Test match."

He has decided to severe all links with Sri Lanka's cricket board, including his consultancy role within the BCCSL's Fast Bowling Unit, an academy that has been instrumental in the emergence of Dilhara Fernando amongst others.

Foster had also been working with Ruchira Perera, who was reported in the first npower Test match at Lords for having a suspect action.

Foster will leave the team immediately after the conclusion of the final Test at Old Trafford and return to Western Australia.