The newly-appointed women’s national head coach Rumesh Ratnayake sounded and appeared all systems ready for the challenge that lies in his debut coaching tenure with the women’s team, only days ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup.

A veteran of having coached the men’s team over several stints, and the last role an interim capacity with them, Ratnayake for the first-time in his years-long career, finds himself teamed up in the women’s version.