Graham Ford to leave Sri Lanka in January

Graham Ford has announced that he would be leaving Sri Lanka in January to take charge of English county side Surrey.

Ford had informed the Sri Lankan cricket board that he would be rejecting a new deal and cited family reasons for the same.

Graham’s biggest achievement with Sri Lanka was leading the team to the final of last year’s World Twenty20, where they lost to West Indies.

Ford will start his new role at Surrey in February. He has a close relationship with one of the county’s star players, Kevin Pietersen, having known each other since the England batsman’s time at school in Durban.