MELBOURNE, June 6: Eyeing the post vacated by Tom Moody, New South Wales coach Trevor Bayliss will travel to Colombo next week to interview for the job with the Sri Lankan national cricket team.
It's going to be an all-Australian, three-horse race where Bayliss would have to stave off competition from Australian assistant coach Jamie Siddons and Queensland mentor Terry Oliver to win the job,
Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Bayliss still has another two years in his contract with the Blues and he recently turned down offers from the Australia Centre of Excellence and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh was rendered without a coach after Dav Whatmore, an Australian, rejected an extension after the home series against India.
Whatmore wanted to coach India and also looked the front-runner till the Indian Cricket Board decided to confine the race between Graham Ford and John Emburey.
Whatmore, who has just returned home, was tight-lipped about his next move.
"I'm just deciding what the next move is," he said.
"When I know, you'll know," he added.