After Retirement
In July 2001 Ratnayake became the administrative team manager for the Sri Lankan national cricket team.
In 2003 Ratnayake was a development officer for the Asian Cricket Council and was a coach and selector for the Asian Dream Team, a composite team of lesser Asian cricketing nations that played 6 matches in Sri Lanka that year.
Ratnayake was in May 2007 linked with the Sri Lankan national cricket team assistant coaching job with some saying he had been given the interim coaching job. Ultimately it was the deputy's job that he was offered, and later declined in June 2007.:
He has also recently offered his skills advising cricket hopefuls in Canada
In August 2011, he became the head coach of Sri Lankan national team.
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