Feed Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 More... Jayawardene hints at retirement after WC IANS 20 Feb 2011 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene Sunday hinted at ending his illustrious career after the 2011 World Cup. The former Sri Lankan captain said he will decide on his future after the mega event. "Individually, I will decide on my future after this tournament. I will see how my body feels and assess how much international cricket I have left in me. I definitely don't want to drag myself through international cricket. I want to play as long as I am enjoying and contributing to the team and have the huge," Jayawardene wrote in his column in Cricinfo. The 33-year-old has featured in 116 Tests and 332 and One-day Internationals with more than 18,000 runs to his name. It was under Jayawardene's captaincy that Sri Lanka made it to the final of the 2007 World Cup before losing to Australia. "In 2007, we played really well and came agonisingly close to repeating the heroics of our 1996 team. We have lost some superstars, but gained a really talented group of cricketers." Jayawardene said he enjoys opening the batting and hoped to do well if given a chance. "Some people have asked me whether I will open the batting in this tournament. It all depends on our tactical thinking," Jayawardene said. "In the last six months, even in Australia, Upul Tharanga and (Tillakaratne) Dilshan have batted really well and I don't see why we need to change that combination. "Opening was a really good challenge for me especially at this stage in my career and it's something I really enjoyed. Hopefully, when the opportunity presents itself, I can continue doing well in that position."
achilles Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 33 and retiring? What has the world come to?
Sid Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Will always be remembered as one of the greatest FTBs of all times
achilles Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 ^ C'mon man. He had a decent record all over the world.
Sachin=GOD Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 One of the most elegant batsmen of all time. Really sad that he's retiring so early.......he should learn something from Jayasuriya and continue till he's 40 :headshake:
coffee_rules Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 He still would want to win ONE test in India. Murali didn't in his career!
jf1gp_1 Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 i wont be surprised a few Indian players went that way, zaheer is 32 and given his fitness level this might be his last world cup
FairCricket Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 he will decide on his future he didn't said , anything about retiring after world cup , only he said deciding on his future , that mean , after the world cup , he will get a decision on when to retire , it may be next world cup .
gult Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 May be he wants to focus on IPL.:) All the best to him
yoda Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 $1.5 M/yr in IPL will make anyone who is 33 think about retiring.
punjabi_khota Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 He has played a total of 116 tests, and out of them: only 4 in OZ and 5 in SA. What the ****.
Dravid Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 He has played a total of 116 tests, and out of them: only 4 in OZ and 5 in SA. What the ****. WTF? U SERIAL NIG GA?
patriot Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Nice chap. But hate the cheap records he has piled up. Piled a mammoth mammoth chunk of his 10K test runs in and around Colombo. When one looks at what Sunny G did to achieve 10K test runs in the conditions and attacks he dealt with, I wish someone did some work to normalize today's batting records to account for inflation. A Colombo joker like Samaraweera will also retire with as many test runs as Viv Richards or Greg Chappell. ICC should ensure that these Lankans play over 70% of their cricket outside Colombo to make sure that records don't keep getting cheaper. It will also compensate for the fact that Lankans have played most of their test cricket at home for donkeys years.
gaurav92 Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 He has played a total of 116 tests, and out of them: only 4 in OZ and 5 in SA. What the ****. and 7 in ENG, 4 in NZL bloody ftb :WTF: He has to be the King of FTBs
pensionplan Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 A Colombo joker like Samaraweera will also retire with as many test runs as Viv Richards or Greg Chappell. Thilan averages a cool 4 runs per innings in England.
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