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Monday, August 18, 2014

Mahela Jayawardene Retires From Test Match Cricket


Mahela Jayawardene ended his 149-match, 17-year Test career with 11,814 runs at nearly 50 runs an innings on Monday Aug 18,2014 against Pakistan in the 2nd Test Match at Colombo
 His contribution in his final match was 58 runs including 54 in the second innings and three catches at his customary slips position. His half-century was his 50th 50-plus score, joining his 34 Test centuries.

Career Statistics
Test Debut -against India in Colombo in 1997
Played 149 tests for Sri Lanka, scoring 11,814 runs at an average of 49.84.
has scored 34 test centuries and 50 fifties in tests.
scored six double centuries and one triple century and has a highest score of 374, during which he combined in a record 624-run partnership with Kumar Sangakkara.
taken six wickets in tests with his medium-pace bowling
was appointed Sri Lanka's captain in 2006 and led the team till 2009 before standing down
During the stint he also led Sri Lanka to the final of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, where the team lost to Australia
returned to the helm for a second stint in 2012 but quit after a year, handing over the captaincy to Angelo Mathews.
 has led Sri Lanka in 38 tests, winning 18 of those matches
finished as Sri Lanka's second highest run-getter in tests behind Kumar Sangakkara and seventh in the all-time list of top scorers in  Test Matches
    
  

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