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Mathews tips seamers to sweeten Jayawardene's farewell

Angelo Mathews is buoyed by a confident pace attack and is hopeful of capping Mahela Jayawardene's Test career on a winning note

15-Jul-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mahela in the league of SL greats - Murali

Retiring batsman Mahela Jayawardene is one of Sri Lanka's greatest with the bat and as captain, Muttiah Muralitharan has said

14-Jul-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jayawardene to retire from Tests

Mahela Jayawardene will retire from Test cricket at the conclusion of the series against Pakistan in August, Sri Lanka Cricket has announced

14-Jul-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jayawardene turns up heat on Cook

Mahela Jayawardene shot barbs at England's tactics at Headingley and questioned their embattled captain's public comments, after Sri Lanka finished day four with a famous away win in sight

23-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sangakkara savours emotional landmark

Kumar Sangakkara's day three hundred at Lord's was the result of technical adjustment and unwavering focus, according to Sangakkara and the man who celebrated with him on the pitch, when he moved to triple figures

14-Jun-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Lord's

Jayawardene defends Buttler Mankading

Mahela Jayawardene has defended the Sri Lanka team after England's captain, Alastair Cook, suggested "a line had been crossed" in the deciding ODI of the series between England and Sri Lanka

03-Jun-2014•George Dobell at Edgbaston

Will assess Test future one tour at a time - Jayawardene

Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has said he will assess his Test future on a series by series basis and will continue so long as he is satisfied with the way he is contributing to the team

02-Jun-2014•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Jayawardene plays down Farbrace impact

Mahela Jayawardene played down the impact Paul Farbrace's change of allegiance will have when Sri Lanka tour England this summer

30-Apr-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Jayawardene, Sangakkara lash out at board

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara have lashed out at SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga for his handling of the news of their retirement, soon after they landed in Sri Lanka following a victorious World T20 campaign

08-Apr-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

'Been a long time coming' - Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene were overwhelmed to be able to sign off their T20 careers with a long-awaited trophy after overcoming India in the World T20

06-Apr-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cool Sangakkara breaks final hoodoo

Cool innings from Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene made sure the final hoodoo was finally broken after the bowlers stifled India to 130 for 4

06-Apr-2014•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Jayasuriya reconciles with senior players

Sri Lanka's selectors have reconciled with Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, after their displeasure at not being informed of the senior players' Twenty20 retirement plans had played out in public

25-Mar-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

'I feel very let down' - Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka's chief selector has expressed deep disappointment at not having been privy to Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene's plans before they announced their Twenty20 retirements to the media

18-Mar-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jayawardene to quit T20Is after World T20

Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain, will retire from international Twenty20 cricket at the end of the World Twenty20

17-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chance for Sri Lanka to look beyond big three

Sri Lanka head into the Asia Cup with the advantage of having already gotten accustomed to the conditions in Bangladesh

24-Feb-2014•Karthik Krishnaswamy in Dhaka

Injured Jayawardene out of Bangladesh tour

Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of the limited-overs leg of the Bangladesh tour after suffering an injury to his hand

12-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara 160* leads Sri Lanka

A seamless 178-run union between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene formed the centrepiece of Sri Lanka's familiar dominance

04-Feb-2014•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mahela, Herath rested from ODIs

Sri Lanka have rested Mahela Jayawardene and Rangana Herath from the three-ODI series against Bangladesh, which follows the two Twenty20 internationals later this month

03-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kaushal knock as good as a ton - Mahela

Kaushal Silva narrowly missed a maiden hundred on day two in Abu Dhabi, but Mahela Jayawardene emphasised the value of Silva's 95, which he said was as good as a ton

09-Jan-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Dubai

Mahela hundred strengthens Sri Lanka

Kaushal Silva and Mahela Jayawardene did not put on a show but their exercise in restraint, self-preservation and gradual accumulation was exactly what Sri Lanka needed

09-Jan-2014•The Report by George Binoy

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