(REUTERS) – Sri Lanka’s opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya will retire from all forms of international cricket after the first one-day match of their England tour later this month. “I called here to inform (you of) my retirement from all forms of (international) cricket after 20 years of play. I’ll retire after playing a one-day and a T20 game,” Jayasuriya said in Colombo.
Sri Lanka face England in a Twenty20 match on June 25 before the first one-dayer at the Oval three days later.
The 41-year-old all-rounder, who quit Test cricket in 2007, made the announcement after Sri Lanka Cricket recalled him for the T20 and one-day squads to face England. He helped Sri Lanka to their only World Cup triumph in 1996 and remains the island nation’s highest run-scorer in one-day internationals with 13 428 runs from 444 matches.