Sri Lanka's explosive batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has decided to announce retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) media release stated today
Dilshan will be holding a press conference tomorrow to make a formal announcement.
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"I have taken this decision to allow Sri Lanka Cricket to groom another youngster in my place," Dilshan said. "I was to announce my retirement after the Zimbabwe Test series but unfortunately the tour was postponed," he added.
Tillakaratne Dilshan. Pic/ Agencies
Sri Lanka were initially scheduled to tour Zimbabwe in October, which included two Tests. The aggressive opener, however, expressed his desire to continue to play in the shorter formats of the game. "I will discuss my future with the national selectors and if they need me I will play till the 2015 World Cup," Dilshan said.
In a Test career spanning 14 years, the 36-year-old opener played 87 matches, scoring 5492 runs at an average of 40.98. He made his debut against Zimbabwe in 1999 at Bulawayo.
His 16 Test centuries included a career-best 193 against England at Lord's in 2011 when he was the captain of the side.
The Kalutara-born player has also taken 39 wickets with a personal best figures of four for 10 against Bangladesh in Chittagong in 2009.
Dilshan had last played a Test against Bangladesh in March this year in Colombo, where he made 57 and a duck.u00a0
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