Second Test, Colombo (SSC) (day five):
Sri Lanka 320 & 282 beat Pakistan 332& 165 by 105 runs
Match scorecard
Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene accepts he was right to resign, after his last Test match excursion.
The 37-year-old scored 54 in his last innings in the five-day organization of the diversion in a triumph over Pakistan as Sri Lanka won the two-match arrangement 2-0.
"It's presumably the opportune time to bail in Test cricket," he said.
"It's been an incredible trip, no second thoughts. I've altogether delighted in it. the highs and lows have both greatly improved the situation individual and a finer cricketer."
Sri Lanka daily paper response to Jayawardene retirement
"The two boots that he is going to desert in the changing area would be excessively immense for anybody to fit in effectively however no cricketer would have the capacity to supplant that in-profundity learning of the amusement that he was perpetually eager to impart and the kinship that he imparted to the individuals who were there present with him for about two many years of universal cricket." (Sunday Times)
"He has ended up being a cricketer to leave the top drawer and all through his 17-year profession has cut a name for himself to be positioned amongst the present day greats of the amusement." (The Nation)
Jayawardene closes his Test profession as the seventh most noteworthy run scorer in the more drawn out organization of the amusement, aggregating 11,814 runs from 149 Tests at a normal of 49.84.
The right-gave batsman scored 34 centuries and 50 fifties in Tests, with six twofold tons and one triple century.
"Now is the ideal time for me to proceed onward and let the cutting edge assume control," he included.
"It wasn't sudden and, in the meantime, it was not thought for a long period.
"It's simply that I generally knew I'd understand one day the time it now, time and once that struck a chord I simply experienced the methodologies.
"I simply dependably respond to my premonitions and run with them, that is constantly helped me.
"I asked a couple of individuals near me about the choice and I'm truly blissful the way they responded also.
"As a cricketer I figure you know the time's correct."
Mahela Jayawardene (left) and Kumar Sangakkara
Jayawardene (left) finished his profession at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club ground where he imparted a record Test organization of 624 with Kumar Sangakkara in 2006
Jayawardene finished his profession at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club ground and selected his 374 against South Africa, which was his most noteworthy score, in 2006 at the ground and a 119 at Lord's against England in that year as two of his prominent innings.
Individual Sri Lanka batsman and close companion Kumar Sangakkara said Jayawardene had "characterized his time" as a batsman.
"It's going to be an amazing misfortune for Sri Lanka," said Sangakkara.
"The way Mahela Jayawardene has served the session of cricket and the Sri Lankan cricketing reason has been uncommon and I don't imagine that will be bettered in the long haul future."
Previous Sri Lanka batsman and current selector Sanath Jayasuriya reviewed Jayawardene's Test presentation against India in 1997 when the side scored a record-breaking first innings score of 952-6.
"From that day onwards he has been playing," said Jayasuriya.
"As a skipper, as a player, as a senior player, he has given his best constantly. We're going to miss him beyond any doubt - the way he played, his learning and his treatment of players. An exceptionally shrewd cricketer."
Jayawardene said he will now get "fit and prepared" to help out Sri Lanka win the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Be that as it may he discounted turning into a mentor on the grounds that he "doesn't have the persistence".
Mahela Jayawardene bowed out of Test cricket with a win over Pakistan
Jayawardene scored 11,814 runs from 149 Tests at a normal of 49.84
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