Colombo, Febraury 12,Mahela Jayawardene decide to stand down as Sri lanka's cricket captain. he is being the captain for srilanka from febraury 2006. He told his decision after meeting with the Sri lanka national cricketer selectors. He presided over a 1-4 loss in the last one-day series with India and told selectors the time was right to hand over the captaincy, so his successor would have time to prepare the team for the coming 2011 World Cup.
Jayawardene led Sri Lanka in 26 Test matches and 97 one-day international matches and was Sri Lanka's most successful captain with a win percentage of 62.50% in Tests and 57% in one-day internationals.
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