ela Jayawardene, who stepped down as Sri Lanka's Twenty 20 captain after losing the World Twenty20 final against the West Indies, said his team failed to handle the "pressure situations" in the title clash.
Mahela Jayawardene and his lion-hearted spinners powered Sri Lanka to their second World Twenty20 final following the team's 16-run win over 2009 champions Pakistan in the first semi-final on Thursday.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene is baffled by the reaction to his team's captaincy switch in Monday's World Twenty20 match against England and thinks there is nothing wrong with the 'tactical move'.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to look into Sri Lanka's captaincy switch in Monday's World Twenty20 Super Eight match against England.
Mahela Jayawardene struck a record-equalling sixth half century in ICC World Twenty20 as Sri Lanka virtually assured themselves a semifinal berth with a crushing nine-wicket win over West Indies in their Super Eights match in Pallekele on Saturday night.
Mahela Jayawardene struck a record-equalling sixth half century in ICC World Twenty20 as Sri Lanka brightened their semi-final prospects with a crushing nine-wicket win over West Indies in their Super Eights match in Pallekele.
Sri Lanka's new spin bowling hope Akila Dananjaya already feels so at home in the setup he has commandeered a senior teammate as a chauffeur.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has paid tribute to Indian veteran VVS Laxman, who recently retired from international cricket, saying that the game will be poorer without one of the finest players of this generation.
Sri Lankan cricket legend and owner of Colombo 6's franchise in the Golf Premier League, Mahela Jayawardene has no ambition of turning pro in the future, but would not mind getting a tip or two from established golfers such as Darren Clarke and Angel Cabrera.
Images from the 9th ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia played in Hobart on Friday.
For ICC Women's Player of the Decade, Ellyse Perry (Australia), Meg Lanning (Australia), Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Stafanie Taylor (West Indies), Mithali Raj (India), Sarah Taylor (England) have been nominated.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians would look for inspiration from skipper Rohit Sharma, who is set to return to action, when they take on a rejuvenated Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League match here on Thursday.
In 2011 on April 2, India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in the final to lift their second ODI World Cup.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene will take an injury-ravaged and demoralised outfit into the dead rubber Test in Sydney but has demanded his team to show more character after their trouncing by Australia in the second Test in Melbourne on Friday.
Mahela Jayawardene will step down as captain of the Sri Lanka Test and One-day teams after the current tour of Australia and has backed Angelo Mathews to replace him.
Sri Lanka produced an exceptional bowling and fielding display to beat Pakistan by 37 runs on Friday in the first of two Twenty20 internationals.
A television 'sting operation' may have cast doubts over the credibility of the Indian Premier League, but Delhi Daredevils batsman Mahela Jayawardene insisted that the team's focus has not changed despite the spot-fixing allegations on some players.
Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab in New Delhi.
Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene hit a calculated unbeaten half-century as Delhi Daredevils thrashed Kings XI Punjab by five wickets to qualify for the knockout stage of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.
Livid after Delhi Daredevils went down meekly to Highveld Lions in the Champions League Twenty20 semi-final, skipper Mahela Jayawardene said his team did not have the "right attitude" and was bogged down by nerves and pressure.
All-rounder Angelo Mathews was named Sri Lanka Twenty20 captain on Wednesday for the next 12 months in an appointment, which could lead to him taking over as leader of the Test side.
A day after skipper Kumar Sangakkara stepped down, turmoil continued in Sri Lanka's cricket team with vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene also quitting his post and the selection panel offering to resign en masse.
Dhoni's Daredevils win World Cup 2011 for Sachin Tendulkar!
Young Indian batsman Unmukt Chand drew lavish praise from his Delhi Daredevils skipper Mahela Jayawardene, who said the teenager showed a lot of maturity in his 40-run knock that proved crucial in the team's win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Champions League Twenty20 in Johannesburg.
West Indies were crowned the World Twenty20 champions after beating hosts Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the final. Check out the team statistics of the tournament.
Lasith Malinga took five wickets to help Sri Lanka knock Twenty20 World Cup holders England out of the tournament with a 19-run Super Eights victory on Monday that put the hosts safely into the semi-finals.
Even as he led Sri Lanka to a big win with a fluent half-century, skipper Mahela Jayawardene stressed on the ploy to rotate his bowlers, which laid the West Indies low in the ICC World Twenty20 in Pallekele on Saturday night.
Delhi Daredevils vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene, who joined the team on Sunday along with explosive English batsman Kevin Pietersen, today said that nowadays it's not difficult to switch formats.
Hosts Sri Lanka pulled off a nail-biting victory over a spirited New Zealand via the Super Over, after their opening 'Super Eight' match of the ICC World Twenty20 saw fortunes fluctuate from one team to the other till the very end, in Pallekele, on Thursday.
Images from the third day's play in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka, beaten in three ICC limited overs finals since triumphing in the 1996 World Cup and 2002 Champions Trophy they hosted, hope being back on home soil will help them avoid the chokers tag in the World Twenty20 starting on Tuesday.
Enraged over a state-run television network for insinuating that he might have helped fix the World Cup match against Pakistan, former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene is contemplating legal action against the channel.
Unbeaten fifties by Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan gave hosts Sri Lanka a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in their first warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20, in Colombo, on Thursday. In another match, Ireland proved too good for Zimbabwe, winning by 54 runs.
# Bangladesh have reached the final of a One-day competition for only the second time -- their first being against Sri Lanka in the tri-nation Trophy at Mirpur on January 16, 2009, losing by two wickets.
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara are winning their battle to be fit for this month's Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara are winning their battle to be fit for this month's Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.
He has been a part of losing side in three World Cup finals but Mahela Jayawardene is hoping to turn the tables during the upcoming World T20 as he wants to win atleast one major ICC silverware before he calls time on his glorious international career.
Sri Lanka came up with a vastly improved performance in their second innings on Sunday, leaving the onus of saving the second Test against Australia on two of their most experienced batsmen, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Satisfied with the squad at his disposal for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag believes if his side can play to its potential it can figure in the play-offs of the Twenty20 tournament this year.
