[c=red][blink][big]Jayawardene to stand down as SL captain[/big][/blink][/c][br/]Mahela Jayawardene announced on Wednesday that he will be standing down as Sri Lanka captain after the forthcoming Test series.[br/]Jayawardene called for a meeting with the national selectors on Wednesday morning and proposed to them that the time was now right to handover the captaincy, ensuring his successor sufficient time to build the team for the 2011 World Cup.
