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Dilshan calls it quits after nearly 17 years
39-year-old Sri Lanka batsman, Tillakaratne Dilshan, has announced that he will play his last ODI in Dambulla on Sunday and his last T20I on September 9th in Colombo.
The flamboyant batsman, has played 87 Tests, 329 ODIs and 78 T20Is for his country, and is renowned for inventing the reverse scoop known as the 'Dilscoop' during the 2009 World T20.
Dilshan scored 5492 runs in Test cricket with an average of 40.98, whacking 16 centuries and 23 fifties.
The right hander has been prolific in One Day Internationals, averaging 39.26 for his 10248 runs and blasting 22 hundreds, including a memorable 160 not out against India in Hobart in 2012.
He managed only one hundred in the shortest format if the game scoring 1884 in 77 innings.
Dilshan made himself unavailable for the England tour due to personal reasons earlier this year and after a brace of failures against Australia has called it a day.
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Sri Lanka beat Australia to level tri-series final after Dilshan century
The way the visitors cantered to victory was partly down to Australia's wayward bowling display - Brett Lee bowled three wides in his first over and Clint McKay had Jayawardene caught behind off a no-ball.
It proved costly as the Sri Lankan openers took the game away from the hosts, although Jayawardene should have been given out in the 25th over when he clearly nicked Shane Watson to wicketkeeper Matthew Wade.
At that point, it looked as though Sri Lanka would overhaul Australia without loss, but the stand was broken when James Pattinson trapped Jayawardene lbw.
Dilshan completed his century and, after he holed out on the leg side off Lee, it was left to Kumar Sangakkara and Dinesh Chandimal to complete the run chase.
The efficiency of the Sri Lankan batting display was in sharp contrast to their display in the field as four dropped catches and some sloppy ground fielding aided Australia.
Clarke (117) and Warner (100) provided the bulk of the runs with a third-wicket stand of 184 as the home side recovered from the losses of Wade and Watson.
Warner found the boundary only five times, including one six, in his 140-ball stay, leaving Clarke to try to add some late impetus when he took 23 off on
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