Vaas to quit Test cricket after Pak series

Chaminda Vaas announced that he will quit Test cricket after the ongoing series against Pakistan.

Within a fortnight of dismissing his retirement ‘rumours’,Sri Lanka’s most successful pacer Chaminda Vaas announced that he will quit Test cricket after the ongoing series against Pakistan.

“I’m officially retiring from Test cricket after the third Test against Pakistan but will continue playing one-day and Twenty20 matches till the 2011 World Cup,” Vaas told reporters at the Sinhalese sports club.

Earlier this month,chief selector Asantha de Mel had revealed that Vaas had a discussion with him after the pacer had made up his mind to quit the longer version.

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Vaas,however,went on to deny it and after being ignored for the first two Tests against Pakistan,the 35-year-old pacer was recalled in the Sri Lanka squad for the third and final match starting.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara,who had earlier announced that Vaas would get a farewell game,paid rich tribute to the pacer,who is the only third Sri Lankan after Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan to play more than 100 Tests.

“Vaasy is a true champion and probably the only Sri Lankan fast bowler who can be called a true legend of the game,” he said.