Jayasinghe is sick and tired of constantly being overlooked by the national selectors

Former Sri Lanka Twenty20 International batsman Chinthaka Jayasinghe has announced his retirement from first-class cricket.

Jayasinghe stated that his decision was based on constantly being over-looked by the selectors for a spot on the national team.

The lower order batsman scored 6417 first-class runs and took 104 wickets during his domestic cricketing career.

Despite not being one of the 60 players offered a national contract for the 2012 season, Jayasinghe noted that he still had a deal to play domestic cricket in Australia during their summer and after that he would be heading to England to play county cricket on a six-month contract.

“I have played 14 years of first-class cricket in Sri Lanka and it’s saddening to see the SLC selectors favouring certain players who are proven failures, the way things are going, I feel like Sri Lanka cricket is not moving forward, especially after the seniors in the national team retire,” Jayasinghe said.

Jayasinghe also recently represented the Uva Next franchise during the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL).