The ace off-spinner, who has already announced his Test retirement after next year’s home series against the West Indies, said he may call it quits before the 2011 World Cup in the sub-continent. Sri Lanka are currently trailing 0-1 in the three-match series with the final Test beginning December 2 in Mumbai.
“I am 37 and I can’t bowl as much as earlier because after 15-16 overs I get tired. I will try and play a little bit of one-day cricket where there’s only 10 overs to bowl. If I find everything is not going well, I might retire from both forms of the game before the World Cup,”
He said that he won't be too disappointed if he had to return home without a Test victory in India. "Every cricketer has to go through disappointments. Everything you want to happen in life won't happen; something will be missing".
I am not really focussing on finishing off my career taking 800 Test wickets. My focus is on winning matches. I don't believe in numbers. Eight hundred is just a number everyone will forget once you retire. It's a number to have in your mind. It is good if I get it but if I don't, still I will be happy and go out knowing I had a great career.
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