Sri Lanka’s new captain Mahela Jayawardene says his second term will be for a year at most and that his priority is to rebuild the team following a string of defeats in Tests and ODIs after the 2011 World Cup. The tri-series in Australia, involving the hosts and India, will be Jayawardene’s first assignment after taking over the leadership from Tillakaratne Dilshan. Jayawardene at a media breifing yesterday “We have failed as a team in the past but we have to look past that and move forward. We face India and Australia next month. We need to take the positives from South Africa and focus on winning matches again.” Jayawardene was ODI captain from 2004 till 2009. He resigned in 2009, saying he wanted his successor to have sufficient time to build the team for the 2011 World Cup.
