COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) Former Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan will announce the end of his 14-year test career on Thursday.
Dilshan's move was announced by Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday.
"I have taken this decision to allow Sri Lanka Cricket to groom another youngster in my place," the36-year-old Dilshan said in the statement. "I was to announce my retirement after the Zimbabwe test series but unfortunately the tour was postponed."
Sri Lanka's tour this month of Zimbabwe, including two tests, was put off. It was in Zimbabwe that he made his test debut in 1999, scoring 163 not out in his second match.
The opener played 87 tests, averaged 41, and had a high score of 193 against England at Lord's in 2011 among his 16 centuries.
Dilshan would still like to represent Sri Lanka in limited-overs matches to the 2015 World Cup. He was picked this week in the limited-overs squad to play visiting New Zealand in November.
