Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has announced that he will retire from Test cricket this summer.

The 37-year-old, who had already quit Twenty20 and one-day cricket, will play his final game for his country on home soil in the second of the three-match Test series against India in August.

"This is my time to call it a day," he told reporters during the second Test against Pakistan in Colombo.

Sangakkara is the fifth-highest scorer in Test match history with 12,305 runs to date. The exact dates and venues for the three-Test series against India are yet to be confirmed.

Written by
Joe Sharratt