Ka taƙaita labarin:  Sussex sun sanya hannu kan tauraron Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene don farkon rabin wannan kakar Natwest T20 Blast. Dan wasan mai shekaru 37, wanda zai kasance a bude wasanni bakwai na gasar na Sussex, ya zira kwallaye sama da 4,000 a wasanni 170 na T20 a lokacin aikinsa, gami da kusan kwallaye 1,500 a wasanni 55 na T20. Ya kasance wani bangare na kungiyar Sri Lanka da ta lashe gasar cin kofin ICC ta duniya a shekarar da ta gabata - bayan kuma ya taimaka musu su kai wasan karshe a 2012 da 2009 - kafin ya sanar da yin ritaya daga gajeren wasan a matakin kasa da kasa. Mahela Jayawardene ta sanya hannu a kungiyar Sussex a farkon rabin gasar T20 na wannan kakar. Dan wasan mai shekaru 37 ya wakilci Sri Lanka a gasar cin kofin duniya a Australia da New Zealand. Jayawardene ya kuma zira kwallaye sama da 11,000 a duka wasanni biyu da kuma wasan kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa na rana daya a lokacin da yake aiki mai ban sha'awa, ya bar shi a cikin manyan 'yan wasa bakwai na kowane lokaci a duka nau'ikan. Ya yi ritaya daga wasan kwallon kafa a shekarar da ta gabata kuma zai daina buga wasannin ODI bayan gasar cin kofin duniya da ke gudana a Australia da New Zealand. Tsohon kyaftin din na Sri Lanka, wanda bai taba buga wasan kurket na gundumar ba, ya ce: 'Ina matukar farin ciki game da kafa kaina a Hove da buga wa Sussex wasa a farkon rabin lokacin bazara. 'Sussex babban kulob ne mai alfahari da tarihi kuma ina so in taimaka musu su ci NatWest T20 Blast a wannan shekara.' Mahela Jayawardene ya gudu tsakanin wickets a lokacin da kasarsa ta yi karo da Australia a Sydney. Manajan kwararren dan wasan kiriketi na Sussex Mark Robinson ya ce: 'Labari ne mai ban mamaki cewa dan wasa mai girman Mahela ya yarda ya kasance tare da mu. 'Rekodinsa da martabarsa ba su da na biyu, kuma zai kuma kawo cikin dakin suturarmu shugabancinsa da gogewarsa. Na tabbata zai kasance babbar fa'ida ga Luke Wright a matsayin sabon kyaftin, da kuma dukkan 'yan wasa da ma'aikatan horarwa.' Sussex sun fara kamfen din su na Natwest T20 Blast tare da takaitaccen tafiya zuwa Kent a ranar Juma'a, 15 ga Mayu.
Mahela Jayawardene zai kasance a shirye don wasanni bakwai na farko na Sussex. Ya zura kwallaye kusan 1,500 a wasanni 55 na T20. Jayawardene zai fuskanci wasan kurket na gundumar a karon farko. Tauraron Sri Lanka ya ce: 'Sussex babban kulob ne mai alfahari da tarihi'