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He asked that the embarrassing errors and the complicated rules be discussed in an open forum.

In retrospect, he probably knew that John Wright, head of the Players' Tournament Committee, would follow after him to candidly admit that the panel of officials overseeing the game on the field goofed up.

Declining to blame any individual, or even the body of officials, Jayawardene displayed a heightened sense of understanding of the game by calling for the issue to be debated in an open forum in the future.

And then came the slight hint of emotion.

"For me I can't say much.

We played a final and lost a final." Having led his team astutely, the Sri Lankan captain went on to highlight their achievements.

"I am very proud of the boys.

We put in some great effort.

When we left Sri Lanka, we knew we were a good team, but no one expected us to be in the final.

Lifetime opportunity "I believe we proved a lot of people wrong, purely because of the way we worked.

Yes, I am disappointed at losing because this was a lifetime opportunity, but it was taken away by a brilliant knock from Gilli [Gilchrist].

"It was a brilliant innings," endorsed Jayawardene.

"Unfortunately as an opposing captain, all I could do was stand and watch.

But Gilli had done the same to us in a VB series final a...

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