MUMBAI, June 6: Explosive Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya is determined to keep the focus on his performances rather than age after earning a surprise one-day recall for this month’s Asia Cup in Pakistan.

Jayasuriya, who turns 39 on June 30, retired from Test cricket in December.

He appeared to have played his last game for Sri Lanka after he was dropped for the one-day series in the West Indies in April having failed to score a fifty in his previous 20 innings.

National selectors, however, recalled the former captain, rewarding him for his impressive performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 matches last month. “I realise I still have cricket left in me, but the thing is to perform,” Jayasuriya said in an interview. “When you perform, age does not come into question.”—Reuters