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MELBOURNE, Wednesday (AFP) Aravinda de Silva, the longest serving current player in international cricket, bowed out a loser Tuesday in his farewell appearance on Australian soil before he retires in two months.

De Silva, to bring down the curtain on his 19-year international career after the World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe in February and March, made 43 off 56 balls in Sri Lanka's nine-wicket loss in the tri-nations match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The Australian team formed a guard of honour for the 37-year-old as he left the ground. He was also given a great reception by spectators. De Silva's finest international cricketing moment came against Australia when he scored an unbeaten 107 to guide Sri Lanka to victory in the 1996 World Cup final.

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