"I have been communicating with a lot of kids with their cricket problems, technical things and how they want to improve. That was huge for me because I did not have that direct link with those kids (before).
"The other important thing was to raise funds for my charity which is the whole cancer hospital project; there is a direct link from my website for that."
Jayawardena said the aim is to give free medical treatment for cancer patients.
The cancer treatment unit which is under construction is situated within the compound of the Cancer Hospital in Maharagama in the southern outskirts of Colombo.
"We started construction one and a half years ago and the building has come up a bit and we are raising more funds; it is not an easy thing to raise funds in