Both Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara seemingly announced their plans to quit international Twenty20 cricket after the ICC World T20 in Bangladesh, which Sri Lanka won.
The announcements were made in separate media interviews in March, which led SLC chief executive Ashley de Silva to note that, if the pair were indeed retiring, they should have notified the governing body first.
Speaking at Sri Lanka's triumphant homecoming from Bangladesh, Jayawardene in particular was disappointed with the way that board secretary Nishantha Ranatunga had handled the matter.
Jayawardene claimed he was misquoted in his interview, although he did confirm his plans to retire.
"We later spoke to the selector (Sanath Jayasuriya) who had also made comments, and he had also been told that we had announced our retirements," he said.
"However, we hadn't said that. We had said this was our last World T20, that's all.
"I've now brought a letter with me saying I'm retiring from World T20, and I'll hand that over. But I'm very disappointed about the way we were put into that mental state before a tournament like this, by the person who is responsible. That's the true story.
"I'm very disappointed that without asking us what we had said about our retirements to any media, our board secretary went to the media and made certain comments about us.
"If he had been a responsible person, he would not have done that. He would first have asked us what we had announced."
In response, SLC refuted claims that Ranatunga had spoken to the media on the subject, and that the only comments made by any official were from De Silva.
"Sri Lanka Cricket would like to categorically state that neither the honorary secretary nor the CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket had volunteered any statement to the press regarding Mahela Jayawardene's decision to address the media regarding his apparent retirement from the T20 format of cricket, save for the CEO's comment cited in the Daily Mirror article of March 18 2014, stating: 'We have seen the media reports but we don't know how accurate they are because we would naturally expect the players to communicate such an important decision to SLC first. So far, they haven't informed us that they have taken such decisions'," a statement read.
"In closing, Sri Lanka Cricket, as an institution, regrets such unsubstantiated accusations levelled against the secretary and CEO, by a senior member of the national team without verifying the facts at a public forum; a sportsman whom we hold in the highest esteem as both a former national captain as well as a brand ambassador for the nation.
"Sri Lanka Cricket will make no further releases on this subject matter and shall treat this matter as closed."