Complex sentence: He was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka team in March 2009, following the resignation of Mahela Jayawardene, and the first of his seven Test centuries as captain came against Pakistan in July of the same year.
Split into simpler sentences: He was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka team in March 2009, following the resignation of Mahela Jayawardene. The first of his seven centuries as captain came against Pakistan in July of the same year.