Angelo Mathews

Sri Lankan legend Angelo Mathews announced his retirement from Test cricket on Friday, May 23. The 37-year-old will play for the last time in the white jersey in the first match of the Test series against Bangladesh starting on June 17. He has also confirmed that he will continue to represent Sri Lanka in ODIs and T20s.

Angelo Mathews made an emotional post on social media

Angelo Mathews announced his retirement on social media and wrote on social media,

β€œπ‘΄π’š 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‡π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’π’š – π’Šπ’• π’Šπ’” π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’† 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’”π’‚π’š π’ˆπ’π’π’…π’ƒπ’šπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’š π’Žπ’π’”π’• 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 π’‡π’π’“π’Žπ’‚π’• 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’†, π‘°π’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 π‘ͺπ’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’•! 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 17 π’šπ’†π’‚π’“π’” 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π‘Ίπ’“π’Š π‘³π’‚π’π’Œπ’‚ 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’Žπ’š π’ˆπ’“π’†π’‚π’•π’†π’”π’• 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‘π’“π’Šπ’…π’†. π‘΅π’π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‡π’†π’†π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’‚π’•π’“π’Šπ’π’•π’Šπ’”π’Ž 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’†π’“π’—π’Šπ’„π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’˜π’†π’‚π’“π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π’‹π’†π’“π’”π’†π’š.

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’ π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’†π’ π’Žπ’† π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’ 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’Žπ’‚π’…π’† π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑰 π’‚π’Ž π’•π’π’…π’‚π’š. 𝑰 π’‚π’Ž π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’•π’†π’‡π’–π’ 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 π‘Ίπ’“π’Š π‘³π’‚π’π’Œπ’‚ π‘ͺπ’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’ 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π’Žπ’† π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰ π’Žπ’š 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’˜π’π’“π’”π’• π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’” π’•π’‰π’“π’π’–π’ˆπ’‰π’π’–π’• π’Žπ’š 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’‡π’Šπ’“π’”π’• 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‚π’ˆπ’‚π’Šπ’π’”π’• π‘©π’‚π’π’ˆπ’π’‚π’…π’†π’”π’‰ π’Šπ’ 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’Žπ’š 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒅-𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Žπ’‚π’•π’„π’‰ 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’Žπ’š π’„π’π’–π’π’•π’“π’š.”

Played 118 tests for Sri Lanka

Angelo Mathews represented Sri Lanka in 118 Test matches. He made his debut against Pakistan in Galle on July 4, 2009. Mathews scored 8167 runs in 210 innings at an average of 44.62, which included 16 centuries and 45 half-centuries. At the same time, Mathews also took 33 wickets in 86 innings at an average of 54.48.

How is the performance in ODI and T20?

Angelo Mathews has played 226 ODIs for Sri Lanka so far, in which he has scored 5916 runs at an average of 40.52. At the same time, he has also taken 126 wickets in 163 innings at an average of 32.62 and an economy of 4.63.

Talking about T20 cricket, he has scored 1416 runs in 90 matches at an average of 27.76 and a strike rate of 120.52. At the same time, he has also taken 45 wickets in 72 innings at an average of 30.87 and an economy of 7.13.

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