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Mathews will play his last Test match for Sri Lanka in Galle on Tuesday. Last month, Mathews announced his retirement from Test cricket after the first match against Bangladesh at Galle. From the retirement of Matthews …Read more
The veteran was emotional before the retirement of Mathews.
New DelhiSri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal said special words for former captain Angelo Mathews. Mathews will play his last Test match for Sri Lanka in Galle on Tuesday. Last month, Mathews announced his retirement from Test cricket after the first match against Bangladesh at Galle. 37 -year -old Mathews made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2009 and has been an important pillar of Sri Lankan cricket for the last 15 years ..
Chandimal further wrote, “After today we will not be able to see you and your beautiful smile on the field of International Test cricket. It is not easy for me to say goodbye to you after playing international Test cricket for so long. Best wishes for your next chapter, Angi. Sri Lankan Test Cricket will miss you a lot. In the end, I would like to say that we have made many valuables on the ground together on the ground, but in the end, we have made many good friends but the last, we have made many good friends.”
Matthews has scored 8,167 runs in 118 matches, which is third among those who score the most Test runs for Sri Lanka, Kumar Sangakkara (12,400) and Mahela Jayawardene (11,814). He has also taken 33 wickets in bowling. Apart from this, he has 2,206 runs in Galle, which is the second highest run on this ground. Mathews will get a chance to increase his run and wickets in his 119th and final Test match against Bangladesh. He gave the team 13 wins in 34 matches between 2013 and 2017, making him Sri Lanka’s third most successful Test captain.
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