Feb 272018
 

Sri Lanka Cricket announced a 20-man preliminary squad that will be cropped to 15 on Wednesday. “Angelo Mathews was not considered for selection as he is still recovering from the injury he suffered during the concluded Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh,” the board said in a release. Mathews, 30 …

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Feb 272018
 

Angelo Mathews has been continually troubled by injuries and has played just one game since being named as Sri Lanka cricket team’s limited-over captain in January. He will also miss the Nidahas Trophy T20 tournament which begins next week and features Indian cricket team and Bangladesh …

Feb 062018
 

Sri Lanka’s limited-overs skipper Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of the rest of the Bangladesh tour due to a hamstring injury, the country’s cricket board said Tuesday. Mathews, who sustained the injury during the tri-nation ODI tournament that Sri Lanka won in Bangladesh last month, will miss the …

Jan 092018
 

Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala said the board asked Mathews to reconsider following close consultations with new coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and team selectors. Mathews said he took a few days to decide before accepting the captaincy of Sri Lanka’s one-day and Twenty20 …