Mathews said he took a few days to decide before accepting the captaincy of Sri Lanka´s one-day and Twenty20 teams. "It is a national duty, and we need stability moving into a World Cup in 18 months," said Mathews. Dinesh Chandimal remains Sr…
Veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews has been reinstated as the skipper for the Sri Lankan ODI team on Tuesday. Ironically, his appointment comes just six months after he had stepped down from the helm (in July) when Sri Lanka had suffered a miserable (3…
Sri Lanka on Tuesday reappointed senior all-rounder Angelo Mathews as their limited-overs captain after Thisara Perera led the team during their disastrous tour of India late last year. Mathews, who returned to the job from which he had resigned six mo…
VIZAG: Sri Lanka, who were floored by a Rohit Sharma-special in the second ODI at Mohali, seemed a determined lot ahead of the decider. Even as the Indian team skipped an optional practice session on Friday, the Lankans led by Thisara Perera, trained w…
You can look at yourself and ask what have I done,” an angry Sri Lankan interim coach, Nic Pothas, lashed out at the veteran all-rounder and ex-captain, Angelo Mathews, after the visitors succumbed to an innings loss in the second Test of the series against India. Pothas had a point. As Sri Lanka’s …
For the umpteenth time in their recent bouts against India, Sri Lanka are faced with a hopeless situation. They have been battered and bruised in this series as they were when India toured the Emerald Isle earlier this year, and once again the Islander…
Angelo Mathews made full use of his two lives as slammed a century to lead Sri Lanka’s reply on Day 3 of the third and final Test against India at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi on Sunday. (INDIA vs SRI LANKA LIVE UPDATES). The former Sri Lanka captain reached the landmark when he worked a …
Angelo Mathews is all set to return to the Sri Lanka team for its tour of India in November after both the Sri Lanka Cricket board and head coach of the …
For Sri Lanka, captain Upul Tharanga, who will lead his side for the first time in T20I since Angelo Mathews resigned in July, will hope to debut as …
Angelo Mathews stepped aside as captain after that defeat, vacating the top job to Tharanga who takes the helm at a low point for Sri Lankan cricket, …