Angelo Mathews

Full Name:	Angelo Davis Mathews
Birth date:	June 2, 1987
Age:	34 years
Birth Country:	Sri Lanka
Batting Style:	Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Team :	Sri Lanka

Angelo Davis Mathews was born on 2nd June 1987 in Colombo. He was born to a Tamil family of his mother, Monica Mathews and father, Tyronne Mathews. Mathews received his formal education at St Joseph’s College in Colombo. He is a part of the Sri Lankan international cricket team. He is an allrounder who bowls right arm fast medium and a right hand batsman. He has vigor about his batting and bowling and on field also Mathews exhibits robust athleticism. Mathews generally makes his appearance at number 6 and hence holds the lower order together.

Career Highlights:

Mathews played his first List A match on behalf of Sri Book World Lanka Under 23 at Colombo against New Zealand on 16th September 2005. He scored a meager 12 runs.
He debuted in First Class cricket on behalf of the Colombo Cricket Club against Colts Cricket Club on 10th of November 2006.
He was included in the Sri Lankan national squad for his first ODI versus Zimbabwe on 28th November 2009 at Harare. Sri Lanka won the match by 2 wickets
Mathews entered the limited over game of T20I on 8th June 2008 at Nottingham against Australia. Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets while Mathews bagged 1.
Angelo was the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team for the U19 World Cup of 2006.
Was a part of the Sri Lankan squad that went on to the finals of 2011 Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20 in 2012.
He was an integral part of the team for ICC World Twenty20 in 2014 that won the cup.
He was appointed the ODI and Test captain in 2013’s February.
Mathews scored his first test century in 2011 against Australia.
He packed up 6 wickets off 20 runs against India in 2009.

Angelo has been the brand endorser of Samsung, HP, Milo etc.

Recent matches

Runs	Team	Opp	Match Date	Score
50	Colombo Stars	Dambulla Giants	2021-12-19	DT20
29	Colombo Stars	Kandy Warriors	2021-12-17	DT20
10	Colombo Stars	Jaffna Kings	2021-12-16	DT20
29	Colombo Stars	Kandy Warriors	2021-12-14	DT20
73	Colombo Stars	Galle Gladiators	2021-12-12	DT20
29, 1	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2021-11-29	TEST
3, 69	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2021-11-21	TEST
5, 12	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2021-04-29	TEST
25	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	2021-04-21	TEST
5	Sri Lanka	West Indies	2021-03-10	ODI

Statistictics by year

Batting Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Out	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BP	SR	200s	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Ct
TEST	91	165	142	23	6338	200	44.63	13062	48.52	1	10	37	2	662	67	69
ODI	195	168	125	43	5054	139	40.43	6114	82.66	0	3	33	15	397	80	47
IT20	77	63	45	18	1148	81	25.51	975	117.74	0	0	5	2	73	38	23

Bowling Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Overs	MO	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Eco	SR	Ext	4wkts	BBI	BBM
TEST	92	83	655	159	1766	33	53.52	2.69	119.1	18	1	4/44	4/60
ODI	195	150	821.1	53	3805	111	34.28	4.73	44.4	75	2	6/20	6/20
IT20	77	61	171.3	4	1200	38	31.58	7.31	27.0	17	0	3/16	3/16

Awards

Player of the Match	Date
Sri Lanka vs West Indies 3rd ODI Match 2020	2020-03-01
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Match 2020	2020-01-19
South Africa vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 Match 2017	2017-01-22
India vs Sri Lanka 5th ODI Match 2014	2014-11-16
England vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match 2014	2014-06-20

Man Of Series	Date
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2020	2020-01-31

Last Series Played

LPL 2021 - Lanka Premier League T20

Sri Lanka vs West Indies Test Series 2021

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Test Series 2021

West Indies vs Sri Lanka Test Series 2021

West Indies vs Sri Lanka ODI Series 2021

Team Squad
Maheesh Theekshana	Dinesh Chandimal
Ramesh Mendis	Shiran Fernando
Praveen Jayawickrama	Charith Asalanka
Kusal Mendis	Pathum Nissanka
Kamindu Mendis	Chamika Gunasekara