Angelo Mathews Retirement Final Test Match Against Bangladesh Sri Lanka Player Missed Half Century

Angelo mathews retirement: The year 2025 is going through a lot of ups and downs for Test cricket. This year, many legendary players of international cricket retired from the Test. Indian cricket star player Rohit Sharma announced his retirement. After this, Virat Kohli also took retirement from Test cricket. At the same time, Sri Lankan star player Angelo Mathews is also retiring from Test cricket. The Sri Lankan team is running a Test match (SL vs Ban) in Colombo with Bangladesh. Angelo Mathews is playing the last Test match on the land of his own country today.

Mathews received respect

When Sri Lankan veteran Angelo Mathews landed on the ground on the third day of the Ban vs SL match, Bangladeshi players welcomed Mathews on the field with ‘Guard of Honor’. Players of Bangladesh stood by making two lines, from which Angelo Mathews passed and the players welcomed him by clapping on the field.

Mathews missed half -century in the last match

Angelo Mathews scored 39 runs in 69 balls at a strike rate of 56.52 in his last match. In this last innings of Test career, Mathews hit three fours and a six. Matthews were batting better, but in this match, Sri Lankan star players missed out on making a half -century. According to the circumstances of the match, this innings may be the last innings of Mathews’s Test career.

Angelo Mathews is playing his 119th Test match. Mathews has scored 8,206 runs in his Test career. Mathews’s highest score is 200 runs. The average in Matthews Test is close to 45.

Bangladesh-Sri Lanka Test match

The first Test match between Bangladesh-Sri Lanka has started on 17 June. With this Test match, the new season of WTC 2025-2027 has also started. In this match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. Bangladesh set a huge target in front of Sri Lanka by scoring 495 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the Sri Lankan team is also batting brilliantly and after the end of the third day’s play, Sri Lanka’s first innings score has been 368 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Now there is only two days of game left and Bangladesh’s first innings is not over yet. In such a situation, it is difficult for Angelo Mathews to come to bat again on the field.

A Classy Gesture from Bangladesh as Angelo Mathews Headed Out to Bat in his Final Test for Sri Lanka 👏#SLVBAN : https://t.co/fvvoyq8L3Q pic.twitter.com/0pehsackd2

– ICC (@ICC) June 19, 2025

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