Angelo Mathews becomes 6th Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests

Galle: Veteran Angelo Mathews on Sunday became the sixth Sri Lankan cricketer to play 100 Test matches when he took the field in the second and final game against Pakistan, here. The 35-year old received a cap to mark the occasion from Chaminda Vaas, the bowling coach. Interestingly, both Mathews and Vaas went to the same school and now both have played 100 Tests for Sri Lanka.

Before Mathews, five Sri Lankan players — Mahela Jayawardene (149 matches), Kumar Sangakkara (134), Muttiah Muralitharan (133 ), Chaminda Vaas (111 ), Sanath Jayasuriya (110 ) — have played more than 100 Tests for the country. Mathews, who made his test debut in 2009 and is on the verge of 7,000 test runs, wants to score 10,000 runs in the red-ball cricket.

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