Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Angelo Mathews

Angelo Mathews
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Personal information
Full name Angelo Davis Mathews
Born 2 June 1987 (age 25)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Kaluwa
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 112) 4 July 2009 v Pakistan
Last Test 3 January 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 137) 28 November 2008 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 18 June 2012 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010 Kolkata Knight Riders
2011-present Sahara Pune Warriors
2012-present Nagenahira Nagas
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 22 63 54 101
Runs scored 1,116 1,241 3,453 2,011
Batting average 39.85 31.82 51.59 30.01
100s/50s 1/7 0/8 9/16 0/15
Top score 105 80* 270 81
Balls bowled 942 1,512 3,455 2,205
Wickets 7 35 37 56
Bowling average 71.57 33.62 44.62 30.01
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/13 6/20 5/47 6/20
Catches/stumpings 12/– 19/– 34/– 37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 January 2012

Angelo Davis Mathews (born 2 June 1987) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Like Chaminda Vaas he had his formal education in St. Joseph's College, Colombo. Born in Colombo, he captained the Sri Lankan cricket team team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.
He made his international debut in a One Day International against Zimbabwe in November 2008.
In the Indian Premier League, he originally played for the Kolkata Knight Riders team. In the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Sahara Pune Warriors for US$950,000. He was ruled out of IPL, for up to 8 weeks, due to injury sustained during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
In November 2010, he was named 'Personality of the Year' by Living Magazine in Sri Lanka.[1]
After Kumar Sangakkara stepped down as captain following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Mathews was widely tipped to be Sri Lanka's next captain.[2]
Mathews has been praised by Sangakarra to having good leadership qualities; Sangakarra had also tipped him to take over as captain after his resignation. Dilshan was later named as captain. However, Mathews was strangely overlooked as vice captain, with the selectors naming Thilina Kandamby, who had not played for Sri Lanka regularly or for a prolonged period as vice captain for Sri Lanka's 2011 ODI and T20 tour of England.[3] But the move backfired on Duleep Mendis's selection panel, when Kandamby fared miserably with the bat, forcing them to drop the new vice captain.[4] At the end of July 2011, Mathews was named as Dilshan's vice-captain.[5] He was retained in the role after Dilshan resigned and was replaced by Mahela Jayawardene in January 2012.[6]

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