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Full name Angelo Davis Mathews
Born June 2, 1987, Colombo
Current age 21 years 136 days
Major teams Basnahira North,Colts Cricket Club,Sri Lanka A,Sri Lanka Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
19
31
4
1164
157
43.11
2341
49.72
4
5
127
13
10
0
List A
18
14
5
267
70
29.66
415
64.33
0
2
5
0
Twenty20
7
6
0
65
30
10.83
69
94.20
0
0
6
1
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
19
34
1947
913
26
5/47
5/62
35.11
2.81
74.8
0
1
0
List A
18
489
343
16
4/19
4/19
21.43
4.20
30.5
1
0
0
Twenty20
7
4
70
105
3
2/26
2/26
35.00
9.00
23.3
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Colombo Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Nov 10-12, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class
South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Benoni, Sep 11-14, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2005/06
Last List A
South Africa A v Sri Lanka A at Pietermaritzburg, Sep 21, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Chilaw Marians Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Feb 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Basnahira North v Ruhuna at Kurunegala, Apr 30, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Mathews made his debut for Sri Lanka Under-19s when he was just 16 years old, against Pakistan in 2003. He is an outstanding allrounder, capable of batting anywhere in the top order and also delivers lively medium pace. A fixture in the youth side since his debut, he was handed the captaincy for the 2005 tour of England. The hightlight on that tour was an, unbeaten 123 in the third Test which, although it was not enough to stave of defeat. During the U-19 triangular series involving Bangladesh and England towards the end of 2005, Mathews produced a series impressive, mature innings with the bat. An unbeaten 70 set up a win against England and he followed that with 97 not out, in a defeat, against Bangladesh. After a quiet debut first-class season, in 2007-08, he made big strides with 696 runs at 58 and carried his good form in to Sri Lanka A's tour of South Africa. His performances there won the praise of the coach, Chandika Hathurusingha, who identified him as one for the future.
Andrew McGlashan and Cricinfo Staff (October 6, 2008)
