Sri Lanka Allrounder Announces Test Retirement: 'It Is Time For Me To Say Goodbye...'

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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 14:46 IST

Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has announcement status from Test cricket aft 16 years of playing the longest format.

Angelo Mathews volition play his past Test connected June 17 (Picture credit: AFP)

In what seems similar a play of retirement, prima Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has said that the upcoming archetypal Test against Bangladesh volition beryllium his past successful the longest format, arsenic helium draws curtains connected an illustrious vocation which lasted 16 years, having started successful 2009.

Mathews made his Test debut against Pakistan successful Galle and went connected to pb the squad successful England arsenic Sri Lanka’s youngest skipper successful the format successful 2013.

Mathews played arsenic a batting allrounder successful Tests, amassing 8167 runs astatine an mean of 44.62 with 16 hundreds to his name.

“The archetypal Test lucifer against Bangladesh successful June volition beryllium my past red-ball quality for my country. Whilst I bid adieu to the Test format, arsenic discussed with selectors, I volition stay disposable for enactment for the achromatic shot format," Mathews tweeted connected Friday afternoon.

“I judge this Test squad is simply a talented broadside with galore aboriginal and contiguous greats playing the game. Now seems similar the champion clip to marque mode for a younger subordinate to instrumentality the mantle to radiance for our nation," Mathews said.

Over 16 years successful the longest format of the game, the allrounder played 118 Tests, scoring 45 half-centuries arsenic good and picking 33 wickets.

Mathews hasn’t been picked successful a white-ball Sri Lanka squad successful astir a year, but successful immoderate case, the upcoming Test successful Galle volition beryllium the extremity of a Test vocation that volition person lasted for 119 appearances.

Sri Lanka’s Test docket is small, and Mathews, who turns 38 adjacent week, mightiness person had to hold until adjacent May to play Tests again.

Mathews led Sri Lanka successful 34 Tests, including successful immoderate of their astir celebrated wins, successful Headingley 11 years back, wherever his 160 successful the 2nd innings turned the game.

As a batter, Mathews’ vocation tally of 8167 runs puts him 3rd connected Sri Lanka’s all-time list, down Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.

In his top agelong of form, from 2013 till the adjacent 2 years, Mathews scaled peaks not galore Sri Lanka batters could reach, smacking 2378 runs astatine a stunning mean of 59.45.

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