Angelo Mathews's gutsy 76 helped Sri Lanka to avoid an innings defeat in the second test in Galle on Saturday but Australia remained on course for a 2-0 series sweep. Having conceded a first ...

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Angelo Mathews's gutsy 76 helped Sri Lanka to avoid an innings defeat in the second test in Galle on Saturday but Australia remained on course for a 2-0 series sweep. Having ...

Angelo Mathews's gutsy 76 helped Sri Lanka to avoid an innings defeat in sweep. Having conceded a first-innings lead of 157 on a track dominated by spinners from both sides, Sri Lanka risked a ...

Photograph: Kind courtesy ICC/X Angelo Mathews's gutsy 76 helped Sri Lanka to avoid an innings defeat in the second Test in Galle on Saturday but Australia remained on course for a 2-0 series sweep.

When Karunaratne resumed his exit and the crowd rose to give him a standing ovation, he soaked up the applause, but perhaps spotted that another act of PDA was coming. Angelo Mathews has an ...

There was a brief feeling that maybe Sri Lanka could do something particularly with the batting of Angelo Mathews, but after his dismissal on 76, the resistance was lost. Great captaincy from ...

Regular wickets prevented Sri Lanka from powering past that mark, but veteran Angelo Mathews (76) shared vital partnerships with captain Dhananjaya de Silva (23) and Kusal Mendis to eventually ...

Angelo Mathews was the linchpin of Sri Lanka's innings, holding things together as wickets tumbled at the other end. But just 15 minutes before the close of play, he swept Nathan Lyon straight to ...

However, Angelo Mathews dug deep, forging a 48-run stand with Dhananjaya de Silva and a further 70-run partnership with Kusal Mendis.