Mathews is a quality all-rounder: Jayawardene – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on June 18.
“... Angelo has done well with the ball and he has done well with the bat. He is a quality all-rounder and he handles pressure than anybody else I've seen,” Jayawardene said.
Mathews made his international debut in 2008, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in Harare and has since gone on to play a total of 76 ODIs (with 43 wickets, and 1537 runs to his credit), and 23 Tests (during which he has claimed 7 wickets and scored 1219 runs).
The 25-year-old went into the current series against Pakistan after an indifferent stint in the 2012 Indian Premier League with the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861, and registered impressive figures of 4-1-8-2 in the first T20 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Sooriyawewa, Hambantota on June 1.
The first three ODIs saw the all-rounder struggling to claim wickets, and unable to make an impression with the bat. However, after taking 1 for 33 in the fourth match, he made up for his past performances with a stellar unbeaten 80 in the final ODI, which saw his side safely to victory in what turned out to be a narrow 2-wicket win, with 2 deliveries remaining.
After the early loss of openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 (54). However, they still required 151 runs from 25 overs after Jayawardene was dismissed for duck.
Coming in at number 6, Mathews steered the team to the required 248, finishing by scoring a final four to get the required 15 runs off the last over.
“It's not the first time he has done this for us, he has done it quite often,” Jayawardene said. “Some of the other times he has bought us close and maybe hasn't been able to finish the game off, but from nowhere he has the ability to bring us into the game.”
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