Angelo Mathews registers his 43rd fifty in Tests: Key stats
What's the story
Angelo Mathews got to a fine half-century in Sri Lanka's 2nd innings versus New Zealand in the ongoing first Test in Galle.
Mathews resumed Day 4 on a score of an unbeaten 34. He added 16 more runs before falling prey to Ajaz Patel, who stole the show as the Lankans lost six wickets for 72 runs and folding for 309.
Here's more.
Knock
A knock of substance from Mathews' blade
Mathews did an able job on Day 3 for Sri Lanka after coming to bat when his side was 153/2.
SL lost wickets and were reduced to 178/4 before Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva steadied the ship.
SL resumed Day 4 on 234/4 and the pair added another 16 runs.
Mathews departed with SL's score reading 292/7. It was a knock of substance.
Runs
10th fifty-plus score versus NZ for Mathews
Mathews' 50 came from 111 balls. He slammed five fours. In the first innings, he scored 36 runs.
He owns 7,852 runs from 113 matches (201 innings) at 45.12 (50s: 43, 100s: 16). He also went past 800 fours (801).
As per ESPNcricinfo, in 14 matches versus New Zealand, Mathews has amassed 1,090 runs at 49.54. He owns eight fifties (100s: 2).
Information
12,000 runs in FC cricket for Mathews
With his 19th run in the 2nd innings, Mathews touched the 12,000-run mark in First-Class cricket. He has raced to 12,031 runs from 280 innings at an average of 49-plus. He slammed his 60th FC fifty (100s: 31).