{"id":190028,"date":"2024-12-06T19:20:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/angelo-mathews-emulates-sangakkara-jayawardene-joins-fab-four-in-major-achievement-in-test-cricket\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T19:20:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T19:20:16","slug":"angelo-mathews-emulates-sangakkara-jayawardene-joins-fab-four-in-major-achievement-in-test-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/angelo-mathews-emulates-sangakkara-jayawardene-joins-fab-four-in-major-achievement-in-test-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelo Mathews emulates Sangakkara-Jayawardene, joins Fab Four in major achievement in Test cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/12\/indiatv-2024-12-06t224817-1733505607.webp?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Angelo Mathews emulates Sangakkara-Jayawardene, joins Fab Four in major achievement in Test cricket\" title=\"Angelo Mathews emulates Sangakkara-Jayawardene, joins Fab Four in major achievement in Test cricket\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : AP<\/span> Angelo Mathews against South Africa in Gqeberha on December 6, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/angelo-mathews\" rel=\"noopener\">Angelo Mathews<\/a> saw his name written in Sri Lanka cricket&#8217;s history books after reaching 8,000 Test runs on Friday. The veteran all-rounder scored an unbeaten 40 runs on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test match against South Africa in Gqerbha to become the only third Sri Lanka to achieve the historic run-scoring record.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old batting all-rounder reached the 8000-run mark after scoring 34 runs in the closing stages of Day 2 at\u00a0St George&#8217;s Park. Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene were the only Sri Lankans to breach this mark in Test cricket before Mathews&#8217; entry on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Mathews now boasts 8,006 runs in 205 Test innings at an average of\u00a045.23 with the help of 16 hundreds and 44 fifties. However, both Jayawardene and Sangakkara managed to reach 8000 Test runs with fewer innings than Mathews. Among active Sri Lankans, Dimuth Karunartne is also chasing the 8000-run mark while <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/dinesh-chandimal\" rel=\"noopener\">Dinesh Chandimal<\/a> is only 10 runs away from 6000 Test runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Test runs for Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kumar Sangakkara &#8211;\u00a012400 runs in 134 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Mahela Jayawardene &#8211;\u00a011814 runs in 149 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><strong>Angelo Mathews &#8211; 8006 runs in 116 matches<\/strong><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Dimuth Karunaratne &#8211;\u00a07164 runs in 98 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Sanath Jayasuriya &#8211;\u00a06973 runs in 110 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Aravinda de Silva &#8211;\u00a06361 runs in 93 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Dinesh Chandimal &#8211;\u00a05990 runs in 89 matches<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mathews also joined the cricket&#8217;s Fab Four &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/steve-smith\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Smith<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kane-williamson\" rel=\"noopener\">Kane Williamson<\/a> in the only five-player list of active cricketers with 8000-plus runs in red-ball cricket. Root is dominating the chart with 12780 runs, over 3000 more runs than second-best Steve Smith.\u00a0    <\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Test runs among active cricketers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Joe Root &#8211;\u00a012780 runs in 275 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Steve Smith &#8211;\u00a09702 runs in 197 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Virat Kohli &#8211;\u00a09152 runs in 204 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kane Williamson &#8211;\u00a09072 runs in 183 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Angelo Mathews &#8211;\u00a08006 runs in 205 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/angelo-mathews-emulates-sangakkara-jayawardene-joins-fab-four-in-major-achievement-in-test-cricket-2024-12-06-965050\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : AP Angelo Mathews against South Africa in Gqeberha on December 6, 2024 Angelo Mathews saw his name written in Sri Lanka cricket&#8217;s history books after reaching 8,000 Test runs on Friday. 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