Veteran Sri Lanka's all-rounder Angelo Mathews on Sunday (July 24) became the sixth Sri Lankan cricketer to represent his country in 100 Test matches.
The 35-year-old was felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and accompanied by his family at the start of the 2nd Test in Galle. Mathews was awarded a memento to commemorate his 100th Test appearance for Sri Lanka.
Mathews made his international debut in 2008, in an ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare. He didn’t have a promising start to his career but eventually, turned out to be a remarkable all-rounder.
So far, he has played 218 ODIs, 99 Tests and 78 T20Is, scoring 5835, 6876 and 1148 runs, respectively, including 13 tons in the longest format and 3 in ODIs.
Let's have a look at the list of all players to have completed a century of Test matches for Sri Lanka beside Mathews.
Jayawardene played 149 Test matches and scored 11,814 runs at an average of 49.84 loaded with 34 centuries and 50 half centuries against his name.
Played 134 Tests, former Sri Lanka captain sangakkara has 12400 runs at an average of 57.40. He smashes 38 tons and 53 half-centuries.
The legendary spinner played 133 matches and scalped 800 wickets at an brilliant bowling average of 22.72. Murali has 67 five-wicket hauls in his bag.
The left arm pacer dismissed 355 batters in his Test career of 111 matches. He had an average of 29.58 and 12 five-fers.
The revolutionary batter played 110 matches and amassed 6973 runs at an average of 40.07 with 14 hundreds and 31 fifties. Also, he scalped 98 wickets.