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Angelo Mathews Receives Guard of Honour in His Final Test as Shanto and Rahim Score Centuries

Sri Lanka’s third-highest Test run-scorer retires at the venue of his debut in the inaugural match of the World Test Championship cycle

Rohit Sharma posted a message for retiring Angelo Mathews
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Angelo Mathews gets a guard of honour from Sri Lankan teammates during his final Test against Bangladesh
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Overview

  • Angelo Mathews will retire from Test cricket after this match, ending a 16-year career that began at Galle in 2009 and spans 119 Tests.
  • Before play, Sri Lanka teammates formed a guard of honour and Rohit Sharma sent a video message praising Mathews as a 'true servant' of his country.
  • Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim both scored first-day centuries to steady Bangladesh’s innings after an early collapse.
  • Offspinner Tharindu Ratnayake took two wickets in his Test debut and paceman Asitha Fernando removed Anamul Haque for a duck as Bangladesh slipped to 90 for three.
  • Mathews finishes as Sri Lanka’s third-highest Test run-scorer with 8,167 runs and has indicated he will retire from white-ball cricket after the 2026 T20 World Cup.