Sri Lankan legend Angelo Mathews voiced out his frustration and concern concerning the dearth of Check cricket for nations apart from India, England and Australia. The veteran will dangle his boots from the red-ball format following the primary Check match towards Bangladesh at Galle on June 17.
Sri Lanka will play 4 Exams in 2025, which is their lowest variety of Exams in a calendar yr since 2013. Within the 2023-25 World Check Championship (WTC) cycle Australia, India and England performed at the very least 19 Exams over a two-year interval. The WTC winner, South Africa performed 13.
Mathews believed that the crew ought to have been given extra Check matches. He talked about the kids are wanting ahead to representing the nation within the red-ball format as a lot as potential.
“I feel it is fairly unhappy to be sincere. I imply, the youthful technology are urging for extra Check cricket. Check cricket is clearly the head of cricket. All of us ought to push for extra Exams. These guys are so keen about Check cricket,” mentioned Mathews as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“I really feel there must be a minimal of 10 matches at the very least [in a year]. Groups like England, India or Australia are taking part in 15-plus video games a yr. Why cannot we play? We will. If we maintain pushing, I imply, we have now to. We’ve got gained World Cups. We’ve got finished a lot for cricket as a nation, and we should play Check cricket, identical to Australia, India and England,” he added.
The 38-year-old will retire from Check cricket and highlighted that there is not going to be any Check for a yr. He said that it’s good to present alternatives to others, as they won’t get an opportunity until the subsequent yr.
“I performed my one hundredth Check in Galle, so I assumed I might say goodbye in Galle. However the principle cause was as a result of we have no video games developing, at the very least for now. After this, we’ll be having our subsequent task in Check cricket after a yr’s time, that may be a very lengthy wait,” mentioned Mathews.
“I assumed it is good to present a possibility to whoever goes to switch me within the second Check, as a result of he isn’t going to get a possibility until the subsequent yr (laughs). And in that yr, you do not know what is going on to occur. So I assumed I would just play one recreation after which try to give a possibility to the opposite man who’s changing me within the second Check,” he concluded.
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