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Angelo Mathews

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Angelo Davis Mathews has appeared in 492 matches across all formats and competitions, primarily representing Sri Lanka Cricket (369 appearances) and a range of T20 franchises including Pune Warriors, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and the Colombo Stars. He has scored 16,626 runs at a batting average of 39.3 and taken 230 wickets at 36.54, making him one of the more durable all-rounders in the modern game. His primary competition is the One-Day International, where he has played 210 matches. On recent form he has been active in Test cricket, with scores of 77, 88 and 86 among his last ten outings, though he has yet to turn those starts into a hundred in this sequence.

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Angelo Mathews
Bat Avg
39.3
Bowl Avg
36.5

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Delhi Capitals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Mathews has played eight Tests in his last ten outings, scoring 47, 77, 48, 76, 88, 86, 35 and 58 in those innings. He has yet to convert any of those starts into a century, though three scores in the

Strongest format

One-Day International — ODIs are Mathews's primary competition by matches (210 appearances), and he combines a batting average of 41.21 with 120 wickets at 33.09, giving Sri

Career stats overview

118 Test · 210 ODI · 164 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

118 matches

8,073
Runs scored
33
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

210 matches

5,646
Runs scored
120
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

164 matches

2,907
Runs scored
77
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

492 matches, 16,626 runs across all formats

Mathews has appeared in 492 matches across Tests, ODIs, T20Is and domestic T20 competitions, accumulating 16,626 runs at a batting average of 39.3. His 230 career wickets add a significant all-round dimension to that record.

Test average of 44.11 across 118 matches

In 118 Test appearances Mathews averages 44.11 with the bat, making the long format his strongest by average. He has faced 16,711 balls in Tests, underlining the volume of high-level red-ball cricket he has absorbed.

ODI best: 41.21 average and 120 wickets in 210 matches

Across 210 ODIs Mathews averages 41.21 and has claimed 120 wickets at an economy of 4.65, confirming his value as a genuine all-rounder at the 50-over level.

Exceptional record against Pakistan and England

Mathews averages 45.56 against Pakistan across 61 matches and 46.57 against England across 43 matches. Both figures sit comfortably above his overall career average, pointing to consistent performances against two of the game's most demanding opponents.

Galle his most productive venue: average 44.69 in 36 matches

In 36 matches at Galle, Mathews has scored 2,324 runs at an average of 44.69 and an economy of just 2.61 with the ball. No other venue in the facts block comes close to that batting return in terms of both volume and average.

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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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