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Angelo Mathews did fantastic job with ball: Dimuth Karunaratne

By Saurabh Sharma July 02, 2019 • 11:38 AM View: 1535

Chester-le-Street, July 2 (CRICKETNMORE): Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne was mighty pleased with Angelo Mathews who picked up the crucial wicket of Nicolas Pooran and helped his side register a 23-run win in a nervy World Cup encounter at Riverside Ground on Monday.

Despite scoring 338, Sri Lanka were given a scare by Pooran who was going all guns blazing and almost sealed the match for his side with his amazing hundred.

TAGS ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Dimuth Karunaratne

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