News about Angelo Mathews

After the 37-year-old (pictured playing for Australia, left, and with wife Candice, right) suffered a significant roadblock after being barred from Tests and one-day internationals earlier this year, David Warner's new life as a global gun for hire has been thrown into question.

Gareth Morgan, a Gold Coast social cricketer (pictured left), has gone global following his team's impressive match-winning effort. His once-in-a-lifetime (right) was featured on the BBC in England and India's The Hindu newspaper, as well as in England and India's The Hindu newspaper.

DAVID LLOYD: I have one thing to say about Angelo Mathews' groundbreaking dismissal on Monday: Hallelujah! It's about time. I haven't paid the money to watch cricketers tumping about aimlessly. Mathews should have been up for battle because he knew he was coming back for his fourth Sri Lankan wicket, and he had two minutes to face up after the fourth wicket collapsed. What is the problem? Doing nothing is causing a lot of players to faff about. So get to it.

On Monday, Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews became the first international cricketer to be given timed out at the ICC World Cup. Mathews, as all batsmen, was required to take his first delivery against Bangladesh just over two minutes after the last wicket fell. The ICC's rules differ only slightly from the MCC's formal rules, requiring the batter to run within three minutes rather than two.

LAYING OUT bANGALORE: As Ben Stokes returned to the dressing room, muttering sarcastic thoughts, shaking his head, it seemed not so much like the end of England's World Cup as it did not seem to be the end of an entire period. Stokes had just pulled Lahiru Kumara to deep midwicket after completing a miserable 43 from 73 runs in an England innings that was eventually dismissed for 156, a loss of two wickets that Sri Lanka has ignored for. The entire match lasted 59 overs. This was a result that was both England's worst nightmare and utterly in keeping with their title defense's shambolic nature. It raises serious concerns about head coach Matthew Mott and captain Jos Buttler's ability to get the most out of a talented but aging group of cricketers. As England was today, no one has been stocked exclusively by 30-somethings. A few fifty-plus careers have just come to an end. Even the T20 triumph in Australia last year seems to have come a long way.

IN BANGALORE, LAWRENCE BOOTH believes England has 'underthought' their tactics following a disastrous start to their World Cup defense in India. Jos Buttler, after losing to New Zealand and Bangladesh, chose to bowl first against both Afghanistan and South Africa in Mumbai, losing badly twice. They now need to win all five remaining group matches to have a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals, starting with Sri Lanka in Bangalore on Thursday.