The Technical Committee of the ICC Males’s World Cup 2023 has accepted Angelo Mathews to switch Matheesha Pathirana within the Sri Lanka squad.

Angelo Mathews changed injured Pathirana

Matheesha Pathirana sustained a shoulder harm throughout Sri Lanka’s towards Pakistan and the younger participant was sidelined for the match towards Australia and Netherlands.

On this event, Sri Lanka appealed for the substitute of Pathirana, and the ICC committee has accepted allrounder Angelo Mathews for the squad on October 24 forward of the match towards England on Thursday.

Matthews has performed 221 ODIs in his profession thus far and scored 5865 runs with a mean of 41.01 with a strike fee of 83.09. He has bowled on 158 innings out of which he dismissed 120 wickets with a bowling determine of 6/20 as his profession greatest.

The Occasion Technical Committee of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023 consists of Wasim Khan (ICC Normal Supervisor – Cricket and ETC Chair), Chris Tetley (ICC Head of Occasions), Hemang Amin (Appearing CEO – BCCI), Gaurav Saxena (Normal Supervisor – Operations, BCCI), Russel Arnold and Simon Doull (Impartial Representatives).

Sri Lanka has performed 4 matches within the World Cup thus far Sri Lanka has received just one match towards the Netherlands. They misplaced the matches towards South Africa, Pakistan, and Australia.

The Sri Lankan workforce administration had participated in potential accidents as they recalled Mathews as a touring reserve the earlier week alongside pacer Dushmantha Chameera with Pathirana dominated out of the event Mathew’s expertise and flexibility are anticipated to bolster the Sri Lankan squad as they proceed their World Cup journey.

Pathirana is the second harm loss for Sri Lanka on this World Cup after captain Dasun Shanaka was dominated out on account of a quad tear harm throughout the match towards Pakistan.

Chamika Karunaratne had taken Shanaka’s place in Sri Lanka’s squad, with the wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis as stand-in captain. They’re additionally with out legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga who was dominated out of the World Cup with an harm.

Earlier than his harm, He was taken for as many as 185 runs within the 19 overs that he had bowled throughout matches towards South Africa and Pakistan with an financial system fee of virtually 10.

Sri Lanka is on the lookout for an upswing in kind themselves having registered their first win of the World Cup after they beat the Netherlands by 5 wickets in Lucknow on Saturday, having misplaced three in a row until then. They’re at present positioned ninth on the factors desk.

Sri Lanka will play their subsequent match towards England on October 26 at M. Chinaswamy Stadium.