{"id":21857,"date":"2013-01-08T17:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/?p=21857"},"modified":"2013-01-08T17:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T17:15:37","slug":"angelo-mathews-urges-sri-lanka-to-maintain-winning-run-at-mcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/angelo-mathews-urges-sri-lanka-to-maintain-winning-run-at-mcg-21857\/","title":{"rendered":"Angelo Mathews urges Sri Lanka to maintain winning run at MCG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"img-caption-wrap \"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image_20130108170534\" src=\"https:\/\/st3.cricketcountry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cricket\/image_20130108170534.jpg\" title=\"image_20130108170534\" \/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"imgcaptionnew\" style=\"width:618px;\"> Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 77 to take Sri Lanka to a miraculous win against Australia at MCG in 2010 \u00a9 AFP<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <strong>Melbourne: Jan 8, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.cricketcountry.com\/tags\/Sri-Lanka\/post\" target=\"_blank\">Sri Lanka<\/a> vice-captain <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.cricketcountry.com\/tags\/Angelo-Mathews\/post\" target=\"_blank\">Angelo Mathews<\/a> is buoyed by his side&#8217;s past form in limited-overs cricket at Melbourne Cricket Ground (<a href=\"http:\/\/admin.cricketcountry.com\/tags\/MCG\/post\" target=\"_blank\">MCG<\/a>) ahead of their first ODI against <a href=\"http:\/\/admin.cricketcountry.com\/tags\/Australia\/post\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Sri Lanka have registered wins in their previous three visits to MCG and a win in the first ODI could be the best start to the limited-over series after being whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series.<\/p>\n<p> Mathews will have fond memories from his previous outing at MCG in November 2010 when he put on a 132-run stand with <a href=\"\/tags\/Lasith-Malinga\/post\" target=\"_blank\">Lasith Malinga<\/a> for the ninth-wicket to give his side an incredible comeback win after they were reduced to 107 for eight while chasing a target of 240.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;I would say that&#8217;s one of the best innings I&#8217;ve played so far,&#8221; Mathews recalled in Melbourne on Tuesday, according to an <em>AAP<\/em> report published on the <em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Against the Aussies, that was my first tour to Australia, the first ever game I played in Australia. It was a very big moment and I would say it was a very big stepping stone for my career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Mathews believes the tourists will feel at home in Melbourne and expects a strong crowd support for his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Sri Lanka vice-captain Angelo Mathews is buoyed by his side&#8217;s past form in limited-overs cricket at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) ahead of their first ODI against Australia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1107,2371,129,52105,52322,5132,2059,15412,818,50311],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Angelo Mathews urges Sri Lanka to maintain winning run at MCG  - Cricket Country<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketcountry.com\/news\/angelo-mathews-urges-sri-lanka-to-maintain-winning-run-at-mcg-21857\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angelo Mathews urges Sri Lanka to maintain winning run at MCG  - 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