SL vs SA: Angelo Mathews' entry into the special club of Sangakkara and Jayawardene, made a big record in test cricket – sri lanka vs south africa angelo mathews becomes only 3rd sri lanka to complete 8000 test runs

Gakbehra: Opener Pathum Nissanka batted brilliantly on the second day of the second Test at St George's Park on Friday as Sri Lanka maintained their position at 242 for three in reply to South Africa's 358. Nissanka hit 11 fours and one six during his 89-run innings, he got good support from Dinesh Chandimal (44), Angelo Mathews (40 not out) and Kamindu Mendis (30 not out).

Big record in the name of Angelo Mathews
Till now only two batsmen had scored 8000 runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket, but now Angelo Mathews has entered this list. Mathews has completed eight thousand runs in Test cricket. The 37-year-old experienced batsman needed 34 runs to reach here, which he easily crossed.
Most runs for Sri Lanka in Test

• Kumar Sangakkara – 12400 runs in 134 matches
• Mahela Jayawardene – 11814 runs in 149 matches
• Angelo Mathews – 8006 runs in 116 matches
• Dimuth Karunaratne – 7164 runs in 98 matches
• Sanath Jayasuriya – 6973 runs in 110 matches
• Aravinda de Silva – 6361 runs in 93 matches
• Dinesh Chandimal – 5990 runs in 86 matches

Sri Lanka's legendary players
Mathews has also made a major contribution to Sri Lanka in limited overs cricket in the last decade and a half. Born in Colombo, Mathews has also captained the team. Has scored 5916 and 1416 runs in 226 ODIs and 90 T20Is respectively. Mathews also proves to be effective in bowling.

let's talk about the match
Sri Lankan team is still 116 runs behind in the first innings and has seven wickets left. Earlier, Kyle Warren played an unbeaten inning of 105 runs, taking South Africa's score to 358 runs. South Africa started the day at 269 runs for seven wickets. Vereen struggled with the tail-enders and scored a century.

(with inputs from agency)