Angelo Mathews

Sri Lanka are without Hasaranga for the first two T20Is, but the absence of the two allrounders will open the door for others

He has also resumed bowling, although had to clear a fitness test for a tight hamstring before the second T20I against Afghanistan

Mathews bashed 42* off 22 with the bat and then returned with figures of 2 for 9 in two overs as Afghanistan went down by 72 runs

Inexperienced Afghanistan were persistent through parts of the day, picking up six wickets

"Angelo was one of my role models growing up," says Zimbabwe match-winner

Zimbabwe knocked off 20 runs in the final over to draw level in the series

He says the freshly-installed selection panel, headed by Tharanga, had him in their T20 World Cup plans

Raza's all-round efforts in vain as Mathews and Shanaka helped SL chase a modest target

Kusal Perera and Dhananjaya de Silva, who were left out of the ODI series, are also part of the squad

A wrap of the first day's action in the Abu Dhabi T10 2023

ESPNcricinfo has learned that Richard Illingworth told Mathews he had 30 seconds left to be ready to face when he walked in to bat

"I almost actually thought of going out and saying, 'enough is enough, we don't stand for this; we are not that kind of team'," Donald says

Then Bangladesh captain will probably wake up unconcerned by the storm he has created, because that's just Shakib

An international first took place in a heated contest between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while Afghanistan look to boost semi-final hopes

Timed-out dismissal: Mathews says that the on-field umpires had admitted to Sri Lanka's coaching staff that they had not checked the time elapsed

"It was obviously disgraceful from Shakib and Bangladesh," Mathews says of the incident

'Disappointed' Sri Lanka captain Mendis says "the umpires couldn't react on that and add common sense there"

Reactions pour in from all corners, with Dale Steyn, Gautam Gambhir, Farveez Maharoof, Usman Khawaja and others having their say

A broken helmet strap led to the SL batter being dismissed in unusual fashion