ENG vs SL | Twitter stunned as Woakes inseamer leaves clueless Mathews without reply to trap him plumb

08/21/2024

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Manchester clouds and a brand new Duke's is a recipe for disaster for any batsman, no matter how experienced or talented. Angelo Mathews learned about it the hard way at Old Trafford on Wednesday after being utterly bamboozled by a Chris Woakes jaffa that resigned him to a five-ball duck.

Sri Lanka got off to a sedate start after opting to bat first in the opening Test against England before things quickly fell apart. Their openers had managed to hold fort well for the first five overs, albeit managing just six runs to show for it, but three wickets in ten deliveries comprehensively negated all the hard work. The pick of the lot for the English quicks was Angelo Mathews' departure on the last ball of the seventh over, courtesy of an absolute peach by Chris Woakes.

Mathews, having arrived earlier in the over, had little to do for the first three balls before being beaten on the outside edge by a full length ball jagging away. Woakes followed up the effort with a good length delivery on fourth stump, again presented with a wobble seam. Mathews, expecting it to seam away once more, shouldered arms confidently. However, to his horror, this time the red cherry shaped in sharply and struck him on the pads plumb in front of the stumps.

Appeal was a mere formality as was the ensuing review and Mathews ultimately had to depart for a five ball duck. Twitterati, meanwhile, showered praises on Woakes for humiliating an incredibly experienced batter in such fashion.

Good delivery

— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078)

Gone for zero

Bless Angelo Mathews for this leave + review 😅
— Ricky Mangidis (@rickm18)

Left the game

Angelo Mathews leave...
— Sunil Awasthi (@sa9321)

Stupid shot selections

Shot selection by Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews

Peak experience 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
— Indoosan (@Indooshan)

Curse for number 4

Babar Azam at No.4 today: 8th Test duck in 95th innings.

Angelo Mathews at No.4 today: 7th Test duck in 195th innings.
— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal)

Duck

Crikey, Angelo Mathews just left a ball from Woakes that ducked back in and would have taken the top of off
— Rhys Knott (@wrhys_writes)

Same old story

I’ve never seen Angelo Mathews play well. Fraud.
— Cricket Tragic (@CricketTragic5)

Misjudged

🔥 Double-wicket maiden for Chris Woakes! Angelo Mathews misjudges the line and gets trapped LBW for a duck. Sri Lanka struggling at 6/3! 😱
— Hemant Bhavsar (@hemantbhavsar86)

Terrible leave

GOODNIGHT VIENNA -- And another one goes, with Sri Lanka still on six. Terrible leave from Angelo Mathews to a Chris Woakes nip-backer and he's lbw playing no shot for a duck, despite his review. SRI 6-3, 7 overs.
— Julian Guyer (@stGuyer)

Duck for him too

Duck for Angelo Mathews too..

Going to be again a 2-3 days test..

Poor from SL senior pros first karunaratne then Mathews..
— shubham (@shubham_dimple)

ENG vs SL | Twitter stunned as Woakes inseamer leaves clueless Mathews without reply to trap him plumb

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