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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Superman101" data-source="post: 20612228" data-attributes="member: 541147">ඔව් ඔය වෙලාවේ විකට් එකක් දෙකක් වැටිලා මැච් එක පැරදුනානම් ඔහොම්මම කියයි. ඕක නෙමෙයි සිද්දිය මැතිව්ස් ගේ පලවෙනි ටෙස්ට් 100 ගහපු විදිය.මෙන්න cricinfo ආර්ටිකල් එක, Test cricket died a little in Colombo today. With a match for the winning and a series to be saved, Angelo Mathews was so consumed by his personal goal that he all but forgot about Sri Lanka's. To score a first Test century is a significant achievement, not least on  the subcontinent, where statistical milestones carry plenty of meaning  in themselves. But the way Mathews went about getting there, draining  the match of much of its remaining life, did a good deal of harm to the  game. Cricket is often described as a team game for individuals, and there are  times when the single-minded pursuit of a century can be precisely what  the side requires. Sri Lanka needed Mathews to add to the lead, and to  occupy the crease for time in the company of the tail. What they did not  need was for him to choke up the flow of runs so comprehensively that  only 45 runs seeped from 19 overs on the fourth morning, as Australia  sat back in the knowledge that a draw would win them the series. Every delivery that Mathews dead-batted cost his team, and gave  Australia a greater chance of evading defeat. Every single he refused  lessened the hosts' chances of winning the match, squaring the series  and keeping fourth spot in the ICC rankings. And every over of hesitance  and indecision reflected badly on Mathews, Sri Lanka and the game  itself. </blockquote>

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