BENGALURU: Four years ago, on a balmy day in June, an unfancied Sri Lanka upset England at Headingley to add spice to the World Cup. On Thursday when the two teams go out to play a do-or-die contest, the Islanders will seek inspiration from one of the architects of that famous win - Angelo Mathews.
Mathews scored an unbeaten 115-ball-85 before Lasith Malinga worked his magic to beat England. Back then, Mathews was among linchpins. In an anti-climax thereafter, his form dipped and the outlook of the national selectors changed and they made wholesale changes to blood youngsters.
