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Ajantha Mendis
Sri Lanka
Player profile
Full name Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis
Born March 11, 1985, Moratuwa
Current age 23 years 115 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm slow-medium
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| ODIs |
7 |
3 |
3 |
38 |
15* |
- |
25 |
152.00 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
19 |
30 |
0 |
387 |
37 |
12.90 |
644 |
60.09 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
| List A |
26 |
18 |
6 |
365 |
71* |
30.41 |
368 |
99.18 |
0 |
2 |
34 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
9 |
3.75 |
21 |
71.42 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| ODIs |
7 |
6 |
288 |
192 |
14 |
5/22 |
5/22 |
13.71 |
4.00 |
20.5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
19 |
35 |
3654 |
1615 |
111 |
7/37 |
10/74 |
14.54 |
2.65 |
32.9 |
10 |
7 |
1 |
| List A |
26 |
23 |
1082 |
616 |
51 |
5/22 |
5/22 |
12.07 |
3.41 |
21.2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
7 |
7 |
138 |
122 |
6 |
2/15 |
2/15 |
20.33 |
5.30 |
23.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| ODI debut |
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jun 30, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
Lankan Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Welisara, Nov 17-19, 2006 scorecard |
| Last First-class |
Sri Lanka Army v Moratuwa Sports Club at Panagoda, Mar 21-23, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
Sri Lanka Army v Lankan Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Nov 8, 2006 scorecard |
| Last List A |
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jun 30, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Sri Lanka Army v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Feb 28, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008 scorecard |
Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is. Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008.
Cricinfo Staff March 2008
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Ajantha Mendis completes a run-out
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Jun 30, 2008 |
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Ajantha Mendis and his team-mates are all smiles after a Bangladesh wicket
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Jun 28, 2008 |
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Ajantha Mendis has a moment to himself
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