Ajantha Mendis – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameBalapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis

Born11 Mar 1985

Age41 Years

NationalitySri Lanka

RoleBowler/Right-arm off spin, leg spin, Right-handed Batsman

Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	19	213	16.38	46.81	70	3.08
ODI	87	188	8.17	71.48	152	4.80
T20I	39	8	2.66	47.05	66	6.45
T20	129	214	6.68	86.99	170	7.00
List A	163	870	14.74	83.49	287	4.52
First-class	81	1889	17.99	69.27	307	3.24
T10	3	8	–	133.33	2	14.80

Family

RelationsYoshini Mendis (Spouse), Rasika Mendis (Sister), Asanka Marlon Mendis (Brother), Aruni Mendis (Sister)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	19	19	6	213	78	16.38	455	46.81	0	1	25	1	2
ODI	87	42	19	188	21	8.17	263	71.48	0	0	16	2	15
T20I	39	8	5	8	4	2.66	17	47.05	0	0	1	0	6
T20	129	49	17	214	27	6.68	246	86.99	0	0	16	7	29
List A	163	88	29	870	71	14.74	1042	83.49	0	2	71	22	36
First-class	81	112	7	1889	101	17.99	2727	69.27	1	7	193	57	25
T10	3	1	1	8	8	–	6	133.33	0	0	1	0	0

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	19	31	788.2	2434	70	10/209	34.77	3.08	4	1
ODI	87	84	692.2	3324	152	6/13	21.86	4.80	3	0
T20I	39	39	147.3	952	66	6/8	14.42	6.45	2	0
T20	129	128	461.1	3230	170	6/8	19.00	7.00	2	0
List A	163	155	1235.3	5586	287	7/23	19.46	4.52	5	0
First-class	81	124	2205.1	7147	307	11/105	23.28	3.24	18	3
T10	3	3	5	74	2	2/24	37.00	14.80	0	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	10	3	2	1.50	50.00	8	7.13
Big Bash League	3	13	8	6.50	118.18	3	6.25
Pakistan Super League	4	0	0	–	–	4	7.83
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	21	6	4	3.00	60.00	35	9.65
Asia Cup	8	51	15	51.00	164.52	26	3.99
ICC Champions Trophy	3	8	5	4.00	38.10	3	4.56
ICC Cricket World Cup	6	0	0	–	0.00	7	3.14

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Ireland	1	4	4	–	400.00
New Zealand	2	2	2	1.00	33.33
Australia	2	1	1	1.00	12.50
West Indies	1	1	1	1.00	50.00
Pakistan	1	0	0	–	–
South Africa	1	0	0	–	–

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
West Indies	5	13	82	6.31	6.83	5.54
New Zealand	8	12	194	16.17	7.46	13.00
Australia	5	10	129	12.90	6.79	11.40
Zimbabwe	3	10	32	3.20	5.33	3.60
Pakistan	6	7	157	22.43	8.72	15.43
South Africa	4	3	146	48.67	9.13	32.00
Ireland	1	2	22	11.00	5.50	12.00
Bangladesh	2	2	50	25.00	6.25	24.00
England	3	0	111	–	13.88	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	13	50	8	5.56	54.35
West Indies	3	31	21	15.50	100.00
Bangladesh	3	23	15	23.00	153.33
Pakistan	4	20	19	10.00	83.33
Ireland	1	18	18	18.00	200.00
England	3	9	5	4.50	52.94
Australia	4	7	7	3.50	46.67
New Zealand	3	7	4	3.50	43.75
South Africa	5	5	3	1.25	17.24
Zimbabwe	2	3	3	–	75.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
India	19	36	901	25.03	5.25	28.58
Zimbabwe	8	22	209	9.50	3.65	15.64
South Africa	8	21	333	15.86	4.98	19.10
England	9	14	425	30.36	5.47	33.29
West Indies	8	12	350	29.17	6.60	26.50
Pakistan	7	11	270	24.55	4.75	31.00
Bangladesh	6	10	222	22.20	4.35	30.60
Australia	7	7	276	39.43	5.11	46.29
New Zealand	6	6	213	35.50	5.09	41.83
Ireland	1	3	27	9.00	2.70	20.00
Afghanistan	1	3	11	3.67	1.57	14.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
India	7	133	78	22.17	41.96	1
Bangladesh	2	53	47	53.00	73.61	0
England	2	13	12	13.00	65.00	0
Pakistan	4	6	5	2.00	35.29	0
West Indies	2	6	4	3.00	33.33	0
South Africa	1	2	2	2.00	18.18	0
New Zealand	1	0	0	–	–	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
India	10	34	986	29.00	4.01	43.44
Bangladesh	6	15	463	30.87	3.51	52.73
West Indies	4	11	304	27.64	15.59	10.64
Pakistan	6	6	395	65.83	3.06	129.00
New Zealand	2	3	135	45.00	2.33	115.67
England	1	1	66	66.00	3.14	126.00
South Africa	2	0	85	–	–	–

Last 10 innings · batting

6vs KSO

8*vs BLK

0vs WI-L

9*vs IND-L

17vs AUS-L

14vs SG

1vs WI

0*vs NZ

1vs AUS

3vs NZ

T20 vs KSO27 Mar 2026 · b JB Karia 6(10) T10 vs BLK6 Mar 2022 · Not out 8*(6) T20 vs WI-L6 Mar 2021 · b TL Best 0(1) T20 vs IND-L10 Mar 2020 · Not out 9*(6) T20 vs AUS-L8 Mar 2020 · st B Haddin b J Krejza 17(18) Other vs SG12 Dec 2019 · c J Naveed b A Imran 14(7) T20I vs WI7 Oct 2012 · c D Bravo b M Samuels 1(2) ODI vs NZ18 Mar 2011 · Not out 0*(2) T20I vs AUS9 May 2010 · b M Johnson 1(7) ODI vs NZ27 Sep 2009 · c D Vettori b D Tuffey 3(6)

Last 10 innings · bowling

2/26vs IC

0/39vs PKL

0/11vs BLK

2/24vs PKL

1/10vs SA-L

2/28vs SG

0/52vs ENG

3/12vs NED

1/44vs SA

4/12vs WI

T20 vs IC25 Sep 2022 2/26 T10 vs PKL7 Mar 2022 0/39 T10 vs BLK6 Mar 2022 0/11 T10 vs PKL6 Mar 2022 2/24 T20 vs SA-L8 Mar 2021 1/10 Other vs SG12 Dec 2019 2/28 T20I vs ENG27 Mar 2014 0/52 T20I vs NED24 Mar 2014 3/12 T20I vs SA22 Mar 2014 1/44 T20I vs WI7 Oct 2012 4/12

About Ajantha Mendis

Ajantha Mendis Biography

Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslow Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who played for the Sri Lankan Cricket team in all three formats. Standing 5ft 9in, he was born on 11th March 1985 at Moratuwa.

He bowls both right-arm off spin and leg spin and is known for his mystery bowling as batsman find it difficult to read the ball. He is a good batsman for a tail ender and has a Test fifty to his name.

He still has the best bowling figure in T20I of 6/8 against Zimbabwe on 18 September 2012 and the only player to have claimed 6 wickets twice in an innings in T20I.

Background

In the year 2000, he played in the Under-15 match representing his school and played the big matches and claiming the best-bowler award in both 2001 and 2002. He was impressive in the match against Army Under-23 and was invited to work in the regular Sri Lankan Army as a Gunner in the Sri Lanka Artillery.

He represented the Army in 23 limited over matches, claiming 38 wickets and 59 two/three-day matches, getting 244 wickets.

Debut

Ajantha made his ODI debut in a match against West Indies at Port of Spain in April 2008. Mendis finished with the figures of 3/39 with Chris Gayle being his first victim.

Three months later, he played his maiden Test in the India's tour of Sri Lanka where the hosts registered an innings victory, as Mendis claimed four wicket hauls in both the innings.

His debut in the shortest format of the game came against Zimbabwe in October 2008, when he demolished Zimbabwe’s batting line up with the figures of 4/15, claiming the Man of the Match award.

Rise to Glory

After an impressive debut against Zimbabwe in the T20 Canada tournament, he went to claim 11 wickets while conceding just 55 runs against Canada, Zimbabwe, and Pakistan. He was later adjourned the Man of the Series award.

In the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England, he was the third highest wicket-taker in the tournament and was a contender for the Player of the Tournament award.

He picked up the first six-wicket haul in the Asia Cup final against India with a figure of 6/13. He won the Man of the Series award after finishing the series with 17 wickets.

Low Points

Mendis soon lost his place in the Sri Lankan side as he was over-reliant on the mystery ball which affected the quality of his stock ball and he became predictable by the batsman.

In the second half of 2014, he suffered a severe back injury similar to disc fracture in the back and was not able to bowl in that period. With rehab and adequate rest, he played for Lahore Qalandars in Pakistan Super League.

Club Career

He plays for Wayamba in the first-class cricket competition known as the Inter-Provincial Tournament, and the Twenty20 competition known as the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 since 2007. Somerset in the County cricket in 2011, Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2008-2009 season before moving to the Pune Warriors India for a whopping $725,000 in the 2013 season.

Records

Ajantha Mendis holds the record of claiming the fastest 50 wickets in ODI by reaching the mark in just 19 matches.

While playing in the Provincial Tournament 2008 representing Wayamba Province he became the most successful bowler by taking 68 wickets in nine matches, which is also a record in any form of domestic cricket.

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