Graeme Swann says he can only dream of adding the unorthodox tricks of Ajantha Mendis to his game.
Hampshire have signed Ajantha Mendis as their overseas player for next season.
The Sri Lankans have sprung a couple of surprises in their squad for the ICC World Twenty20.
Ajantha Mendis became the quickest to 50 ODI wickets during Sri Lanka's 130-run victory over Zimbabwe in Dhaka.
Tillakaratne Dilshan starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 465 runs to seal a 2-0 series win.
Fit-again spinner Ajantha Mendis has teamed up with Sri Lanka's squad in Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka will be without spinner Ajantha Mandis for their tour of Bangladesh due to an ankle injury.
A spectacular first-innings collapse resulted in Zimbabwe losing the opening ODI against Sri Lanka by six wickets in Harare.
A mixture of youth and experience inspired Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Canada Twenty20 final in King City.
Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive Duleep Mendis is aiming to persuade his country's best cricketers to tour England next year.
Ajantha Mendis continued his breathtaking introduction to Test match cricket by taking 5-56 to help dismiss India for 249 in Colombo.
India travel to Galle looking to bounce back from their heaviest ever defeat to Sri Lanka in the first Test at Colombo.
Mahela Jayawardene said Sri Lanka had played 'a perfect game' during the first-Test win over India.
Spin duo Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis bowled Sri Lanka to victory by an innings and 239 runs in the first Test against India.
Sri Lanka have included unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis in their 14-man squad for the first Test against India.
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene is looking forward to pairing new sensation Ajantha Mendis with Muttiah Muralitharan.
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has praised young spinner Ajantha Mendis after he bamboozled the West Indies batsmen on his debut.

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