Ajantha Mendis

Swann hails 'exciting' Mendis

Wednesday 23rd September 21:36

Graeme Swann says he can only dream of adding the unorthodox tricks of Ajantha Mendis to his game.

Mendis agrees Hampshire deal

Monday 17th August 11:27

Hampshire have signed Ajantha Mendis as their overseas player for next season.

Sangakkara to lead Sri Lanka

Monday 4th May 11:30

The Sri Lankans have sprung a couple of surprises in their squad for the ICC World Twenty20.

Sri Lanka claim facile win

Monday 12th January 10:17

Ajantha Mendis became the quickest to 50 ODI wickets during Sri Lanka's 130-run victory over Zimbabwe in Dhaka.

Dilshan destroys Bangladesh

Tuesday 6th January 10:27

Tillakaratne Dilshan starred with both bat and ball as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 465 runs to seal a 2-0 series win.

Mendis ready to return

Monday 29th December 09:47

Fit-again spinner Ajantha Mendis has teamed up with Sri Lanka's squad in Bangladesh.

Mendis misses out

Thursday 11th December 12:14

Sri Lanka will be without spinner Ajantha Mandis for their tour of Bangladesh due to an ankle injury.

Zimbabwe spun out in Harare

Thursday 20th November 14:17

A spectacular first-innings collapse resulted in Zimbabwe losing the opening ODI against Sri Lanka by six wickets in Harare.

Sri Lanka reign at King City

Tuesday 14th October 08:52

A mixture of youth and experience inspired Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Canada Twenty20 final in King City.

SLC hope stars will tour England

Saturday 6th September 13:57

Sri Lanka Cricket chief executive Duleep Mendis is aiming to persuade his country's best cricketers to tour England next year.

Mendis magic stalls India

Friday 8th August 14:16

Ajantha Mendis continued his breathtaking introduction to Test match cricket by taking 5-56 to help dismiss India for 249 in Colombo.

India target Galle response

Tuesday 29th July 10:22

India travel to Galle looking to bounce back from their heaviest ever defeat to Sri Lanka in the first Test at Colombo.

Jayawardene hails 'perfect' win

Saturday 26th July 16:06

Mahela Jayawardene said Sri Lanka had played 'a perfect game' during the first-Test win over India.

Murali, Mendis rip India apart

Saturday 26th July 12:11

Spin duo Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis bowled Sri Lanka to victory by an innings and 239 runs in the first Test against India.

Mendis set for Test debut

Monday 21st July 16:57

Sri Lanka have included unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis in their 14-man squad for the first Test against India.

Positive spin for Sri Lanka

Monday 7th July 14:08

Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene is looking forward to pairing new sensation Ajantha Mendis with Muttiah Muralitharan.

Bayliss hails young spinner

Friday 11th April 15:51

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has praised young spinner Ajantha Mendis after he bamboozled the West Indies batsmen on his debut.