Ajantha Mendis

ICC World Twenty20: Sri Lanka and Pakistan say there is more to their clash than spin

Wednesday 3rd October 11:32

Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene and Pakistan skipper Mohammad Hafeez have played down the hype around their respective spinners ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 semi-final.

Mendis: I'm back to my best

Tuesday 11th September 16:48

Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis says he is ready to bowl all five of his delivery variations at the upcoming ICC World Twenty20.

Sri Lanka put faith in Mendis

Tuesday 22nd November 13:31

Sri Lanka have preferred Ajantha Mendis to Suraj Randiv in their 16-man Test squad for the forthcoming tour of South Africa.

Aussies banking on experience

Tuesday 9th August 14:32

Australia will look to their experienced players to get them back to winning ways in Sri Lanka.

Somerset overcome Outlaws

Sunday 24th April 19:22

Craig Kieswetter hit a century as Somerset got their first win of the season against Notts in the CB40.

Muralitharan could be ready

Wednesday 23rd March 11:18

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss is confident Muttiah Muralitharan will recover from a hamstring injury to face England.

Somerset swoop for Mendis

Thursday 10th February 15:47

Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has agreed a deal to play for Somerset in the early matches of the 2011 season.

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.