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Ajantha Mendis stats

Data through 17 February 2016Last updated 17 February 2016

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 10 April 2008 to 17 February 2016. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2008 and 2016, Ajantha Mendis appears in 19 Tests, 82 ODIs, 37 T20Is for Sri Lanka in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 136 wickets in ODIs at an average of 23.68 and an economy rate of 4.93.

International matches

138

Tests 19 · ODIs 82 · T20Is 37

International wickets

264

8 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

19 runs

Best bowling

6/8

T20I

Teams played for

Sri Lanka 2008–2015 · 138Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2010 · 7Lahore Qalandars 2016 · 4Sydney Thunder 2014 · 3Pune Warriors 2013 · 3Sylhet Super Stars 2015 · 1

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Ajantha Mendis batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	19	19	6	213	78	16.38	455	46.8	1	2	25	1
ODI	82	41	18	185	21*	8.04	261	70.9	0	10	16	2
T20I	37	8	5	8	4*	2.67	17	47.1	0	0	1	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	6	1	19	8	3.80	22	86.4	0	1	3	0

Runs per year

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Ajantha Mendis: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2008	73
2009	81
2010	93
2011	28
2012	4
2013	23
2014	95
2015	28
2016	0

Year-by-year batting (23 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2008	ODI	8	54	18.00	101.9	15	0
2008	Test	3	19	6.33	57.6	17	0
2009	ODI	11	32	4.00	39.5	8	0
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0
2009	T20I	2	4	–	200.0	4	0
2009	Test	8	45	11.25	41.7	27	0
2010	ODI	1	2	2.00	100.0	2	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	–	100.0	1	0
2010	T20I	2	3	1.50	25.0	2	0
2010	Test	4	87	21.75	40.3	78	1
2011	ODI	5	15	7.50	68.2	8	0
2011	T20I	2	0	–	0.0	0	0
2011	Test	2	13	–	65.0	12	0
2012	ODI	1	3	–	23.1	3	0
2012	T20I	1	1	1.00	50.0	1	0
2013	ODI	4	21	7.00	95.5	19	0
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	2	2.00	50.0	2	0
2013	T20I	1	0	–	–	0	0
2014	ODI	9	33	6.60	82.5	18	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	13	6.50	118.2	8	0
2014	Test	2	49	24.50	62.8	47	0
2015	ODI	2	25	25.00	89.3	21	0
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	3	3.00	60.0	3	0

Ajantha Mendis bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	31	4,730	2,434	70	6/99	10/209	34.77	3.09	67.6	9	4	118
ODI	79	3,920	3,221	136	6/13	–	23.68	4.93	28.8	9	2	30
T20I	37	837	920	58	6/8	–	15.86	6.59	14.4	3	2	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	18	408	495	15	3/17	–	33.00	7.28	27.2	0	0	0

Wickets per year

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Ajantha Mendis: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2008	72
2009	53
2010	33
2011	24
2012	16
2013	23
2014	50
2015	4
2016	4

Year-by-year bowling (28 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2008	ODI	16	42	10.88	3.61	6/13
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	1	24.00	6.00	1/24
2008	T20I	1	3	7.67	5.75	3/23
2008	Test	6	26	18.38	2.93	6/117
2009	ODI	18	18	42.28	5.11	3/29
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	39.00	7.31	2/19
2009	T20I	9	14	13.50	5.56	3/9
2009	Test	11	18	45.56	3.06	4/71
2010	ODI	5	6	37.50	4.89	2/21
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	2	2	33.00	8.25	2/22
2010	T20I	7	8	20.62	6.35	3/24
2010	Test	7	17	38.24	3.04	6/169
2011	ODI	12	16	25.19	4.12	4/46
2011	T20I	2	7	5.14	5.14	6/16
2011	Test	1	1	66.00	3.14	1/66
2012	ODI	1	1	54.00	6.75	1/54
2012	T20I	6	15	9.80	6.12	6/8
2013	ODI	7	14	22.86	4.81	4/51
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	39.00	6.50	1/15
2013	T20I	7	5	40.40	7.77	1/20
2013	Test	2	2	87.50	4.07	2/152
2014	ODI	16	35	23.17	5.99	4/60
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	3	25.00	6.25	2/15
2014	T20I	5	6	26.33	8.54	3/12
2014	Test	4	6	40.83	3.07	6/99
2015	ODI	4	4	47.50	7.92	2/46
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	10.25	0/41
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	4	23.50	7.83	3/17

Ajantha Mendis against each team

vs India vs Pakistan vs South Africa vs New Zealand vs West Indies vs England vs Bangladesh

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
India	Test	7	133	22.17	42.0	78	1
Pakistan	Test	4	6	2.00	35.3	5	0
India	ODI	13	50	5.56	54.3	8	0
West Indies	ODI	3	31	15.50	100.0	21	0
Bangladesh	ODI	3	23	23.00	153.3	15	0
Pakistan	ODI	4	20	10.00	83.3	19	0
England	ODI	3	9	4.50	52.9	5	0
Australia	ODI	4	7	3.50	46.7	7	0
New Zealand	ODI	3	7	3.50	43.8	4	0
South Africa	ODI	5	5	1.67	17.2	3	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
India	Test	10	34	29.00	3.20	6/117
Bangladesh	Test	6	15	30.87	3.51	6/99
West Indies	Test	4	11	27.64	2.85	6/169
Pakistan	Test	6	6	65.83	3.06	3/20
India	ODI	19	36	25.03	5.25	6/13
South Africa	ODI	8	21	15.86	4.98	4/51
England	ODI	9	14	30.36	5.47	3/33
Zimbabwe	ODI	6	13	12.69	3.84	4/15
West Indies	ODI	8	12	29.17	5.65	4/46
Pakistan	ODI	7	11	24.55	4.75	4/47
Australia	ODI	7	7	39.43	5.11	3/49
Bangladesh	ODI	5	7	28.29	4.79	2/29
New Zealand	ODI	6	6	35.50	4.55	3/35
West Indies	T20I	5	13	6.31	4.10	4/12
New Zealand	T20I	8	12	16.17	6.47	3/9
Australia	T20I	5	10	12.90	6.79	6/16
Pakistan	T20I	6	7	22.43	7.14	3/23
South Africa	T20I	4	3	48.67	9.12	1/31
England	T20I	3	0	–	9.25	0/19
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	90.00	7.50	1/21

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
P Sara Oval	3	81	40.50	78
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	1	47	47.00	47
R Premadasa Stadium	14	47	6.71	21
Green Park	2	33	33.00	27
Gaddafi Stadium	3	30	30.00	15
Zayed Cricket Stadium	2	19	–	19
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground	1	18	–	18
P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1	17	17.00	17
National Stadium, Karachi	3	17	8.50	8
Sophia Gardens	2	13	–	12

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
R Premadasa Stadium	30	52	22.02	4.87
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	12	25	18.00	4.70
Galle International Stadium	9	23	34.96	3.21
National Stadium, Karachi	6	16	19.75	3.21
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	7	16	30.31	3.00
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	7	12	26.50	4.94
Harare Sports Club	6	11	18.00	4.21
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	8	11	23.45	5.55
Trent Bridge	3	8	6.75	4.91
P Saravanamuttu Stadium	2	8	17.12	2.21

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	228	12	5.50
T20	Middle	0	4	0.0	0	747	37	6.84
T20	Death	27	35	77.1	8	270	24	7.87
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	186	6	4.29
ODI	Middle	34	79	43.0	5	3061	87	4.65
ODI	Death	151	182	83.0	18	673	43	6.37

How Ajantha Mendis was dismissed

Caught21 (48%)
Bowled12 (27%)
Lbw5 (11%)
Run out3 (7%)
Stumped2 (5%)
Caught and bowled1 (2%)

How Ajantha Mendis took wickets

Caught114
Lbw70
Bowled66
Stumped22
Caught and bowled7

Last 20 innings

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Ajantha Mendis: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
28 Jun 2013	2
26 Jul 2013	0
2 Aug 2013	0
27 Dec 2013	19
8 Jan 2014	8
11 Jan 2014	5
4 Feb 2014	47
28 Feb 2014	5
6 May 2014	18
31 May 2014	4
6 Jul 2014	0
9 Jul 2014	2
12 Jul 2014	0
24 Jul 2014	2
13 Nov 2014	4
16 Nov 2014	0
10 Dec 2014	0
1 Nov 2015	21
26 Nov 2015	3
26 Dec 2015	4

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
26 Dec 2015	ODI	New Zealand	4	8	caught	Hagley Oval
26 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	3	5	caught	Shere Bangla National Stadium
1 Nov 2015	ODI	West Indies	21*	20	not out	R Premadasa Stadium
10 Dec 2014	ODI	England	0	1	bowled	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
16 Nov 2014	ODI	India	0	1	caught	JSCA International Stadium Complex
13 Nov 2014	ODI	India	4	12	caught	Eden Gardens
24 Jul 2014	Test	South Africa	2	11	caught	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
12 Jul 2014	ODI	South Africa	0*	1	not out	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
9 Jul 2014	ODI	South Africa	2	6	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
6 Jul 2014	ODI	South Africa	0	7	caught	R Premadasa Stadium
31 May 2014	ODI	England	4*	1	not out	Lord's
6 May 2014	ODI	Ireland	18*	9	not out	Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
28 Feb 2014	ODI	India	5*	2	not out	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium
4 Feb 2014	Test	Bangladesh	47	67	lbw	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
11 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	5	6	caught	Bellerive Oval
8 Jan 2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Brisbane Heat	8	5	caught	Stadium Australia
27 Dec 2013	ODI	Pakistan	19*	14	not out	Zayed Cricket Stadium
2 Aug 2013	T20I	South Africa	0*	0	not out	R Premadasa Stadium
26 Jul 2013	ODI	South Africa	0	2	caught	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
28 Jun 2013	ODI	West Indies	2	5	caught	Sabina Park

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
17 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	0/31	3	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
10 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Islamabad United	0/23	2	0	Sharjah Cricket Stadium
8 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Quetta Gladiators	3/17	3	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
6 Feb 2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Peshawar Zalmi	1/23	4	0	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
26 Dec 2015	ODI	New Zealand	0/49	5	0	Hagley Oval
26 Nov 2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rangpur Riders	0/41	4	0	Shere Bangla National Stadium
7 Nov 2015	ODI	West Indies	2/51	8	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
4 Nov 2015	ODI	West Indies	0/44	7	0	R Premadasa Stadium
1 Nov 2015	ODI	West Indies	2/46	4	0	R Premadasa Stadium
10 Dec 2014	ODI	England	1/49	9	0	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
7 Dec 2014	ODI	England	3/56	9	0	R Premadasa Stadium
3 Dec 2014	ODI	England	0/53	5.4	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
29 Nov 2014	ODI	England	3/33	7	1	R Premadasa Stadium
26 Nov 2014	ODI	England	2/55	9	0	R Premadasa Stadium
16 Nov 2014	ODI	India	4/73	9.4	0	JSCA International Stadium Complex
13 Nov 2014	ODI	India	0/70	7	0	Eden Gardens
24 Jul 2014	Test	South Africa	0/17	13	8	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
24 Jul 2014	Test	South Africa	0/68	21	1	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
12 Jul 2014	ODI	South Africa	2/48	7	0	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium
9 Jul 2014	ODI	South Africa	2/18	6.1	2	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Ajantha Mendis bowled to most

VVS Laxman vs Ajantha Mendis334 balls
MS Dhoni vs Ajantha Mendis275 balls
Sachin Tendulkar vs Ajantha Mendis275 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Ajantha Mendis taken in Tests?

70 wickets in 31 innings at an average of 34.77, economy 3.09, best figures 6/99.

How many wickets has Ajantha Mendis taken in ODIs?

136 wickets in 79 innings at an average of 23.68, economy 4.93, best figures 6/13.

How many runs has Ajantha Mendis scored in Tests?

213 runs in 19 innings (19 matches) at an average of 16.38 and a strike rate of 46.8, in the data from 2008 to 2014.

How many runs has Ajantha Mendis scored in ODIs?

185 runs in 41 innings (82 matches) at an average of 8.04 and a strike rate of 70.9, in the data from 2008 to 2015.

How many runs has Ajantha Mendis scored in T20Is?

8 runs in 8 innings (37 matches) at an average of 2.67 and a strike rate of 47.1, in the data from 2008 to 2014.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.