Wednesday, February 24, 2010

sachin on a double century in oneday cricket

The history is here.. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on a 200!!!!!
Can you believe it? I just saw it!!! My dears...
Sachin makes a new record on oneday cricket of making a double century in one day cricket against south africa of just 147 balls..Its for the first time in cricket history

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Ajantha Mendis


Ajantha Mendis

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis
Born March 11, 1985, Moratuwa
Current age 23 years 120 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm slow-medium

Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 8 4 3 46 15* 46.00 29 158.62 0 0 6 0 1 0
First-class 19 30 0 387 37 12.90 644 60.09 0 0 37 3 9 0
List A 27 19 6 373 71* 28.69 372 100.26 0 2 36 7 5 0
Twenty20 7 6 2 15 9 3.75 21 71.42 0 0 2 0 3 0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 8 7 336 205 20 6/13 6/13 10.25 3.66 16.8 1 2 0
First-class 19 35 3654 1615 111 7/37 10/74 14.54 2.65 32.9 10 7 1
List A 27 24 1130 629 57 6/13 6/13 11.03 3.33 19.8 3 2 0
Twenty20 7 7 138 122 6 2/15 2/15 20.33 5.30 23.0 0 0 0

Career statistics
ODI debut West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut Lankan Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Welisara, Nov 17-19, 2006 scorecard
Last First-class Sri Lanka Army v Moratuwa Sports Club at Panagoda, Mar 21-23, 2008 scorecard
List A debut Sri Lanka Army v Lankan Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Nov 8, 2006 scorecard
Last List A India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Sri Lanka Army v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Feb 28, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008 scorecard
Profile

Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is. Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008. After impressing on debut in the Caribbean, Mendis only grew in stature - in particular, because of his 'flicker', which he releases with an unusual snap of his fingers. In a short span Mendis has flummoxed some international batsmen who've played spin pretty well in their careers. Just ask the Indians, who were clueless against him in the Asia Cup final, where Mendis netted 6 for 13 in his eighth one-day international. His 17 wickets in the tournament duly earned him the Man-of-the-Series award.
Cricinfo Staff July 2008


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Latest Photos

Jul 9, 2008

Ajantha Mendis was in demand after his sensational Asia Cup
Ajantha Mendis was in demand after his sensational Asia Cup
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Jul 9, 2008

Ajantha Mendis arrives at Colombo airport
Ajantha Mendis arrives at Colombo airport
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Jul 6, 2008

Sri Lanka are overjoyed as Ajantha Mendis runs through India
Sri Lanka are overjoyed as Ajantha Mendis runs through India
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