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	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series 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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Siddharth Trivedi

Siddharth Trivedi

India

Player profile

Full name Siddharth Kishorkumar Trivedi
Born September 4, 1982, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Current age 25 years 309 days
Major teams Air India, Gujarat, India Red, Rajasthan Royals, Reebok XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
First-class	43	61	22	520	51*	13.33			0	2			6	0
List A	47	29	9	142	21*	7.10	201	70.64	0	0			12	0
Twenty20	22	6	4	22	12	11.00	19	115.78	0	0	1	0	3	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	43		8529	3863	160	6/52		24.14	2.71	53.3	9	10	1
List A	47		2208	1776	59	4/40	4/40	30.10	4.82	37.4	1	0	0
Twenty20	22	22	444	601	19	2/22	2/22	31.63	8.12	23.3	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	North Zone v West Zone at Mumbai, Feb 19-22, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2002/02
Last List A	South Zone v West Zone at Bangalore, Mar 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Gujarat v Mumbai at Mumbai (BS), Apr 4, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard

Profile

Recognition from India's selectors came early for Siddharth Trivedi. He made his first-class debut only in the 2002-03 season, and his nippy medium-pace also earned him a slot at the ICC under-19 World Cup in early 2002, where he took nine wickets in seven games. Noticed as one of India's promising youngsters, he won the Border-Gavaskar Scholarship to train for five weeks at the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in Australia. On his return to India, he was drafted into the ranks of India B for the 2003 Challenger Trophy, but there are still many contenders ahead of him for slots in the Indian pace attack. (Samanth Subramanian)