Mendis in a sentence

After Nissanka fell, Mendis marched forward to hit ten fours in his classy 63-ball 78, and his 105-run partnership with Samarawickrama fired Sri Lanka towards a big total.

Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva and Charith Asalanka all failed to fire.

Skipper Kusal Mendis, opener Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama have been among the runs to an extent, without making a winning impact.

A huge shout for catch behind by Mendis but the bowler isn't interested.

Already one to the good from the previous evening, he wiped out the well-set Chandimal and in-form Kamindu Mendis with the old ball before tea and then returned to nip out two more after its replacement came out.

And that was enough time for them to lose two wickets, with both Nishan Madushka and Kusal Mendis out for ducks.

Chandimal and Dhananjaya added 95 runs for the sixth wicket, while Chandimal and Mendis combined for 75. Despite conditions easing for batting, South Africa’s bowlers eventually found breakthroughs.

England lost opener Ben Duckett early when he edged to wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis for 11 and Pope soon followed him back to the pavilion, caught at slip for six.

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Leading the way was Kusal Mendis, who bludgeoned an unbeaten 56 off 22 deliveries after opener Pathum Nissanka was earlier run out while on 56.

Mendis and Avishka Fernando pressed forward in the first Powerplay after the aforementioned batter was dropped on 11, eventually moving to his half-century in 64 balls.

Mendis could add his name to that list, but in order to reach the milestone in 11 Tests he would have needed to score at least 191 runs in the second innings against New Zealand, instead he managed 13.

Mitchell and Bracewell lifted New Zealand to a solid total which was still made to look reachable under the early onslaught from Nissanka and Mendis.

Scores of 17 from Hardy and Jeevan Mendis were as good as it got for the Lions as Pradeep led his side’s fightback into the contest.

Sri Lanka captain Dhanajaya de Silva said Kamindu Mendis had significantly strengthened his team's middle-order batting following their 2-0 series sweep of New Zealand on Sunday.

Sri Lanka took complete control of the second test against New Zealand yesterday as batting sensation Kamindu Mendis scored the fifth century of his young career and helped the hosts post a mammoth 602-5 declared on day two in Galle.

Struck with the new ball in both innings and took the big wicket of the impressive Mendis in the second, when he at times bowled too full.

There are outstanding performances here from Ellis-Taylor, Herisse and Wilson, and Jomo Fray’s cinematography and Nora Mendis’s production design are exceptional too.

West Indies were let down my loose fielding especially in the last game, highlighted by captain Kieron Pollard putting down Kusal Mendis on two, and the right-hander cashing in to register his second ODI hundred.

After Fernando’s assault, Kusal Mendis (41) and Angelo Mathews (52) steered the team home.