Jeevan Mendis

Jeevan Mendis
ජීවන් මෙන්ඩිස්
Personal information
Full name Balapuwaduge Manukulasuriya Amith Jeevan Mendis
Born (1983-01-15) 15 January 1983
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Leg break
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 145) 1 June 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 25 January 2015 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 38) 25 July 2011 v England
Last T20I 16 March 2018 v Bangladesh
T20I shirt no. 88
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001 Bloomfield
2002–2008 Sinhalese
2008–present Tamil Union
2008–2010 Kandurata
2010 Dhaka Division
2011 Ruhuna
2012 Basnahira Cricket Dundee
2012 Sydney Sixers
2013 Delhi Daredevils
2013 Uthura
2014 Yaal Blazers
2014 Barbados Tridents
2015 Chittagong Vikings
2016 Barisal Bulls
2017–present Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 54 22 142 186
Runs scored 604 208 6,883 3,024
Batting average 20.13 18.91 35.84 23.44
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 18/31 0/13
Top score 72 43* 206* 99*
Balls bowled 1,337 210 13,040 4,732
Wickets 28 12 276 128
Bowling average 40.50 20.75 26.89 29.15
5 wickets in innings 0 0 14 2
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/15 3/24 6/37 5/12
Catches/stumpings 13/– 7/– 114/– 62/1
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 March 2018

Balapuwaduge Manukulasuriya Amith Jeevan Mendis (Sinhalese: ජීවන් මෙන්ඩිස්; born 15 January 1983) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who plays limited over internationals. An all-rounder who bowls leg spin, Mendis has represented Sri Lanka in the 2012 World Twenty20 and 2015 World Cup. Domestically, he plays for Tamil Union in Sri Lanka, and is also playing for Derbyshire in England during 2017.

Youth Career

Mendis was born in Colombo and went to S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. A left-handed batsman, he debuted in 2000/01 and the following season captained the Under-19 team to victory in a one-day game. He represented the Sri Lankan A side in 2005. He held the best bowling figures in U19 Cricket World Cup history where he recorded 7/20 v Zimbabwe U19's until his record was surpassed by Australia's Jason Ralston (7/19) at the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[1] He is the only Sri Lankan to pick up a 7 wicket haul in a U19 ODI.[2][3]

Domestic career

In Sri Lankan domestic cricket, Mendis has played for Tamil Union since the 2008–09 season. During the first half of the 2017 season, he is playing for Derbyshire in England as an overseas player.[4]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[5][6] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7]

In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's sqaud the 2018 SLC T20 League.[8]

International career

He debuted in the Zimbabwe Triangular series in the 3rd Match on 1 June 2010. He did not get any opportunity to bat as his number didn't come up, but he bowled 4 overs, giving 12 runs, and took two wickets. He got a chance to bat in his second ODI and scored a decent 35 off 35 balls. He has also played for Dhaka Dynamites in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

In the opening match of T20 World Cup 2012 against Zimbabwe at Hambantota, he came to the crease at 82/3 after 11.3 overs and scored a 43* from 30 balls, hitting 4 fours and a six and scripted a game-changing 49 ball 94 runs partnership with Kumar Sangakkara (44 off 26 balls) to help his side reach 182/4. With the ball, he took 3/24 from his 4 overs and ably assisted spin partner Ajantha Mendis, who took a record 6/8 from his 4 overs.

Jeevan Mendis
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam

After three years of break in international arena, Mendis was surprisingly picked up for the Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh in February 2018.[9] He played his comeback match on 15 February 2018 and took two wickets for just 21 runs. Sri Lanka won the match by 6 wickets.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jason Ralston claims best bowling figures at ICC U-19 World Cup". The Indian Express. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ↑ "Jeevan Mendis: Derbyshire sign Sri Lanka all-rounder". BBC Sport. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sri Lanka pick Asitha for T20 series, Jeevan Mendis returns". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka Tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Feb 15 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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