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Full name Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis
Born August 25, 1952, Moratuwa
Current age 56 years 50 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Sinhalese Sports Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Administrator
Relations Nephew - BGAS Mendis
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
24
43
1
1329
124
31.64
4
8
11
9
0
ODIs
79
74
9
1527
80
23.49
2034
75.07
0
7
14
0
First-class
121
190
16
6233
194
35.82
12
35
49
1
List A
111
105
14
2554
105*
28.06
1
14
24
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
79
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
121
90
52
1
1/4
52.00
3.46
90.0
0
0
List A
111
12
7
0
-
-
-
3.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Feb 17-21, 1982 scorecard
Last Test
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, Aug 25-30, 1988 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Mar 24, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1971/72 - 1990/91
List A span
1973/74 - 1990/91
Profile
Wisden Overview A strong, burly, wristy batsman capable of destroying attacks at any level when the mood took him, Mendis played in key part in Sri Lanka's early days as a Test-playing country. Mendis, who had first played for Sri Lanka in 1972 while at school but was almost 30 when they played their first Test, made a shaky start, but quickly found his feet, despite having the additional burden of captaining the side from their third Test. He hit 105 in both innings against India at Madras 1982-83, and nearly repeated the feat two years later against England at Lord's, with 111 and 94. Considering the circumstances, he performed admirably leading Sri Lanka to its inaugural Test and series victory against India in 1985-86, scoring 310 runs at 62.00. Following his hundred against Pakistan the following winter he went into a steady decline, scoring only two fifties in his last 10 Tests. He was replaced as captain by Ranjan Madugalle for the tour to England in 1988, where he signed off with 56 in his final Test at Lord's. He remained in the public eye, with Sri Lanka's World Cup success coming while he was managing the side.
