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Squad


	Graeme Smith (c)

	Ashwell Prince (vc)

	Hashim Amla

	Mark Boucher (wk)

	AB de Villiers

	Jean-Paul Duminy

	Paul Harris

	Jacques Kallis

	Neil McKenzie

	Morne Morkel

	Makhaya Ntini

	Robin Peterson

	Dale Steyn

	Monde Zondeki

	Charl Langeveldt

Duleep Mendis

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis
Born August 25, 1952, Moratuwa
Current age 55 years 314 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.