Mendis

None of the battery of seamers they tried in their recent series in England looked at all threatening, while their spin options include the solid but unspectacular Rangana Herath 27 Tests, average 37, the relatively untested Suraj Randiv, and the great imponderable, Ajantha Mendis.

Calling All Seamers! This Is Cricket's Bowling Crisis Richard Lord 2011

Sri Lanka fiddled with their side, ditching the left-arm spinner Rangana Herath but more pertinently dropping Ajantha Mendis, the mystery bowler who – so it is said – has been worked out by Indian batsmen.

India's defeat of Sri Lanka feels like a destiny fulfilled | Mike Selvey 2011

Associated Press Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis It's much easier to preserve your body and play for longer if you stick to the game's shorter formats.

Bowling Is Taking a Battering Richard Lord 2011

Tennekoon made 48, but Sunil Wettimuny and Duleep Mendis retired hurt and when Ranjit Fernando had so many ice packs applied on bruises that he enquired if it would be easier if he just got into a fridge.

The speech that set free Sri Lanka cricket and glued a troubled nation | David Hopps 2011

None of the battery of seamers they tried in their recent series in England looked at all threatening, while their spin options include the solid but unspectacular Rangana Herath 27 Tests, average 37, the relatively untested Suraj Randiv, and the great imponderable, Ajantha Mendis.

Bowling Is Taking a Battering Richard Lord 2011

He refused to imagine that Mendis, his latest spin-bowling tormentor, is "mysteriously spinning me out", but Mendis now counts Pietersen three times among only nine ODI wickets so he must be doing something right.

Kevin Pietersen on the defensive over England's misfiring batsmen 2011

He refused to imagine that Mendis, his latest spin-bowling tormentor, is "mysteriously spinning me out", but Mendis now counts Pietersen three times among only nine ODI wickets so he must be doing something right.

Kevin Pietersen on the defensive over England's misfiring batsmen 2011

Pietersen, who has fallen three times trying to quicken the rate, each time to the inexperienced leg-break bowler Jeevan Mendis, could easily be depicted as a victim of overcaution elsewhere, but he remains scrupulously loyal as he tries to adjust to England's three-captain system.

Kevin Pietersen on the defensive over England's misfiring batsmen 2011

Pietersen, who has fallen three times trying to quicken the rate, each time to the inexperienced leg-break bowler Jeevan Mendis, could easily be depicted as a victim of overcaution elsewhere, but he remains scrupulously loyal as he tries to adjust to England's three-captain system.

Kevin Pietersen on the defensive over England's misfiring batsmen 2011

The airline plans to offer the same flights as Starbow, targeting first-time fliers and Chinese immigrants, says Chief Operations Officer Sean Mendis .

West African Skies Beckon More Carriers Drew Hinshaw 2011