PLAYER CAREER

Ajantha Mendis

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Sri Lanka2008–2015

145Internationals

409Career runs

0Centuries

288Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 19
Innings: 19
Runs: 213
Average: 16.38
Strike rate: 46.81
Highest score: 78
Not outs: 6
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 2
4s: 25
6s: 1
Balls faced: 455

Bowling

Matches: 19
Innings: 31
Balls: 4,730
Maidens: 118
Runs conceded: 2,434
Wickets: 70
Average: 34.77
Economy: 3.08
Strike rate: 67.57
Best innings: 6/99
Best match: 10/209
4 wickets: 5
5 wickets: 4
10 wickets: 1

Fielding

Matches: 19
Innings: 31
Catches: 2
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 2
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 2
Dismissals / inns: 0.064
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 87
Innings: 42
Runs: 188
Average: 8.17
Strike rate: 71.48
Highest score: 21*
Not outs: 19
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 10
4s: 16
6s: 2
Balls faced: 263

Bowling

Matches: 87
Innings: 84
Balls: 4,154
Maidens: 34
Runs conceded: 3,324
Wickets: 152
Average: 21.86
Economy: 4.80
Strike rate: 27.32
Best innings: 6/13
Best match: 6/13
4 wickets: 7
5 wickets: 3
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 87
Innings: 85
Catches: 15
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 15
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 15
Dismissals / inns: 0.176
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 39
Innings: 8
Runs: 8
Average: 2.66
Strike rate: 47.05
Highest score: 4*
Not outs: 5
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 0
4s: 1
6s: 0
Balls faced: 17

Bowling

Matches: 39
Innings: 39
Balls: 885
Maidens: 5
Runs conceded: 952
Wickets: 66
Average: 14.42
Economy: 6.45
Strike rate: 13.40
Best innings: 6/8
Best match: 6/8
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 39
Innings: 39
Catches: 6
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 6
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 6
Dismissals / inns: 0.153
Best innings: 1 (1ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

143 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2015-12-26	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	ODI	New Zealand won by 7 wickets
2015-11-07	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 19 runs
2015-11-04	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
2015-11-01	Sri Lanka v West Indies	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 1 wickets
2014-12-10	Sri Lanka v England	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
2014-12-07	Sri Lanka v England	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
2014-12-03	Sri Lanka v England	ODI	England won by 5 wickets
2014-11-29	Sri Lanka v England	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
2014-11-26	Sri Lanka v England	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 25 runs
2014-11-16	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 3 wickets
2014-11-13	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 153 runs
2014-07-24	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Test	Match drawn

Sri Lanka

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2014	2	2	49	47	24.50	62.82	0	6	0	78	4	6	40.83	3.06	79.83
2013	1	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	2	2	87.50	4.06	129.00
2011	1	2	13	12	N/A	65.00	0	2	0	20	1	1	66.00	3.14	126.00
2010	5	4	87	78	21.75	40.27	1	10	1	216	7	17	38.23	3.04	75.35
2009	7	8	45	27	11.25	41.66	0	5	0	108	11	18	45.55	3.06	89.27
2008	3	3	19	17	6.33	57.57	0	2	0	33	6	26	18.38	2.92	37.65

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2015	4	2	25	21	25.00	89.28	1	1	28	4	4	47.50	7.91	36.00
2014	17	9	33	18	6.60	82.50	5	0	40	17	38	21.63	5.76	22.50
2013	7	4	21	19	7.00	95.45	2	1	22	7	14	22.85	4.81	28.50
2012	1	1	3	3	N/A	23.07	0	0	13	1	1	54.00	6.75	48.00
2011	10	5	15	8	7.50	68.18	2	0	22	10	15	24.13	4.46	32.40
2010	5	1	2	2	2.00	100.00	0	0	2	5	6	37.50	4.89	46.00
2009	20	11	32	8	4.00	39.50	0	0	81	20	24	33.33	4.87	41.00
2008	16	8	42	15	14.00	95.45	5	0	44	16	43	10.79	3.59	18.00

T20I

Runs by seasonT20I · annual total

Wickets by seasonT20I · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2014	4	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	4	3	48.66	9.12	32.00
2013	7	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	7	5	40.40	7.76	31.20
2012	6	1	1	1	1.00	50.00	0	2	6	15	9.80	6.12	9.60
2011	2	2	0	0	N/A	0.00	0	1	2	7	5.14	5.14	6.00
2010	7	2	3	2	1.50	25.00	0	12	7	8	20.62	6.34	19.50
2009	9	2	4	4	N/A	200.00	1	2	9	14	13.50	5.55	14.57
2008	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	2	7	5.42	4.75	6.85

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2008-04-10
First available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
2008-07-06
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v India · National Stadium
2010-08-03
Highest recorded innings · 78 runs
Test v India · P Sara Oval
2012-09-18
Best recorded bowling · 6/8
T20I v Zimbabwe · Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa
2015-12-26
Latest available scorecard
ODI v New Zealand · Hagley Oval