Duleep Mendis
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Full name | Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moratuwa, Dominion of Ceylon | 25 August 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 8) | 17 February 1982 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 25 August 1988 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 5) | 7 June 1975 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 24 March 1989 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2014 |
He is currently the coach of the Oman national cricket team.[1] He was awarded the Deshamanya (Sri Lanka's second-highest national honour) in 1996.
Early years
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He spent his college life at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. Mendis also captained the Under 20 1st XI sides of both colleges.
International career
Mendis made his debut for Sri Lanka in 1972, batting at number three against the visiting
However, on tour of India in the northern autumn of 1982 he showed his real skill. Sri Lanka had lost two early wickets for 11 runs, and Mendis was sent in to bat with Roy Dias. Their partnership was worth 153 runs, then a third-wicket record for Sri Lanka, and Mendis' maiden century helped Sri Lanka bat out the first day. Then, India amassed 566 for 6 before declaring, leaving Sri Lanka to try to save the draw. Again, the openers fell for single-digit scores, and again Mendis made 105 – which helped Sri Lanka bat until tea on the fifth day.[3] Sri Lanka eventually drew the Test, their first drawn Test series in their history.
In the
Mendis recorded a string of poor scores on
Then came the 1985
Later on he went on to coach the Oman cricket team and helped them qualify for their first 2016 World T20 in 2015.
References
- ^ "Oman in Asian Cricket Council". asiancricket. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ "'Do you want to press charges against a Mr Jeff Thomson?'". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Only Test: India v Sri Lanka at Chennai, Sep 17-22, 1982 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2017.