Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis—recovering from the injuries he received when the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked by terrorists in Pakistan—required another round of surgery recently ...

The supposed next Murali racked up some astonishing statistics in his first year. In the Test arena he played just three matches taking a brutal 26 wickets at an average of under 19 against the 'mere' ...

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - In-form Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is doubtful for Saturday's Twenty20 World Cup match against South Africa due to a side strain he picked up during their ...

Off-spinner Ajantha Mendis stormed onto the international stage with a world record haul of 26 wickets in a three-match series against India at home last year. Off-spinner Ajantha Mendis stormed onto ...

Mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis went into the second Test against India with a reputation to defend but was stripped off his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis, who burst on to the scene as world cricket's mystery spinner a decade ago, has ...

Andrew Strauss's England face a stiff spin test when they take on a confident Sri Lanka in their opening match of the Champions Trophy here on Friday. Sri Lanka have two excellent spinners in Muttiah ...

The latest spinning sensation, Ajantha Mendis of Sri lanka, is no doubt an excellent find and a great talent. But as with most of the so called "overnight success" guys, he too seems to be immature.

Sri Lankan of-spinner Ajantha Mendis has been left out of the Sri Lanka squad for the T20I and for the first three ODIs against New Zealand after failing to recover from a side strain. Mahela ...

"Not naughty but a clever child," says Ajantha Mendis' mother, Ranjani. We are in the large living room of a lovely duplex house in a nice neighborhood in Moratuwa, near Colombo. Mendis is expected in ...

But de Villiers said his team will be ready for the mystery spinner. “Mendis is a world class bowler,” said the South African captain yesterday, “When he’s going well he will always pick up wickets.