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Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslow Mendis ( Sinhala: අජන්ත මෙන්ඩිස්; born 11 March 1985) better known as Ajantha Mendis is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer who played for Sri Lankan national cricket team in all three formats. He is also known as the "mystery spinner" due to the unusual bowling action variations.
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Ajantha Mendis is an unorthodox spinner with a wide repertoire of deliveries in his arsenal. He can bowl the off-break, googly, leg-break, flipper, top-spinner as well as his trademark...
Aug 28, 2019 · Ajantha Mendis, perhaps cricket's original mystery spinner in the video analysis age, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. The 34-year old last played international...
Sep 19, 2012 · Ajantha Mendis ' international career has been almost as vexing as his variations themselves. Hyped as the next Muttiah Muralitharan while Murali was still playing, Mendis painted a target on his...
Aug 28, 2019 · Ajantha Mendis retires from all forms of cricket. The right-armer, who made his debut in 2008, had a blistering start to his international career, befuddling batsmen with his disguised variations.
Aug 29, 2019 · Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner who took the cricket world by storm in his debut season more than a decade ago, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game at the age of just 34.
Apr 10, 2024 · On this day in 2008, Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis made his international debut. While Ajantha Mendis’ international debut is more famous for Shivnarine Chanderpaul scoring 10 runs off the final two balls of the match from Chaminda Vaas to win the game, it does not take away the fact that the mystery spinner had an excellent start.
Aug 28, 2019 · Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis who took the world by a storm with his 'carrom ball' has bid goodbye to all forms of cricket at the ripe age of 34. Mendis last played for Sri Lanka on December 26, 2015, against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Jun 17, 2019 · From being a trailblazing mystery spinner who had the world in the tip of his fingers, Ajantha Mendis has in the ten years since gone on to play club cricket in Colombo as a specialist batsman, but his influence is still seen everywhere, writes Wisden Cricket Monthly columnist Jonathan Liew.
