Jeevan Mendis

Sri Lanka · SPIN · 2010 to 2019 · on scorecards: BMAJ Mendis

BATTING

Matches: 58
Innings: 44
Runs: 636
Average: 18.7
Strike rate: 82.7
High score: 72
100s / 50s: 0 / 1

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 28
Average: 43
Economy: 5.14
Strike rate: 50.1
Best figures: 3/15
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 13 / 0
Run-outs effected: 6

CAREER IN BRIEF

Jeevan Mendis played 58 ODIs for Sri Lanka in CricArcade's archive, from 2010 to 2019. The first came against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, with 2 wickets, and the last against South Africa at Riverside Ground in 2019.

The highest score in the archive is 72 from 88 balls against India at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in 2012, in a defeat. In all: 1 fifty. At home the average was 24.0 across 22 ODIs; away it was 15.0 across 26 ODIs, markedly stronger at home.

The most runs came against India: 207 runs at 51.8 in 6 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 8 ODIs and 119 runs at 59.5. Sri Lanka won 26 of the ODIs Jeevan Mendis played and lost 28.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 58 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
72	88	India	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	2012	Lost
48	53	England	Old Trafford	2011	Lost
45*	40	India	R Premadasa Stadium	2012	Lost
35*	35	India	Harare Sports Club	2010	Won
34*	26	Scotland	Grange Cricket Club Ground	2011	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
3/15	4	New Zealand	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	2012	Won
3/36	7	Pakistan	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	2011	Lost
2/5	2	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	2015	Lost
2/12	4	Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2010	Won
2/30	9	Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium	2012	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
England	13	142	23.67	0/0	6	60.00
New Zealand	12	61	8.71	0/0	9	26.56
Australia	10	68	9.71	0/0	0	–
India	6	207	51.75	0/1	2	71.00
Pakistan	5	59	14.75	0/0	7	23.43
Bangladesh	3	5	5.00	0/0	0	–
Zimbabwe	3	7	7.00	0/0	4	22.50
Scotland	2	47	47.00	0/0	0	–
West Indies	2	13	6.50	0/0	0	–
Afghanistan	1	9	–	0/0	0	–
South Africa	1	18	18.00	0/0	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	22	240	24.00	0/1	9	53.11
Away	26	255	15.00	0/0	13	36.23
Neutral	10	141	20.14	0/0	6	42.50

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
R Premadasa Stadium	8	119	59.50	0/0	4	61.00
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	7	103	25.75	0/1	2	96.50
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium	7	18	4.50	0/0	3	13.67
Harare Sports Club	3	42	42.00	0/0	2	53.50
University Oval	3	30	15.00	0/0	0	–
Grange Cricket Club Ground	2	47	47.00	0/0	0	–

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Zimbabwe, 2010 at Queens Sports Club
Latest in the archive: v South Africa, 2019 at Riverside Ground

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 15 January 1983
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak
Balls faced (career): 769
Ducks: 2
Four-wicket hauls: 0
Most common batting position: 7th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 63.8
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 104.7
Balls per dismissal against pace: 21.1
Balls per dismissal against spin: 23.3

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 724 balls faced in that period.

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