Kusal Mendis

25 articles tagged with "Kusal Mendis"

Oct 27, 2026

Lahiru Udara made 188 in Antigua and was still left out, and Nissanka’s hamstring has now put him in Sri Lanka’s Test squad

Pathum Nissanka has been ruled out of Sri Lanka’s two-Test series in Pakistan with a left hamstring injury, and Lahiru Udara, already in Pakistan with...

Oct 14, 2026

Kusal Mendis is now Sri Lanka’s top T20I run-scorer, and his 87 not out beat Pakistan in Rawalpindi

Kusal Mendis made a career-best 87 not out off 48 balls as Sri Lanka chased 169 with 17 balls to spare, though Pakistan still took the T20I series 2-1...

Oct 13, 2026

Mohammad Imran has five wickets for 32 in his first two T20Is, and Pakistan go for a sweep in Rawalpindi tonight

Pakistan lead Sri Lanka 2-0 after Sunday’s 82-run win and can finish the series 3-0 in the third T20I at Rawalpindi from 6:30pm IST.

Oct 8, 2026

Sri Lanka have won one of their last ten Tests, and Kusal Mendis is now their captain in all three formats

Dhananjaya de Silva has given up the Sri Lanka Test captaincy after 18 matches, and Kusal Mendis takes over with the Pakistan Tests a month away.

Oct 8, 2026

Farhan made 100 the last time Pakistan played Sri Lanka, and now he captains them without Babar in Rawalpindi

Sahibzada Farhan’s first series as Pakistan’s T20I captain starts against Sri Lanka on Friday, with Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salman Ali Agh...

Oct 5, 2026

Charith Asalanka made 19 runs in three ODIs in England, and Sri Lanka have left him out of the Pakistan tri-series

Kusal Mendis leads a 16-man Sri Lanka squad for the ODI tri-series with Pakistan and England. Asalanka and the injured Wanindu Hasaranga are out, and...

Sep 28, 2026

Banton made his first England hundred, and Sri Lanka were all out for 132 as the Oval decider went by 223 runs

Tom Banton’s 126 and a 150-run stand with Harry Brook took England to 355 for 7, and Sri Lanka collapsed to give England the ODI series 2-1.

Sep 26, 2026

Jordan Cox has three ODI caps, and he keeps wicket in the Oval decider without Buttler

England go into Sunday’s series decider against Sri Lanka with a stand-in keeper and, as cover, a batter who has never played white-ball cricket for t...

Sep 25, 2026

Buttler pulled up with England on 254 for 4, and Sri Lanka won at Headingley by 16 runs

Kusal Mendis made 121 and Dunith Wellalage took three wickets as Sri Lanka levelled the ODI series 1-1, with a decider at The Oval on Sunday.

Sep 24, 2026

Sri Lanka chased 322 at Headingley in 2006, and today they need a win there to keep the series alive

England lead the three-match one-day series 1-0 after Will Jacks took 5 for 22 at Chester-le-Street. The second ODI starts at 5pm IST in Leeds.

Sep 23, 2026

Will Jacks took three wickets in the last over, and England beat Sri Lanka by 89

Jacks’s maiden one-day five-wicket haul finished Sri Lanka off at Chester-le-Street, hours after his unbeaten 46 had dragged England to 265. England l...

Sep 15, 2026

Sri Lanka have not beaten England in a T20I since 2014, and Aneurin Donald debuts at 29 tonight

England begin a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in Southampton, with a 29-year-old Blast six-hitter opening alongside Jos Buttler and a twel...

Aug 20, 2026

Sri Lanka go to Colombo without three first-choice batters, and one is out because of a rule

Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal are out of Sunday’s second Test at the SSC and Pathum Nissanka is unlikely, leaving Gary Kirsten to rebuild a battin...

Aug 11, 2026

Sri Lanka lose Kusal Mendis for both Tests and Nissanka for Galle, four days before India start

Sri Lanka’s two most established top-order batters will not be in the side that meets India on Saturday. One is out of the series entirely, and the ot...

Jun 9, 2026

Another Sabina Park washout hands Sri Lanka their first ODI series in the Caribbean since 2003

A second straight rained-off ODI in Kingston confirmed Sri Lanka’s 1-0 series win over West Indies, their first one-day series triumph in the Caribbea...

Jun 6, 2026

Sri Lanka eye a series-clinching win as West Indies face a must-win second ODI

Sri Lanka can wrap up the three-match series in Kingston on Saturday after their 41-run win in the opener, while West Indies must win the second ODI a...

Jun 4, 2026

Nissanka and Kusal Mendis set up Sri Lanka’s 41-run win in Kingston

Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis put on 136 together as Sri Lanka posted 303 for 7 and then bowled West Indies out for 262 to take the first ODI at Sa...

Feb 12, 2026

Sri Lanka hammer Oman by 105 runs to stay unbeaten

Sri Lanka produced a dominant batting display to defeat Oman by 105 runs in Group B of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Kandy.

Jul 30, 2024

Most runs in 2024 all format: India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal tops list

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first player to complete 1,000 runs in international cricket in 2024. He has slammed two centuries and five fiftie...

Jul 8, 2024

Most runs in Lanka Premier League 2024: Know which player tops the run-scoring charts

Kandy Falcons (earlier B-Love Kandy) captain Wanindu Hasaranga finished with most runs in the Lanka Premier League last season, having scored 279 runs...

Sep 17, 2022

SA20 2023 player auction to be held on September 19 – watch live streaming in India

The SA20 2023 auction will see more than 300 cricketers go under the hammer for the inaugural edition of Cricket South Africa’s new franchise-based T2...

Jul 30, 2021

Sri Lanka’s Gunathilaka, Mendis, Dickwella to serve one-year international cricket bans for breaching bio-bubble

The Sri Lankan cricketers were photographed out in public on June 27, breaking the team curfew of 10.30 PM besides violating the bio-bubble.

Jul 5, 2020

Kusal Mendis arrested over fatal crash

Mendis was arrested on Sunday after being allegedly involved in a fatal crash with a cyclist, who died instantly.

Aug 15, 2019

Stumps: Five wickets for New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel as Sri Lanka reach 227

Resuming from the overnight score of 203 for five, New Zealand were knocked out for 249 earlier in the day.