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Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praised Ajantha Mendis after the spin magician’s record-breaking effort helped beat Zimbabwe in the World Twenty20 opener. Ajantha Mendis, 27, capped his return to...
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By CricketCountry Staff Hambantota: Sep 18, 2012 Ajantha Mendis registered a record six-wicket...
View ArticleSpin will rule World Twenty20, says Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis
SRI Lankas Ajantha Mendis has highlighted just how big spin will be in the World Twenty20 by claiming a remarkable 6-8 in the opening match of the tournament. And his name sake, leg-spinner Jeevan...
View ArticleAjantha Mendis bowls Sri Lanka to World Twenty20 win against Zimbabwe
• Sri Lanka 182-4; Zimbabwe 100 all out • Sri Lanka won by 82 runs Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis celebrates after one of his six wickets against Zimbabwe in the Twenty20 World Cup Photograph: Ishara S...
View ArticleAjantha Mendis spins Sri Lanka to thumping win (Roundup)
Tweet Hambantota, Sep 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka started their World Twenty20 campaign in convincing fashion, spinning a clueless Zimbabwe out of the game by 82 runs here Tuesday. Off-spinner Ajantha Mendis...
View ArticleWorld T20 cricket: Ajantha Mendis record inspires Sri Lanka
Ajantha Mendis recorded the best figures in a Twenty20 international as hosts Sri Lanka thrashed Zimbabwe in the first match of the World Twenty20. The off-spinner bamboozled the Zimbabwe batsmen in...
View ArticleICC World T20 2012: Mahela Jayawardene praises Ajantha Mendis after win over...
Hambantota: Sep 19, 2012 Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praised Ajantha Mendis after the spin magician's record-breaking effort helped beat Zimbabwe in the World Twenty20 opener on Tuesday....
View ArticleAjantha Mendis pledges to bowl all five variations in T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has promised to deliver all five of his bowling variations in the Twenty20 World Cup tournament which begins next Tuesday. Mendis, who holds the best bowling figures...
View ArticleSri Lanka fret over Ajantha Mendis’ injury
Hambantota: 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 tournament opener against...
View ArticleT20 World Cup: South Africa out to tame Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis
South Africa skipper AB de Villiers said his batsmen will put Sri Lanka's magician spinner Ajantha Mendis under pressure when the two teams meet in a group C match in Hambantota tomorrow. Mendis, 27,...
View ArticleSri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis returns to the squad for Thursday's World...
Spinner Ajantha Mendis has been passed fit for Sri Lanka¿s World Twenty20 Super Eight fixture against New Zealand on Thursday....
View ArticleIt's Mendis v Ajmal in opening semi
Former champions Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka clash in the first semi-final of the World Twenty20 in Colombo on Thursday, banking on the quality spinners in the two camps. The pre-match focus revolved...
View ArticleT20 World Cup: Sri Lanka fret over Ajantha Mendis' injury
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet In-form Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is doubtful for Saturday's Twenty20 World Cup match against South Africa. (Reuters Photo) HAMBANTOTA: In-form Sri Lankan spinner...
View ArticleLegend praises Misbah LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Calcutta: The leadership provided...
Legend praises Misbah LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Calcutta: The leadership provided by Misbah-ul Haq has, according to iconic former captain Imran Khan, been a big factor in Pakistan's recent successes....
View ArticleSri Lanka wait on Ajantha Mendis's fitness
PALLEKELE: Hosts Sri Lanka hope their magician spinner Ajantha Mendis recovers in time to face New Zealand in their opening Super Eights match at Pallekele on Thursday. The 25-year-old spinner took...
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View ArticleMendis raring to go Colombo: Sri Lanka spinner bowler Ajantha Mendis said...
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View ArticleAjmal does a U-turn LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Dhaka: A day after being sarcastic...
Ajmal does a U-turn LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Dhaka: A day after being sarcastic towards Sachin Tendulkar, Saeed Ajmal insisted that he had nothing but the highest regard for The Master. 'I meant it when I...
View ArticleLawson is confident that Ajmal is clean LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Geoff Lawson...
Lawson is confident that Ajmal is clean LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Geoff Lawson Adelaide: England's director of cricket Andy Flower hasn't endorsed the legitimacy of Saeed Ajmal's action, but Geoff Lawson,...
View ArticleWorld T20 cricket: Sri Lanka face Pakistan in semi-finals in Colombo
Pakistan will look to their spinners to bowl them to victory over hosts Sri Lanka in their World Twenty20 semi-final in Colombo on Thursday. Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan, Shahid Afridi and captain Mohammad...
View ArticleMendis v Ajmal
MATCH ON: Spin kings set for battle royale Sri Lanka’s unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis Pakistan’s prolific wicket-taker Saeed Ajmal 1 / 2 COLOMBO: FORMER champions Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka clash...
View ArticleSaeed Ajmal off target on Tendulkar LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Saeed Ajmal...
Saeed Ajmal off target on Tendulkar LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Saeed Ajmal Dhaka:'Kyon (negative) baat karte hain? Koi senior player ne ise start kiya? The greatest (Sachin Tendulkar)? Aap mujhe bataiye...'...
View ArticleNo surprises as T20 heads into Super Eights
There were no jitters for the big teams in the first round of the World Twenty20, as all eight of them cruised into the Super Eights starting from Thursday. Afghanistan, Ireland, Zimbabwe and...
View ArticleMendis doubtful starter
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: In-form Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis is doubtful for today's Twenty20 World Cup match against South Africa due to a side strain he picked up during their tournament opener...
View ArticleSpin whiz lays down gauntlet for Aussies
If Ajantha Mendis's incredible start to the World Twenty20 is a sign of things to come, Australia's batsmen had better be sure they have improved at unravelling the secrets of the world's best...
View ArticleWorld T20: Ajantha takes 6 for 8, Sri Lanka spank Zimbabwe by 82 runs
The match as it happened Score card Ajantha Mendis bettered his own T20 record by taking six wickets for just eight runs as Sri Lanka walloped minnows Zimbabwe by 82 runs in the opening match of the...
View ArticleMendis puts Zimbabwe in a spin (15925801)
(Source: Cricket Australia) Off-spinner Ajantha Mendis posted best figures in Twenty20 international history, taking 6-8 as hosts Sri Lanka hammered Zimbabwe by 82 runs. With Zimbabwe on the ropes in...
View ArticleT20 World Cup: Ajantha takes six for eight, Lanka spank Zimbabwe by 82 runs
Ajantha Mendis bettered his own T20 record by taking six wickets for just eight runs as Sri Lanka walloped minnows Zimbabwe by 82 runs in the opening match of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament, on...
View ArticleLive Cricket Score: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan, ICC T20 World Cup 2012 semi-final...
By CricketCountry Staff Colombo: Oct 4, 2012 Sri Lanka will bank on the home advantage when they take on a formidable Pakistan in the first semi-final match of the ICC World T20 2012 on Thursday in...
View ArticleNo jittes as T20 heads Super Eights
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View ArticleICC World T20 2012: Sri Lanka elect to bat against Pakistan in semi-final...
By CricketCountry Staff Colombo: Oct 4, 2012 Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in their ICC World T20 2012...
View ArticleAjantha Mendis back to menace Aussies
IF Australia allowed itself a moment's distraction from the job at hand in the World Twenty20 tournament, it might have pause to consider the job ahead after an incredible bowling display by Sri...
View ArticleMendis snares six in Lankan T20 canter
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Spinner Ajantha Mendis took a record six wickets for just eight runs as hosts Sri Lanka humbled Zimbabwe in the opening match of the World Twenty20 yesterday. Mendis, 27,...
View ArticleFlying Mendis earns plaudits
Spin magician Ajantha Mendis earned Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's praise after his record-breaking effort against Zimbabwe in the World Twenty20 opener. The 27-year-old capped his return to...
View ArticleMagic Mendis earns plaudits
Spin magician Ajantha Mendis earned Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's praise after his record-breaking effort against Zimbabwe in the World Twenty20 opener. The 27-year-old capped his return to...
View ArticleSri Lanka bat against Pakistan in Twenty20 semi
AFP - Sri Lanka's captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat in the World Twenty20 semi-final against Pakistan in Colombo on Thursday. Both teams made one change from their last games....
View ArticleT20 World Cup: Jayawardene hails Zimbabwe tormentor Mendis
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Jayawardene said Mendis was hungry to return after a back injury. (AP Photo) HAMBANTOTA: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praised Ajantha Mendis after the spin magician's...
View ArticleWorld Twenty20: Jayawardene hails Zimbabwe tormentor Mendis
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet Jayawardene said Mendis was hungry to return after a back injury. (AP Photo) HAMBANTOTA: Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praised Ajantha Mendis after the spin magician's...
View ArticleICC World T20 2012 Preview: Pakistan face stern test against in-form Sri...
By Kushan Sarkar Colombo: Oct 3, 2012 Their confidence on a high after the big win over Australia, a supremely talented Pakistan will come out all guns blazing against hosts Sri Lanka in the first...
View ArticleSpinners ready for key battle
COLOMBO: Former champions Pakistan and hosts Sri Lanka clash in the first semi-final of the World Twenty20 in Colombo today, banking on the quality spinners in the two camps. The pre-match focus...
View ArticleICC World T20 Preview: Pakistan face stern test against in-form Sri Lanka in...
By Kushan Sarkar Colombo: Oct 3, 2012 Their confidence on a high after the big win over Australia, a supremely talented Pakistan will come out all guns blazing against hosts Sri Lanka in the first...
View ArticleSri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis takes record six-wicket haul
Ajantha Mendis became the first bowler to take six wickets in a Twenty20 international as Sri Lanka completed a 2-0 series win over...
View ArticleMendis gives Sri Lanka perfect T20 start
Spinner Ajantha Mendis took a record six wickets for just eight runs as hosts Sri Lanka humbled Zimbabwe in the opening match of the World Twenty20. Mendis, 27, marked his international return after...
View ArticleAjantha Mendis misses one-day and T20 clashes with New Zealand through injury
Sri Lanka have left injured spinner Ajantha Mendis out of their Twenty20 and one-day squads to face New Zealand. Mendis has not fully recovered from a side strain picked up during their opening world...
View ArticleMendis spins hosts to opening win
Ajantha Mendis produced extraordinary bowling figures of six for eight to lead Sri Lanka to a crushing 82-run win over Zimbabwe in the opening Twenty20 World Cup match on Tuesday. Mendis, returning to...
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