Mendis was about to be dropped from the Test side when he was made to keep wickets in Bangladesh. But once he scored a half-century, the wicketkeeping gloves were off and he was played as a specialist ...

The middle-order batter was the final wicket to fall on day one after an Ajaz Patel delivery reared up to hit his gloves and go to the slip cordon. Mendis' 173-ball 114 is his fourth Test ton, but ...

Karunaratne c and b Woakes 8 K. Mendis c Bashir b Atkinson 39 A. Mathews not out ...

Kamindu Mendis has continued his hot streak as he scored another century against New Zealand in the first Test at Galle. The ...

Galle (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis scored a courageous century ... Patel turned the ball sharply and it popped off the glove for an easy catch at first slip.

GALLE: Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis scored a courageous century against ... Ajaz Patel turned the ball sharply and it popped off the glove for an easy catch at first slip.

Nissanka c Woakes b Hull 64 D. Karunaratne run out (Stone) 9 K. Mendis c Brook b Woakes 14 A. Mathews c Pope b Stone ...

1st Test: Sri Lanka 236 (D de Silva 73, M Rathnayake 72; C Woakes 3-32, S Bashir 3-55, G Atkinson 2-48) & 326 (K Mendis 113 ... seeing his side home and keeping alive the prospect of following ...

Mendis was the final wicket to fall for Sri Lanka on day one after Ajaz Patel's delivery reared up to hit his gloves and go to the slip cordon. Mendis has made a fifty-plus score at least once in each ...

Sri Lanka put themselves in a good position on the third day of the opening Test against New Zealand after Dimuth Karunaratne ...