Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis enters the file books with a century within the second Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand in Galle.
Sri Lankan middle-order batsman Kamindu Mendis stormed into the file books in Galle on Friday when he turned simply the fourth cricketer to make 1,000 runs inside 13 Take a look at innings.
The 25-year-old has performed simply eight Take a look at matches since his debut two years in the past, on the similar venue in opposition to Australia, however has shortly made a reputation for himself as a key performer.
Six of these matches have been performed since March, when he scored his first five-day ton in opposition to Bangladesh.
His unbeaten 182 in opposition to New Zealand on Friday made him equal third-fastest to the 1,000-run mark with Australia’s Donald Bradman, broadly held to be the game’s best batsman.
Solely two others have surpassed him, with England’s Herbert Sutcliffe and Everton Weekes of the West Indies each reaching the landmark in 12 innings.
It was one other feather within the younger left-hander’s cap because the second Take a look at started on Thursday, having additionally made his eighth consecutive fifty from eight Take a look at appearances.
Friday’s knock made it 5 Take a look at centuries from 13 innings – a file that additionally tied him with Bradman in addition to George Headley of the West Indies.
Solely three batsmen have reached the mark quicker, with Weekes managing in 10, and Sutcliffe making it in 12 alongside Australia’s Neil Harvey.
By the point Sri Lanka declared on 602-5, he had notched up a 200-run partnership in Galle – the place Kamindu was born and raised – alongside fellow centurion Kusal Mendis (106*).
Kamindu was the one cricketer to make a century on both facet within the first Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand, which Sri Lanka gained by 63 runs.
He has been in wonderful kind this yr and was additionally Sri Lanka’s highest run-scorer of their final two sequence in opposition to Bangladesh and England.
