2024-09-28 08:25:23
Only 25 years old. At this age, Kamindu Mendis is building a great career by releasing fountains of runs with the bat. You are becoming bright with your light. Sitting next to Sir Don Bradman, the best cricketer of all time. Let’s take a look at Kamindu’s record page.
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Only two men have reached the milestone of 1000 runs in Tests faster than Kamindu Mendis. It took Kamindu 13 innings to run 1000 runs. Sir Everton Weeks and Herbert Sutcliffe reached a thousand runs in 12 innings. Sir Don took the same 13 innings as Kamindu.
Roy Diaz, Michael Vandort and Dhananjaya De Silva were the fewest Sri Lankans to reach 1000 runs in 23 innings before Kamindu.
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First player in the history of Test cricket to hold the world record for most consecutive fifties on debut. He left Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel behind. Kamindu played fifty innings in eight consecutive Tests. Shakeel had seven.
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Only two Sri Lankan cricketers have scored fifty-plus innings in eight or more consecutive matches. Former cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is playing fifties in nine consecutive matches before Kamindu’s eight matches.
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Kamindu took only 13 innings to score 5 Test centuries. Only 3 batsmen in history have scored 5 centuries in less innings than him. Sir Everton Wicks took 10 innings. Herbert Sutcliffe and Neil Harvey took 12 innings. Sir Don Bradman and George Headley took 13 innings.
Arvind de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal took 38 innings to reach 5 centuries among Sri Lankans. Former Lankan cricketer Vandort scored 3 centuries in 13 innings.
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Kamindu has 5 Test centuries in a calendar year. Kamindu is the third batsman to score five centuries in five or fewer positions in a calendar year. Before him, England’s Jonny Bairstow (6) and Australia’s Michael Clarke (5) scored five or more centuries in a calendar year.
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Before Kamindu, only 3 Sri Lankan cricketers had scored five or more centuries in Tests in a calendar year. Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 6 in 2009. Arvind de Silva scored 7 in 1997. Mahela Jayawardene did 5 in 2009.
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Kamindu’s batting average in Tests. Among batsmen who have scored 1000 runs in Tests, Kamindu is second in terms of average of 90 or more. Only Sir Don Bradman is above him with an average of 99.94.
Kamindu is in the fourth position to average 90 or more in his 13 Test career since his debut. Only Harvey (106.56), Bradman (99.67) and Sunil Gavaskar (91.80) are ahead of him.
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In 2024, Kamindu’s number of centuries in the sixth wicket or below is 6. Only Bairstow is above him at this spot. In 2016, England batsmen scored the most seven centuries in the sixth wicket position or below in a calendar year.