BAW Mendis

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 19 Tests, 2008-2014. Debut v India, 2008

31.3Adjusted bowling average, 84th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 34.8. It could reasonably be anywhere from 27.4 to 38.7.

His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

81M NtiniSouth Africa30.9 82MA WoodEngland31.0 83UT YadavIndia31.0

84BAW MendisSri Lanka31.3

85KMDN KulasekaraSri Lanka31.3 86Sajid KhanPakistan31.3 87DAJ BracewellNew Zealand31.4

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2008	26	478	18.38	2.93
2009	18	820	45.56	3.06
2010	17	650	38.24	3.04
2011	1	66	66.00	3.14
2013	2	175	87.50	4.07
2014	6	245	40.83	3.07
Career	70	2434	34.77	3.09

Percentile rankingsvs all Test bowlers (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

31.5

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

34.77

Strike rate

67.6

Economy

3.09

Conditions

Away average

56.6

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
India	7	133	22.17
Bangladesh	2	53	53.00
England	2	13	—
Pakistan	4	6	2.00
West Indies	2	6	3.00
South Africa	1	2	2.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
India	34	29.00	6/117	2
Bangladesh	15	30.87	6/99	1
West Indies	11	27.64	6/169	1
Pakistan	6	65.83	3/20	0
New Zealand	3	45.00	2/50	0
England	1	66.00	1/66	0

Home & away

Home

11.4bat avg

32.83bowl avg

Away

31bat avg

56.6bowl avg

Neutral

—bat avg

18.29bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	8	66	11.00
2nd	5	27	9.00
3rd	4	118	39.33
4th	1	2	2.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa20/85Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2014-07-24 v Bangladesh476/160Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong2014-02-04 v Bangladesh—2/175Galle International Stadium2013-03-08 v England1 & 121/66Sophia Gardens, Cardiff2011-05-26 v West Indies—2/78Pallekele International Cricket Stadium2010-12-01 v West Indies23/57R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo2010-11-23 v West Indies46/169Galle International Stadium2010-11-15 v India3 & 782/174P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo2010-08-03 v India—4/172Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2010-07-26 v India6 & 272/162Green Park, Kanpur2009-11-24

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 18
Not outs: 5
Runs: 213
Average: 16.38
Strike rate: 46.8
Highest: 78
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 1
Ducks: 2

Wickets: 70
Average: 34.77
Economy: 3.09
Strike rate: 67.6
Best: 6/99
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 4730