RTM Mendis

Bowler, Sri Lanka, 16 Tests, 2021-2025. Debut v England, 2021

34.6Adjusted bowling average, 114th 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 31.1. It could reasonably be anywhere from 30.1 to 42.8.

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

Where he sits

111Imran TahirSouth Africa34.4 112MN SamuelsWest Indies34.4 113RMS ErangaSri Lanka34.5

114RTM MendisSri Lanka34.6

115AS JosephWest Indies34.8 116Rahat AliPakistan34.8 117S SreesanthIndia34.8

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2021	26	560	21.54	2.91
2022	20	746	37.30	3.01
2023	17	625	36.76	3.46
2024	6	184	30.67	3.77
2025	2	97	48.50	3.78
Career	71	2212	31.15	3.18

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

34.8

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

31.15

Strike rate

58.8

Economy

3.18

Conditions

Away average

192

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

15.4

Value / inns

14.5

Volume

Runs

408

Average

17.74

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

43.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

5.5

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Pakistan	8	203	29.00
Australia	5	79	15.80
Bangladesh	4	52	13.00
West Indies	3	43	14.33
England	2	16	8.00
New Zealand	2	15	7.50

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
West Indies	18	15.28	6/70	2
Pakistan	18	33.61	5/47	2
Ireland	11	26.18	5/64	1
Australia	9	42.56	4/112	0
Bangladesh	7	54.43	4/103	0
New Zealand	6	30.67	3/83	0
England	2	48.00	1/48	0

Home & away

Home

18.9bat avg

28.86bowl avg

Away

5.5bat avg

192bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	12	194	16.17
2nd	2	39	19.50
3rd	10	175	19.44

Recent formLast 10 Tests

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 24
Not outs: 1
Runs: 408
Average: 17.74
Strike rate: 43.9
Highest: 45*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 3

Wickets: 71
Average: 31.15
Economy: 3.18
Strike rate: 58.8
Best: 6/70
5 wickets: 5
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 4173