Duleep Mendis

Deshamanya
Duleep Mendis
Personal information
Full name
Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis
Born (1952-08-25) 25 August 1952 (age 72)
Moratuwa, Dominion of Ceylon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 8)17 February 1982 v England
Last Test25 August 1988 v England
ODI debut (cap 5)7 June 1975 v West Indies
Last ODI24 March 1989 v Pakistan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 24 79 121 110
Runs scored 1,329 1,527 6,233 2,467
Batting average 31.64 23.49 35.82 27.41
100s/50s 4/8 0/7 12/35 1/13
Top score 124 80 194 105*
Balls bowled – – 90 12
Wickets – – 1 0
Bowling average – – 52.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 1/4 –
Catches/stumpings 9/0 14/0 49/1 24/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 December 2014

Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis (born 25 August 1952), known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a specialist batsman, whose best performances came from 1982 to 1985.

He is currently the coach of the Oman national cricket team.[1] He was awarded the Deshamanya (Sri Lanka's second-highest national honour) in 1996.

  1. ^ "Oman in Asian Cricket Council". asiancricket. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.