I still remember in the first ever test match played by Sri Lanka, Mendis has scored 105 in each inings against India and ultimately the match ended in draw. Great batting
Mendis and Dias were world class batsmen. Their careers were at the tail end when SL got test status and they got chances to play international cricket regularly. Prime Mendis and Dias would have been fun to watch!
No, they didn't get the chance to play international cricket regularly. They only got maximum 4-5 test matches per year. If they had the chance to play test matches regularly, their career stats would have definitely been much higher.
no wonder why the likes of aravinda, jaya surya succeeded Dulip mendis . He played fearless cricket . Alas we havent seen much of him . But Aravinda fullfilled his absense ..
Mendis was a key figure for Sri Lanka to gain test status. Unfortunately when they got it his best days were almost over and Sri Lanka didn't get enough international matches for them to prosper
Ian Chappell had a dig at Botham telling he needs 16 fielders when he's bowling. He was talking about Mike Gatting who ignored Botham when he was setting a field.
English bowlers got a real pasting, tremendous hitting, Jayasuriya style counterattack. When I was in school, Mendis and Roy Dias were very popular from Sri Lanka.
Ian Botham hooked for 3 sixes in an over by Mendidls. How often did Botham get hooked for sixes? So many times. You really wonder what his bowling average was after the Packer players came back into international cricket. He raced to 100 wickets very fast but his last 200 or do wickets likely came at a much higher average and high strike rate. Even on seaming wickets such as Headingly, he would take wickets but be expensive. I recall Imran Khan hooking him out of the ground in 1982. So many of Imran's boundaries were hooks of Botham on a seaming track. Duleep Mendis and the Sri Lankans approached batting like the West Indians. Roy Dias was as high a calibre batsman as I have seen.
Happy to see botham being hit for Sixers by LRD mendis. Kaluperuma ranasinghe romesh n ravi ratnayake DS de Silva kurruppu dias well asantha de mel kurrupuaracchi
@@RR_theproahole But he was a hard hitting batman in the caliber of Aravinda, Sanath, Sehwag, Kohlu but with red leather - One one imagine how he could have played if there were T20s those days :)
Hey man, you seem to have failed in basic math at elementary level. Do you even have a notion of what does strike rate means? Don't embarrass yourself, and your school who might have educated you in front of the whole world!
I still remember in the first ever test match played by Sri Lanka, Mendis has scored 105 in each inings against India and ultimately the match ended in draw. Great batting
Wow what a cricket shots. Just now watched this awsome batting video.. I think dulip mendis was the first batsman to score fearless cricket for sl
Mendis and Dias were world class batsmen. Their careers were at the tail end when SL got test status and they got chances to play international cricket regularly. Prime Mendis and Dias would have been fun to watch!
No, they didn't get the chance to play international cricket regularly. They only got maximum 4-5 test matches per year. If they had the chance to play test matches regularly, their career stats would have definitely been much higher.
ROY Disas good batsman
Duleep Mendisv❤ 🏏🇱🇰 Lovely to see his hard hitting shots.. Not scared of any bowler during his time.
no wonder why the likes of aravinda, jaya surya succeeded Dulip mendis . He played fearless cricket . Alas we havent seen much of him . But Aravinda fullfilled his absense ..
my favourites from the srilankan team ... Duleep Mendias, arivanda D silva , Roy Dias ....thanks for the upload
Mendis and Aravinda are similar style of batting 😊
Very very true❤
one of Lankan Legends who took Country's Name to Cricket Grand Stand
L R Duleep Mendis, what a fearless batter. A treat to watch & a testament of pure class!
Batsman ... if you don't mind. Detest the modern trend to dumb down cricket's vocabulary.
@@PraveenKumar-sr6ne Dumbest mind, sad!
Mendis was a key figure for Sri Lanka to gain test status. Unfortunately when they got it his best days were almost over and Sri Lanka didn't get enough international matches for them to prosper
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Jim Laker :"Don't understand what Botham is complaining about. He can't have a man in the crowd to catch them."🤣
Ian Chappell had a dig at Botham telling he needs 16 fielders when he's bowling. He was talking about Mike Gatting who ignored Botham when he was setting a field.
I remember he scored 105 in both innings against India. Loved watching him and Diaz bat. A mirror to the west Indian batsmen.
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When lankan cricket was pure joy. Loved Mendis, Dias, Wettimuny etc ...
For srilankan cricket before jaya suriya he is jayasuriya . Before aravinda he is aravinda
Brilliant stuff from Mendis - I love Tom Graveney's commentary as well utterly delightful!
Only three years after the Test status were given.
ඒ කාලේ මැච් පැරදුනත් අපි දුක් උනා තමයි ඒත් කවදාවත් කේන්ති ආවේ නෑ
Sri Lanka's best captain. Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰.
Dulip mendis first agressive batsman from srilanka..
Thanks for everyone and God bless to all of you from me and our family
English bowlers got a real pasting, tremendous hitting, Jayasuriya style counterattack. When I was in school, Mendis and Roy Dias were very popular from Sri Lanka.
A mirror to the west Indian batsmen. He and Diaz were a joy to watch. 105 105 in both innings against India.
Mendis was great brave batsman
Ian Botham hooked for 3 sixes in an over by Mendidls. How often did Botham get hooked for sixes? So many times. You really wonder what his bowling average was after the Packer players came back into international cricket. He raced to 100 wickets very fast but his last 200 or do wickets likely came at a much higher average and high strike rate. Even on seaming wickets such as Headingly, he would take wickets but be expensive. I recall Imran Khan hooking him out of the ground in 1982. So many of Imran's boundaries were hooks of Botham on a seaming track.
Duleep Mendis and the Sri Lankans approached batting like the West Indians. Roy Dias was as high a calibre batsman as I have seen.
Hadlee was a much better bowler. Botham was bluster ..
Great clip.
Whilst Dulip scored 111
Sidath W got 190 show us clip you have
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Great old days
Very clear clips
Crowd cheers his magnificent knock.
Like to see more clips
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Simply superb! No wonder Aravinda and others came along a few years later. Mendis seems to have been the prototype.
Very solid batsman.
Siddarth Wettimuny and Roy Dias were the greatest batsmen Srilanka have ever produced. Followed by Aravinda De Silva and Duleep Mendis.
Master Blaster, a great player & captain of SL team
They were regarded as babies of cricket. This was a taster of things to. come from the tiny island of my motherland.
Happy to see botham being hit for Sixers by LRD mendis.
Kaluperuma ranasinghe romesh n ravi ratnayake DS de Silva kurruppu dias well asantha de mel kurrupuaracchi
Brother do you have srilanka v aus odi series 1982 83
Furious and fearless...
reminds me of Arvinda on many of these shots.
They said,
Magic Mendes ❤!!
He had a strike rate of 395 in first class cricket scoring 6500 runs! 😱
That's not correct, the strike rates were not measured accurately in those times
@@RR_theproahole But he was a hard hitting batman in the caliber of Aravinda, Sanath, Sehwag, Kohlu but with red leather - One one imagine how he could have played if there were T20s those days :)
Hey man, you seem to have failed in basic math at elementary level. Do you even have a notion of what does strike rate means? Don't embarrass yourself, and your school who might have educated you in front of the whole world!
I initially confued him with Aravind D'Silva. Uncanny resemblance in stature and style
My favourite batsman was Aravina de Silva
Congratulations Sir Duleep Mendis
Famous 3 sixes in a row against Botham.❤❤❤❤
පිටුපස පාදයේ ගහන්නෙ ලකුණු තියෙනවා ..
Super
He looks like A de Silva, lovely to see.
botham does not know what has hit him.
In this match sidath wethtgamuni scord 190 in first inning
Botham was an underrated batsman and an overrated bowler. He had lot of potential as a batman which could never be exploited.
dulip🇱🇰💪
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Omans coach 2024.
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හැම මෙන්ඩිස් කෙනෙක්ම එක වගේ නෑ !! 😂
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Balapan, umba oya comment eka demme avurudu 4kata kalin. Eth thaamath ara kaalakanni Pondisaa team eke innavane. Oya avurudu 4ta vena ekekta chance eka dunnanam...