Full name Balapuwaduge Manukulasuriya Amith Jeevan Mendis
Born January 15, 1983, Colombo
Current age 27 years 165 days
Major teams Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Dhaka Division, Kandurata, Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Sri Lanka Board XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Playing role All-rounder
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 5 ft 8 in
Education S' Thomas' College, Colombo
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 35* | 42.00 | 43 | 97.67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 91 | 148 | 20 | 3972 | 153* | 31.03 | 7 | 21 | 89 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 83 | 72 | 8 | 1436 | 94 | 22.43 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 1 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 553 | 48 | 24.04 | 508 | 108.85 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 4 | 4 | 162 | 119 | 4 | 2/12 | 2/12 | 29.75 | 4.40 | 40.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 91 | 4160 | 2366 | 72 | 4/46 | 32.86 | 3.41 | 57.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 83 | 1629 | 1199 | 49 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 24.46 | 4.41 | 33.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 31 | 9 | 114 | 133 | 3 | 2/20 | 2/20 | 44.33 | 7.00 | 38.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Bulawayo, Jun 1, 2010 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Jun 9, 2010 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 2000/01 |
| Last First-class | Australia A v Sri Lanka A at Townsville, Jun 25-27, 2010 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2002/03 |
| Last List A | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Jun 9, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Burgher Recreation Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Dhaka Division v Rajshahi Division at Dhaka, Apr 19, 2010 scorecard |
Jeewan Mendis comes from a cricketing family, with his father Jagath and brother Tharindu also playing for his school, St Thomas' College. As a youth cricketer, Jeewan won several prestigious awards, including the Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year in 2001, the Man-of-the-Tournament awards in the Under-17 Asia Cup in Pakistan and the 2001 U-19 World Cup in New Zealand, where he bowled a record-breaking spell of 7 for 19 against Zimbabwe. However, during his six years for SSC, he hardly got an opportunity to bowl his legspinners, but his move to Tamil Union in 2008-09 opened the doors for him to display his all-round talent.
