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- Updated: June 4, 2016
While other Sri Lanka batsmen have spoken of embracing positivity at the crease against a strong England attack, the youngest man in the top order has instead begun to focus on batting time. Impulsive, raw and attacking, 21-year-old Kusal Mendis may average less than 30 in 10 Test innings so far, but coaches and selectors have seen in him a spark that could be fanned into flame.
Mendis hit Sri Lanka’s sole half-century in a woeful Headingley Test, and made two starts at Chester-le-Street. Sri Lanka appear happy to give him a longer run in the No. 3 spot, where he has said he feels comfortable and where he has contributed more substantial innings than many of his team-mates. Having hit 114 runs from 154 balls this series, the batsman himself has set sights on playing longer innings.
“We have realised that the key is to let the England bowlers go for more spells,” Mendis said. “We will have a few plans and it’s only natural that a bowler, when he bowls fourth or fifth spell, he will leak runs. If we can bat …
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