SL vs NZ: This never happened in 147 years of history!!!
Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis is setting new records match after match. Now on the first day of the second Test match against New Zealand, which started on 26 September, he has created another record, which has never happened in the 147-year history of Test cricket. sri lanka has scored 306 runs for the loss of 3 wickets by the end of the first day's play. Dinesh Chandimal played a century innings of 116 runs. At the time of stumps on the first day, Angelo Mathews has scored 78 runs and Kamindu Mendis has scored 51 runs.
Kamindu Mendis's new record
Kamindu Mendis has now become the first player in the 147-year history of Test cricket to score 50 runs or more in all the first eight matches after his Test debut. Mendis has come out on top in terms of scoring consecutive fifties since his debut, but the record of scoring 50 runs or more consecutively in Test matches is in the name of West Indies' Vivian Richards. He has scored 50 runs or more in 11 consecutive matches.
Mendis had scored 114 runs in the first innings of the first match of the current series against New Zealand. Now in the first innings of the second Test match, he is unbeaten after scoring 51 runs. There has been a partnership of 85 runs between Mathews and Mendis.
Mendis close to making history
Kamindu Mendis is very close to scoring the fastest 1,000 runs for sri lanka in the history of Test cricket. He has scored 873 runs in 13 innings of 8 matches so far and has scored runs at an amazing average of 79.36. The fastest batsman to score 1000 runs in Test matches for sri lanka is Roy Dias, who took 23 innings to cross this figure, but Mendis can achieve this feat in 15 innings or even earlier.
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