World record half century by Lankan star
September 27, 20242 Mins Read
He has played 8 Tests in his career so far. Kamindu Mendis has scored at least one fifty in all of them. This young Sri Lankan batsman has set a new world record of playing fifty consecutive innings after his debut. Through this, he left Pakistan's middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel behind. After debuting, he scored at least one fifty in 7 consecutive Tests.

World record half century

Big stars like India's Sunil Gavaskar, West Indies' Basil Butcher, Pakistan's Saeed Ahmed and New Zealand's Bart Sutcliffe have fallen behind in Kamindu's feat. The name of these former 4 people had the feat of playing fifty plus innings in the first six Tests. Kamindu had already surpassed that feat and was sharing the record with Saud Shakeel, this time he surpassed him too.

In the second Test of the series against New Zealand, he went into bat at five. Then Galle left the field at the end of the first day of the Test with 51 runs unbeaten. The 26-year-old left-handed batsman has played fifty plus innings in eight consecutive Tests since his debut.

Sri Lanka also left the field with relief on Kamindu's record day. Experienced batsman Dinesh Chandimal got a century. The hosts, who won the first match of the series, won the second match today and took the batting. The full 90 overs were played despite the occasional rain. In which Dhananjaya de Silver's team picked up 306 runs for 3 wickets.

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However, the second Test did not start well for the Lankans. In the sixth ball of the first over, opener Pathum Nishanka returned the team's 2 runs off Team Southee. Chandimal made a partnership of 122 runs for the second wicket with another opener Dimuth Karunaratne. Despite left-hander Karunaratne returning for 46, veteran Chandimal brought up the 16th century of his Test career, stopping at 116. Angelo Mathews also walked the path to a century before the end of the day. He remains unbeaten on 78 and Kamindu on 51 runs.