{"id":14507,"date":"2012-09-12T04:15:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T02:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/cricket-mendis-pledges-to-bowl-all-five-variations-in-t20\/"},"modified":"2012-09-12T04:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T02:15:10","slug":"cricket-mendis-pledges-to-bowl-all-five-variations-in-t20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-mendis-pledges-to-bowl-all-five-variations-in-t20\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Mendis pledges to bowl all five variations in T20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ranga Sirilal<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">COLOMBO, Sept 11<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha<br \/>\nMendis has promised to deliver all five of his bowling<br \/>\nvariations in the Twenty20 World Cup tournament which begins<br \/>\nnext Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mendis, who holds the best bowling figures in the T20 format<br \/>\nwith 6-16 from four overs against Australia in 2011, has been<br \/>\nincluded in Sri Lanka&#8217;s squad after spending nine months out<br \/>\nwith a back complaint.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He is known for his unique style of spin bowling in which he<br \/>\napplies finger techniques similar to those used while playing a<br \/>\npopular Indian subcontinent board game called Carrom.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mendis&#8217;s own &#8220;Carrom ball&#8221; is bowled using his middle finger<br \/>\nto push the ball out of the hand. It often troubles batsmen who<br \/>\nfall victim to lbw after failing to spot its hidden<br \/>\ncharacteristics.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m ready to bowl all five deliveries,&#8221; the 27-year-old<br \/>\ntold reporters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The difficulty I had was that I wasn&#8217;t able to bowl all<br \/>\nfive variations I used to deliver, with the injury. But after my<br \/>\nrecovery I can tell you that I have come back to my old form.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka, hosts of the Twenty20 World Cup, have included<br \/>\nMendis, Rangana Herath and the uncapped Akhila Dhananjaya as<br \/>\nthree spinners for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka open the tournament with a match against Group C<br \/>\nrivals Zimbabwe in Hambantota next Tuesday, followed by a game<br \/>\nagainst South Africa at the same venue four days later.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Mark Pangallo)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, Sept 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has promised to deliver all five of his bowling variations in the Twenty20 World Cup tournament which begins next Tuesday. 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