Kamindu Mendis continued his remarkable start to his Test match career, scoring his fourth century in just seven Test matches.After receiving a promotion from number seven to number five following his prolific form against England earlier in the summer,

Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis frustrated England with an unbroken century partnership on the second day of the third Test at the Oval.

With four hundreds in first 11 innings and an average reaching Bradmanesque levels, left-hander ignites hopes of being next in line after Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene.

With the half-century against New Zealand, Mendis has now scored 50 runs or more in each of the first seven Tests he has played. Pakistan’s Saud Shakeel was the first player to do so.

Kamindu Mendis maintained his red-hot form and struck a majestic 114 to power hosts Sri Lanka to 305 in the first innings of the first test against New Zealand in Galle