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Full name Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha
Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Born January 27, 1974, Mattumagala
Current age 31 years 168 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, ACC Asian XI, Colts Cricket Club, Hampshire,
Worcestershire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 84 121 22 2088 74* 21.09 4946 42.21 0 8 259 13 25 0
ODIs 250 169 55 1593 50* 13.97 2183 72.97 0 1 93 21 49 0
First-class 150 199 39 3585 134 22.40 3 13 46 0
List A 294 198 66 2079 62* 15.75 0 3 62 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 84 18672 8316 277 7/71 14/191 30.02 2.67 67.40 16 10 2
ODIs 250 12273 8466 323 8/19 8/19 26.21 4.13 37.99 7 3 0
First-class 150 29627 13497 546 7/54 24.71 2.73 54.26 24 3
List A 294 14216 9788 383 8/19 8/19 25.55 4.13 37.11 9 3 0
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Test debut Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy - Aug 26-28, 1994 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Apr 11-14, 2005
scorecard
ODI debut India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot - Feb 15, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI ACC Asian XI v ICC World XI at Melbourne - Jan 10, 2005
scorecard
First-class span 1990/91 - 2005
List A span 1992/93 - 2005
Chaminda Vaas is easily the most penetrative and
successful new-ball bowler Sri Lanka have had, and he has served his
country well. He swings and seams the ball with skill, his trademark
delivery being the late indipper. However, he also bowls a carefully
disguised offcutter, and has recently added reverse-swing to his
armoury, a skill that has made him a consistent wicket-taker even on
bland subcontinental pitches. He outbowled New Zealand's seamers in
green conditions at Napier to give Sri Lanka their first win in an
overseas Test, in 1994-95. In 2001-02 he made a quantum leap, taking
26 wickets in the 3-0 rout of West Indies, becoming only the second
fast bowler, after Imran Khan, to take 14 wickets in a match in the
subcontinent. He then went on to take the first-ever ODI eight-for,
against Zimbabwe, which included a hat-trick. He also claimed a
hat-trick with the first three balls of the match against Bangladesh
in the 2003 World Cup. Vaas reached the 300-wicket milestone in ODIs
on the tour to Zimbabwe, and is nearing the same mark in Tests. Vaas
is easily Sri Lanka's second-most successful bowler - after Muttiah
Muralitharan - in both forms of the game. His approach to his
batting is equally sincere and in recent years he has gradually
gained recognition as a useful allrounder. In 2004 he also gained
overdue recognition for his talent when he was selected for the
World XI at the inaugural ICC Awards
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