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Full name Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Born January 27, 1974, Mattumagala
Current age 34 years 111 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Asia XI,Basnahira North,Colts Cricket Club,Deccan Chargers,Hampshire,Middlesex,Worcestershire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
104
152
31
2928
100*
24.19
6703
43.68
1
13
353
15
30
0
ODIs
315
214
71
1965
50*
13.74
2688
73.10
0
1
125
22
59
0
T20Is
6
2
1
33
21
33.00
41
80.48
0
0
1
0
0
0
First-class
182
247
52
5002
134
25.65
4
23
53
0
List A
373
252
85
2546
62*
15.24
0
3
73
0
Twenty20
11
6
2
66
21
16.50
73
90.41
0
0
1
1
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
104
181
22310
9981
343
7/71
14/191
29.09
2.68
65.0
20
12
2
ODIs
315
313
15427
10771
393
8/19
8/19
27.40
4.18
39.2
9
4
0
T20Is
6
6
132
128
6
2/14
2/14
21.33
5.81
22.0
0
0
0
First-class
182
34855
15950
643
7/54
24.80
2.74
54.2
27
3
List A
373
17986
12509
469
8/19
8/19
26.67
4.17
38.3
11
4
0
Twenty20
11
10
210
237
10
2/9
2/9
23.70
6.77
21.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Aug 26-28, 1994 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, Feb 15, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1990/91
Last First-class
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1992/93
Last List A
West Indies v Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, Apr 15, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Hyderabad (Decc), May 11, 2008 scorecard
Profile
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 Tests against India in 2005-06, having passed the mark in ODIs on the tour to Zimbabwe. 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. Charlie Austin February 2007
