Chaminda Vaas

Full name:Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Born:27th January 1974, Mattumagala, Sri Lanka
Batting:Left-hand batsman
Bowling:Left-arm fast-medium
Teams:Sri Lanka (Test: 1994-2008/09); Sri Lanka (ODI: 1993/94-2008); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05); Sri Lanka (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Sri Lanka (Twenty20 World Cup: 2007/08); Colts Cricket Club (Main FC: 1990/91-2008/09); Hampshire (Main FC: 2003); Worcestershire (Main FC: 2005); Middlesex (Main FC: 2007); Colts Cricket Club (Main ListA: 1992/93-2008/09); Hampshire (Main ListA: 2003); Worcestershire (Main ListA: 2005); Middlesex (Main ListA: 2007); Basnahira North (Main ListA: 2007/08); Colts Cricket Club (Main Twenty20: 2005/06); Basnahira North (Main Twenty20: 2008/09); All teams
Middlesex cap: 2007
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Chaminda Vaas is easily the most penetrative and successful new-ball bowler Sri Lanka have had, and he has served his country well. 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. In 2004 he also gained overdue recognition for his talent when he was selected for the World XI at the inaugural ICC Awards. 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 all-rounder. He waited 97 Tests for his maiden century, against Bangladesh, and soon after, became the third Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests or more.
Profile DateLine: 28th April 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter


Test Career Batting and Fielding (1994-2008/09)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka110161353085100*24.48 11343.72 30
Test Career Bowling (1994-2008/09)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Sri Lanka23204882104113547-7129.40 12265.54 2.69

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2008/09)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Overall19326256536813426.05 42453
First-Class Career Bowling (1990/91-2008/09)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Overall361851394165996667-5424.92 27354.82 2.74

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2008)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka32121972201850*13.72 0172.56 59
Asian Cricket Council XI110777.00 0063.63 1
Overall32222072202550*13.68 0172.52 60
One-Day International Career Bowling (1993/94-2008)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka15721278109553998-1927.45 9439.40 4.18
Asian Cricket Council XI5415911-5959.00 0054.00 6.55
Overall15775279110144008-1927.53 9439.43 4.18

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1992/93-2008/09)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Overall38226086263162*15.12 0374
One-Day Career Bowling (1992/93-2008/09)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall18418338127634788-1926.70 11438.93 4.13

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Sri Lanka621332133.00 0080.48 0
International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Sri Lanka132112862-1421.33 0022.00 5.81

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2009)
MINORunsHSAve10050SRateCt
Overall181341162112.88 00100.00 3
Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2009)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve4wI5wISRateEcon
Overall3601458172-926.94 0021.17 7.63

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1992)
MINORunsHSAve10050Ct
Sri Lanka Under-19s34115135.00 001
Youth Test Career Bowling (1992)
BallsMdnsRunsWktsBBAve5wI10wMSRateEcon
Sri Lanka Under-19s336819352-5638.60 0067.20 3.44

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