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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: 1994-2007/08); Sri Lanka (ODI: 1993/94-2008); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05); Sri Lanka (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Colts Cricket Club (Main FC: 1990/91-2006/07); Hampshire (Main FC: 2003); Worcestershire (Main FC: 2005); Middlesex (Main FC: 2007); Colts Cricket Club (Main ListA: 1992/93-2007/08); 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); All teams

Middlesex Cap: 2007

Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles: Murali edges closer to the all-time top following nine-wicket haul

Sangakkara has opportunity to make his mark

Vaas treble too much for New Zealand

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Pictures: Chaminda Vaas helps Sri Lanka historic win over West Indies

Chaminda Vaas appeals for lbw against Ross Taylor

Vaas celebrates with Sangakkara the dismissal of Pietersen

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Sri Lanka’s finest new ball bowler ever Chaminda Vaas has rendered yeoman service for well over a decade. It is only the phenomenal success of Muthiah Muralitharan that has somewhat camouflaged the outstanding feats that Vaas has performed for the country in both Tests and ODIs. He has taken over 300 wickets in both forms of the game a tribute to his skill and fitness. The left-handed Vaas swings and seams the ball with skill, the late indipper being his most destructive weapon. Penetrative with either old ball or new, Vaas has the full repertoire of the pace bowler’s trade – a slippery bouncer, a deadly yorker, the ability to reverse swing. A well disguised off cutter as well as one that moves away makes him a most difficult bowler to encounter in almost any clime and his vast experience makes him a bowler to be respected and even feared. Vaas has been a consistent wicket taker even on unhelpful sub continental pitches. A hero of the 1996 World Cup triumph Vaas has shrewdly conserved his energy over the years but that has not stopped him from achieving such feats as the best ever figures in ODIs (8 for 19 including a hat trick against Zimbabwe in 2001-02) and taking a hat trick with the first three balls of the match against Bangladesh in the 2003 World Cup or becoming only the second fast bowler after Imran Khan to take 14 wickets in a match in the sub continent – against the West Indies in 2001-02 when he took 26 wickets in the three Tests. His batting has improved over the years and he bids fair to be regarded as an all rounder.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1994-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Sri Lanka	104	152	31	2928	100*	24.19	1	13	43.43	30

Test Career Bowling (1994-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Sri Lanka	22310	848	9981	343	7-71	29.09	12	2	65.04	2.68

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	182	247	52	5002	134	25.65	4	23	53

First-Class Career Bowling (1990/91-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	34855	1346	15950	643	7-54	24.80	27	3	54.71	2.73

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Sri Lanka	317	216	72	1982	50*	13.76	0	1	72.97	58
Asian Cricket Council XI	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	0	0	63.63	1
Overall	318	217	72	1989	50*	13.71	0	1	72.93	59

One-Day International Career Bowling (1993/94-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Sri Lanka	15499	275	10793	395	8-19	27.32	9	4	39.23	4.17
Asian Cricket Council XI	54	1	59	1	1-59	59.00	0	0	54.00	6.55
Overall	15553	276	10852	396	8-19	27.40	9	4	39.27	4.18

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1992/93-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	376	255	86	2570	62*	15.20	0	3	73

One-Day Career Bowling (1992/93-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	18124	333	12569	473	8-19	26.57	11	4	38.72	4.14

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Sri Lanka	6	2	1	33	21	33.00	0	0	80.48	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Sri Lanka	132	1	128	6	2-14	21.33	0	0	22.00	5.81

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	12	7	2	66	21	13.20	0	0	86.84	0

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	234	1	273	11	2-9	24.81	0	0	21.27	7.00

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1992)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Sri Lanka Under-19s	3	4	1	15	13	5.00	0	0	1

Youth Test Career Bowling (1992)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Sri Lanka Under-19s	336	8	193	5	2-56	38.60	0	0	67.20	3.44