Chaminda Vaas      

Sri Lanka

Full name Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas

Born January 27, 1974, Mattumagala

Current age 36 years 252 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Basnahira North,Colts Cricket Club, Deccan Chargers, Hampshire,Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex, Northamptonshire,Worcestershire

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Education St. Joseph's College Maradana

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	111	162	35	3089	100*	24.32	7033	43.92	1	13	376	16	31	0
ODIs	322	220	72	2025	50*	13.68	2792	72.52	0	1	127	22	60	0
T20Is	6	2	1	33	21	33.00	41	80.48	0	0	1	0	0	0
First-class	202	272	57	5525	134	25.69			4	24			57	0
List A	392	268	88	2903	76*	16.12			0	6			79	0
Twenty20	45	39	8	622	73	20.06	542	114.76	0	4	53	15	7	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	111	194	23438	10501	355	7/71	14/191	29.58	2.68	66.0	20	12	2
ODIs	322	320	15775	11014	400	8/19	8/19	27.53	4.18	39.4	9	4	0
T20Is	6	6	132	128	6	2/14	2/14	21.33	5.81	22.0	0	0	0
First-class	202		37222+	17068	683	7/54		24.98	2.74*	54.9*		27	3
List A	392		18652	12968	479	8/19	8/19	27.07	4.17	38.9	11	4	0
Twenty20	45	44	927	1059	55	3/16	3/16	19.25	6.85	16.8	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Aug 26-28, 1994 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Jul 20-24, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, Feb 15, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 27, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series 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	- Statsguru T20I analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  T20I match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1990/91
Last First-class	Middlesex v Northamptonshire at Lord's, Jun 4-7, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Basnahira South v Basnahira North at Moratuwa, Feb 11, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 27, 2010 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. 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 allrounder. He waited 97 Tests for his maiden century, against Bangladesh, and soon after, became the third Sri Lankan to play 100 Tests or more.thanks crickinfo.com