Full Name

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas

Born

January 27, 1974, Mattumagala

Age

50y 52d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Education

St. Joseph's College Maradana

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.

In August 2008, Vaas crossed yet another milestone when he had Yuvraj Singh caught for a duck in Colombo to get his 400th ODI wicket and become the fourth bowler to reach the landmark.

In July 2009, Vaas announced his retirement from Tests but said he will continue to play one-dayers and Twenty20s till the 2011 World Cup.

Chaminda Vaas Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests11119423438105013557/7114/19129.582.6866.020122
ODIs32232015775110144008/198/1927.534.1839.4940
T20Is6613212862/142/1421.335.8122.0000
FC227-41266190277727/28-24.642.7653.4-344
List A412-19411134765068/198/1926.634.1638.31240
T20s565411311278643/163/1619.966.7717.6000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests111162353089100*24.32703343.9211337616310
ODIs32222072202550*13.68279672.420112722600
T20Is621332133.004180.48001000
FC22730059622313425.82--429--570
List A41228490322076*16.59--08--830
T20s564696727318.16608110.5204601580
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas

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Chaminda Vaas bowls
Angelo Mathews gets a cap to mark the occasion of his 100th Test appearance from Chaminda Vaas
Sri Lanka bowling coach Chaminda Vaas has a chat with Kusal Mendis during training
Chaminda Vaas (L) takes a break during a training session
Sri Lanka's interim coach, Nic Pothas, and fast-bowling coach, Chaminda Vaas, supervise a training session
Chaminda Vaas shares a few tips with fast bowler Vishwa Fernando