Rangana Herath

ull name Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

Born March 19, 1978, Kurunegala

Current age 32 years 102 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Surrey, Wayamba

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	21	27	4	207	33*	9.00	557	37.16	0	0	25	0	4	0
ODIs	7	1	1	0	0*	-	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	3	0
First-class	183	261	59	3224	71*	15.96			0	11			84	0
List A	110	71	32	800	88*	20.51			0	1			27	0
Twenty20	20	12	4	44	9	5.50			0	0			4	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	21	37	5113	2568	70	5/99	8/209	36.68	3.01	73.0	5	4	0
ODIs	7	6	276	180	7	3/28	3/28	25.71	3.91	39.4	0	0	0
First-class	183		36205	16477	667	8/43		24.70	2.73	54.2		38	5
List A	110		4506	3016	139	4/19	4/19	21.69	4.01	32.4	3	0	0
Twenty20	20	18	397	375	27	3/14	3/14	13.88	5.66	14.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Sep 22-26, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS), Dec 2-6, 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	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 22, 2010 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list 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
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Hampshire v Yorkshire at Southampton, May 24-27, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Sri Lanka v India at Dambulla, Jun 22, 2010 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kandurata v Wayamba at Galle, Mar 4, 2010 scorecard

Profile

Rangana Herath shot to prominence against Australia in 1999 with a 'mystery' ball. An orthodox left-arm spinner who broke into the side after an impressive A tour to England, he deceived the Australians in the first few matches with a delivery that darted the other way. After that series he has hovered on the fringes of the Test squad for a while, regularly playing for the A team, before being recalled for the third Test against Australia in Colombo. He didn't get a game on the tour to Australia, but in Pakistan in 2004-05, he showed plenty of signs of his talent - bowling slowly through the air, getting it to flight, grip and turn, he took 11 wickets in two Tests. He was recalled to the Test squad for the tour of West Indies after nearly three years in the wilderness.He did little of note till the first Test against Pakistan in Galle in July 2009, turning in a Man-of-the-Match performance to hand Sri Lanka an improbable win. He is fast shaping into a potent partner for Muttiah Muralitharan.
Charlie Austin (July 2009)  

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