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Rangana Herath

Sri Lanka

Full name Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

Born March 19, 1978, Kurunegala

Current age 31 years 240 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

Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	18	23	4	179	33*	9.42	504	35.51	0	21	0	4
ODIs	6	1	1	0	0*	-	1	0.00	0	0	0	3
First-class	173	246	56	3045	71*	16.02			10			81
List A	98	65	29	775	88*	21.52			1			24
Twenty20	18	12	4	44	9	5.50			0			4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	18	33	4222	2031	59	5/99	8/209	34.42	2.88	71.5	5	3	0
ODIs	6	5	234	149	5	3/28	3/28	29.80	3.82	46.8	0	0	0
First-class	173		33575	15077	631	8/43		23.89	2.69	53.2		36	5
List A	98		4057	2693	126	4/19	4/19	21.37	3.98	32.1	3	0	0
Twenty20	18	16	355	329	24	3/14	3/14	13.70	5.56	14.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Sep 22-26, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (SSC), Aug 26-30, 2009 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Aug 31, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Moors Sports Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (Moors), Oct 30-Nov 1, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Nondescripts Cricket Club v Moors Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 21, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Victoria v Wayamba at Delhi, Oct 13, 2009 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)