	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	110	161	35	3085	100*	24.48	7018	43.95	1	13	376	16	30
ODIs	322	220	72	2025	50*	13.68	2792	72.52	0	1	127	22	60
T20Is	6	2	1	33	21	33.00	41	80.48	0	0	1	0	0
First-class	193	262	56	5368	134	26.05			4	24			53
List A	382	260	86	2631	62*	15.12			0	3			74
Twenty20	18	13	4	116	21	12.88	116	100.00	0	0	3	2	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	110	192	23204	10411	354	7/71	14/191	29.40	2.69	65.5	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	193		36185	16599	666	7/54		24.92	2.75	54.3		27	3
List A	382		18406	12784	477	8/19	8/19	26.80	4.16	38.5	11	4	0
Twenty20	18	17	360	458	17	2/9	2/9	26.94	7.63	21.1	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, Aug 26-28, 1994 scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 21-25, 2009 scorecard
Test 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
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
First-class debut	1990/91
Last First-class	Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 21-25, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1992/93
Last List A	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Jan 14, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Colts Cricket Club v Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 8, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Deccan Chargers v Delhi Daredevils at Durban, May 13, 2009 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.

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.