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Rangana Herath

Sri Lanka

Full name Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath

Born March 19, 1978, Kurunegala

Current age 34 years 68 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Hampshire, Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club, Moors Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Surrey, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Wayamba

Playing role Bowler

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	37	53	11	622	80*	14.80	1253	49.64	1	67	5	8
ODIs	29	11	6	39	14*	7.80	62	62.90	0	0	1	7
T20Is	2	1	1	1	1*	-	1	100.00	0	0	0	0
First-class	202	289	67	3680	80*	16.57			12			88
List A	141	87	37	868	88*	17.36			1			34
Twenty20	29	17	5	64	9	5.33			0			5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	37	64	9452	4461	139	7/157	12/171	32.09	2.83	68.0	7	10	1
ODIs	29	26	1304	953	23	3/28	3/28	41.43	4.38	56.6	0	0	0
T20Is	2	2	42	42	2	1/11	1/11	21.00	6.00	21.0	0	0	0
First-class	202		41054	18600	745	8/43		24.96	2.71	55.1		44	6
List A	141		6007	4121	164	4/19	4/19	25.12	4.11	36.6	3	0	0
Twenty20	29	27	589	563	35	3/14	3/14	16.08	5.73	16.8	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Sep 22-26, 1999 scorecard
Last Test	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 25, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Mar 8, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Aug 6, 2011 scorecard
Last T20I	Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Aug 8, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1996/97
Last First-class	Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (PSS), Apr 3-7, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Mar 8, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Aug 8, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2, 6/133, 2, 1/37	Sri Lanka	v England	Colombo (PSS)	3 Apr 2012	Test # 2039
5, 6/74, 7, 6/97	Sri Lanka	v England	Galle	26 Mar 2012	Test # 2038
3/36, 0	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	8 Mar 2012	ODI # 3257
0/58	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Adelaide	6 Mar 2012	ODI # 3256
1/36, 5	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Brisbane	4 Mar 2012	ODI # 3255
14*, 1/43	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Melbourne	2 Mar 2012	ODI # 3253
0/20	Sri Lanka	v India	Hobart	28 Feb 2012	ODI # 3251
1/45	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Hobart	24 Feb 2012	ODI # 3248
0/35	Sri Lanka	v India	Brisbane	21 Feb 2012	ODI # 3246
1/12	Sri Lanka	v Australia	Sydney	17 Feb 2012	ODI # 3241

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)