The Vaas story in numbers
He has played the support act to a certain spin wizard called Muttiah Muralitharan almost all his career, but Chaminda Vaas's contribution to Sri Lankan cricket has been immense
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Tests | Wickets | Average | 5WI/ 10WM | |
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Home | 46 | 156 | 24.86 | 5/ 1 |
Away | 43 | 142 | 32.76 | 6/ 1 |
In Asia | 60 | 203 | 26.44 | 6/ 1 |
Wickets | Tests | Average | 5WI/ 10WM |
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50 | 13 | 23.53 | 4/ 1 |
100 | 33 | 30.31 | 4/ 1 |
150 | 51 | 30.52 | 5/ 1 |
200 | 62 | 30.28 | 7/ 2 |
250 | 77 | 29.70 | 8/ 2 |
300 |
Player | Total wickets | Top seven | Percentage |
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Derek Underwood | 297 | 227 | 76.43 |
Chaminda Vaas | 300 | 227 | 75.67 |
Craig McDermott | 291 | 220 | 75.60 |
Brian Statham | 252 | 190 | 75.40 |
Jason Gillespie | 251 | 189 | 75.30 |
Glenn McGrath | 534 | 401 | 75.09 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo.