Full name Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath
Born March 19, 1978, Kurunegala
Current age 42 years 346 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Hampshire, Kandurata Maroons, 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
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 93 | 144 | 28 | 1699 | 80* | 14.64 | 3405 | 49.89 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 6 | 24 | 0 |
ODIs | 71 | 30 | 15 | 140 | 17* | 9.33 | 217 | 64.51 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
T20Is | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2.66 | 12 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 270 | 396 | 89 | 5021 | 80* | 16.35 | 0 | 15 | 109 | 0 | ||||
List A | 190 | 111 | 48 | 1043 | 88* | 16.55 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 53 | 26 | 7 | 77 | 9 | 4.05 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 93 | 170 | 25993 | 12157 | 433 | 9/127 | 14/184 | 28.07 | 2.80 | 60.0 | 20 | 34 | 9 |
ODIs | 71 | 67 | 3242 | 2362 | 74 | 4/20 | 4/20 | 31.91 | 4.37 | 43.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 17 | 17 | 365 | 373 | 18 | 5/3 | 5/3 | 20.72 | 6.13 | 20.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 270 | 59620 | 27160 | 1080 | 9/127 | 25.14 | 2.73 | 55.2 | 70 | 14 | |||
List A | 190 | 8256 | 5732 | 226 | 4/19 | 4/19 | 25.36 | 4.16 | 36.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
T20s | 53 | 51 | 1110 | 1129 | 57 | 5/3 | 5/3 | 19.80 | 6.10 | 19.4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Sep 22-26, 1999 scorecard |
Last Test | Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Nov 6-9, 2018 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Apr 25, 2004 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Mar 1, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Aug 6, 2011 scorecard |
Last T20I | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Mar 28, 2016 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1996/97 |
Last First-class | Saracens Sports Club v Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (NCC), Feb 7-10, 2019 scorecard |
List A debut | 1998/99 |
Last List A | England v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Mar 1, 2015 scorecard |
T20s debut | Moors Sports Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (NCC), Aug 17, 2004 scorecard |
Last T20s | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Mar 28, 2016 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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12*, 1/22 | SL Legends | v IND Legends | Mumbai | 10 Mar 2020 | Other T20 |
3*, 2/5 | SL Legends | v AUS Legends | Mumbai | 8 Mar 2020 | Other T20 |
0, 2/73 | Tamil Union | v Saracens | Colombo (NCC) | 7 Feb 2019 | FC |
14, 5/71, 32*, 2/35 | Tamil Union | v Col CC | Katunayake | 24 Jan 2019 | FC |
1/78, 14*, 2/59, 5 | Sri Lanka | v England | Galle | 6 Nov 2018 | Test # 2324 |
35, 1/32, 6/98 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Colombo (SSC) | 20 Jul 2018 | Test # 2313 |
1, 2/39, 0, 3/38 | Sri Lanka | v South Africa | Galle | 12 Jul 2018 | Test # 2311 |
1/67, 5, 2/52, 0 | Sri Lanka | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 6 Jun 2018 | Test # 2306 |
25, 2/42, 8*, 0/17 | Dambulla | v Galle | Dambulla | 8 Apr 2018 | FC |
2, 0/31, 0, 4/49 | Sri Lanka | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 8 Feb 2018 | Test # 2296 |
Rangana Herath is an orthodox left-arm spinner who has taken over from Muttiah Muralitharan as Sri Lanka's main wicket-taking bowler in Tests. As a left-arm spinner, his strengths are his accuracy and his ability to bowl long spells, but to that he has added a 'mystery' ball, a delivery that is quicker and darts back into the right-hander.