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Chaminda Vaas is Sri Lanka's most successful pace bowler, having taken 355 Test wickets, which equalled the number of Test wickets taken by Dennis Lillee, the legendary Australian fast bowler.
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Chaminda Ushantha Vaas Thennakoon ( born January 27th 1974 ) is a former cricket player for Sri Lanka.
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The best bowling figures are 8-19 by Chaminda Vaas for Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe in Colombo, 2001-02-he is the only player to take eight wickets in a One Day international.
The batting of Sanath Jayasuriya ( retired ) and Aravinda de Silva ( retired ), backed up by the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan ( retired ) and Chaminda Vaas ( retired ), among many other talented cricketers, has underpinned the successes of Sri Lankan cricket during the last 15 years.
Three players have taken at least two One Day International hat-tricks in their careers: Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka.
Chaminda Vaas being the only one to achieve a hat-trick of the very first deliveries in one day internationals, against Bangladesh in 2003.
When Ponting reached 96, Chaminda Vaas hit Ponting high on his thigh and was given out leg before wicket.
* He was the first of only two spinners to have taken a hat-trick in an ODI ( the other being Abdur Razzak ), and the second of only four bowlers to have taken two ODI hat tricks ( Wasim Akram, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga being the others ), the second of which was only the second hat-trick in a World Cup match.
On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler ( after Chaminda Vaas ) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club.
In 2009-10 season international cricketers like Lakshmipathy Balaji, Virat Kohli, Chaminda Vaas played for Mohun Bagan in various tournaments.
Lee concluded the tournament with 22 wickets off 83. 1 overs at an average of 17. 90, a wicket behind Sri Lankan left-arm fastbowler Chaminda Vaas.
Ahead of the tournament Chaminda Vaas, one of Sri Lanka's senior seam bowlers, sustained an injury and Maharoof was responsible for opening the bowling with Dilhara Lokuhettige.
The Asian XI: Abdul Razzaq ( Pak ); Alok Kapali ( Ban ); Rahul Dravid ( Ind ); Sourav Ganguly * ( Ind ); Sanath Jayasuriya ( SL ); Zaheer Khan ( Ind ); Anil Kumble ( Ind ); Muttiah Muralitharan ( SL ); Kumar Sangakkara † ( SL ); Virender Sehwag ( Ind ); Sachin Tendulkar ( Ind ); Chaminda Vaas ( SL ) and Mohammad Yousuf ( Pak ).
Lara was dismissed for 52, due to a well-taken Chaminda Vaas catch in the deep off Anil Kumble.
The deep batting order, aided by Lara's willingness to utilise his bowlers – the pick of the International XI, Chaminda Vaas, who utilised the English conditions as he took two for 19, only got to bowl seven overs, while Lara himself bowled two and the International XI used all their available bowlers – and the MCC made 327 for 7.
His innings was ended when he was lbw to Chaminda Vaas.
The best bowling analysis in ODIs is 8 / 19 by Chaminda Vaas.
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Chaminda Vaas took 8 wickets for 19 runs in 2001 / 02 against Zimbabwe, the best bowling performance in a One Day International match.
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Chaminda and is
Chaminda is from a family of four consisting of himself, his parents, Shama Herath and Jayaratne Thennakoon, and his sister Damiyanthi.
Vaas and is
Vaas is also a useful batsman down the order, and has reached 3, 000 Test runs, including 13 Test half-centuries and a century.
Vaas and Sri
Soon after in November 2007, Vaas played his 100th Test match against England, in what was also Sanath Jayasuriya's final Test match for Sri Lanka.
Vaas used to open the bowling for Sri Lanka and was noted for his in-swinger.
Vaas and bowler
Yuvraj Singh became his 400th ODI victim and consequently Vaas joined the illustrious company of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and his team mate Muttiah Muralitharan as only the fourth bowler in international cricket to have taken 400 ODI wickets.
Vaas and having
The innings ended on a somewhat farcical note, as Warne miscounted the number of balls left in the final over and began leaving the field with Vaas having one delivery left.
Vaas and taken
Vaas has taken two ODI hat tricks in his career, the third of only four players to have achieved the feat.
Vaas and Test
Only 11 bowlers in Test history with 200 wickets have scored more runs than Vaas.
Vaas and wickets
At the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup, held in South Africa, Vaas picked up 23 wickets, becoming the leading wicket taker in the tournament.
Vaas took the first eight wickets of Zimbabwe's then record-lowest ODI innings of 38, with Muralitharan taking the final two wickets in his first over.
Vaas and by
Vaas was released by Northants at the end of the 2012 season due to persistent injury problems throughout the year.
Stephen Fleming contributed a quickfire 30, losing batting partner Hayden for only 2 ( stumped off Muralitharan again ), before being clean bowled by Vaas.
The tail provided only sporadic resistance, with Vaas ( 7 ) being caught by Gayle off Vettori.
Vaas and .
A graduate of the prestigious St. Joseph's College Colombo, Vaas made his first class debut for Colts Cricket Club against Galle Cricket Club in December 1990 aged 16.
This included a best of 6-25 against Bangladesh, where Vaas also took a hat-trick with the first three deliveries of the Bangladesh innings.
On 27 August 2008, Vaas achieved a landmark in his ODI career, when he had Yuvraj Singh caught off his bowling in his very last ODI match against India at Columbo.
Vaas also holds the record for the best bowling figures in one-day international cricket with his 8 for 19 off eight overs against Zimbabwe at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in 2001.
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