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.jpg) Herath in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1978 Kurunegala, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 78) | 22 September 1999 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 November 2018 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 120) | 25 April 2004 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 1 March 2015 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 39) | 6 August 2011 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 March 2016 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2010 | Moors Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Wayamba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2018 | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Basnahira Cricket Dundee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath (Sinhala: රංගන හේරත්; Tamil: ரங்கன ஹெரத்; born 19 March 1978), known as Rangana Herath, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer,[1] who played all forms of cricket game and a former Test cricket captain for Sri Lanka. Herath is the most successful left arm bowler in Test cricket history. He worked as spin bowling consultant with the Bangladesh cricket team.[2] Herath was a member of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Herath is a specialist left-arm bowler for Sri Lanka and holds the record of best bowling figures in Test matches by a left-arm spinner with 433 wickets. On 11 March 2017, Herath surpassed 362 wickets by Daniel Vettori to become the most successful left-arm spinner in Test cricket history.[3] He is the first left-arm spinner to take 400 Test wickets.[4] On 10 February 2018 during Bangladesh tour, Herath became the most successful left-arm bowler in Test cricket history by surpassing Wasim Akram.[5] He has the longest Test cricket career for Sri Lanka with a span of 19 years from 1999 to 2018.
On 29 May 2016, Herath became the third Sri Lankan bowler to take 300 wickets in Test cricket history after Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.[6] On 8 November 2016, Herath became only the third bowler in history to take five-wicket hauls against all Test-playing nations.[7] On 2 October 2017, he became the second Sri Lankan bowler to take 400 test wickets. He is the oldest player to reach 350 as well as 400 Test wickets.
On 23 October 2016, Herath was announced as captain for Sri Lanka tour to Zimbabwe.[8] Angelo Mathews, the regular captain, was injured. With this he became the oldest Sri Lankan player to lead a Test team for the first time and from any country since Tom Graveney in 1968.[9]
On 22 October 2018, Herath announced his retirement from international cricket after the first Test at Galle against England.[10] On 6 November 2018, he played in his final Test in Galle.[11][12] In the first innings of the match, he became the third bowler to take 100 Test wickets at the same venue, when he dismissed the England captain Joe Root.[13] After the match, Herath said that it was "the right time" to retire, finishing his career with 433 Test wickets, the most for a left-arm spin bowler.[14]
- ^ "What numbers don't tell". theweek.in.
- ^ "Rangana Herath and Ashwell Prince join Bangladesh's coaching staff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Narayan, Shankar (11 March 2017). "Stats: Rangana Herath becomes the most successful left-arm spinner in Test history". www.sportskeeda.com.
- ^ "Pakistan v Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath claims 400th Test wicket". BBC. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Rangana Herath betters Wasim Akram, becomes most successful left-arm Test bowler". Hindustan Times. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Everyman Herath waddles into history". ESPNcricinfo. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Herath takes five; Zimbabwe fold for 272". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Rangana Herath to Captain Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe". Sri Lanka Cricket. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Mathews injured, Herath set for late captaincy debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Rangana Herath to retire after first England Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Burns and Foakes debut, England bat in Herath's Galle farewell". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "'This is the right time' – Rangana Herath on retirement". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Herath reaches 100 Test wickets at Galle on day one of his final appearance for Sri Lanka". The Cricketer. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Rangana Herath retires, saying it's 'the right time' to go". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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