Chaminda Vaas
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Chaminda Vaas

Personal information
Full nameWarnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Birth Date (Y-M-D)1974-1-27
Place of birthMattumagala
Country of birthSri Lanka
NicknameVasi
Height5 ft 10 inch (1.8 m)
Batting styleLeft-handed
Bowling styleLeft arm fast medium
RoleBowler
CountrySri Lanka
Test Debut26 August 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test20 July 2009 v Pakistan
ODI debut15 February 1994 v India
Last ODI27 August 2008 v India
Domestic team information
Colts Cricket Club1990/91 - present
Hampshire2003
Worcestershire2005
Middlesex2007
Northamptonshire2010

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Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala), usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was regarded as being the best fast bowler to come out of the country. In 2004 he gained recognition for his talent when he was selected for the World Test and one-day XI at the inaugural ICC Awards. He was once again selected for the World Test XI at the 2005 awards.

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Vaasy says Mahela knew how to use the review system - Sunday Times.lk Tweet this news
Sunday Times.lk--Sri Lanka's most successful seam bowler to-date -Chaminda Vaas- believes that the International Cricket Council (ICC) should make the ... - Date : Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:38:46 GMT+00:00
I was keen to get Test wickets: Malinga - Deccan Herald Tweet this news
Deccan Herald--Such has been the domination of Muttiah Muralitharan and -Chaminda Vaas- that until Thursday, no other Sri Lankan bowler had taken 100 Test wickets. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:13:19 GMT+00:00
Wanted! Quality bowlers in international cricket - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--The last few decades in the cricketing world saw the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Imran Khan, -Chaminda Vaas-, Malcolm Marshal, Courtney Walsh, ... - Date : Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:35:40 GMT+00:00
Sangakkara wants team to build on thumping win - CricInfo.com Tweet this news
CricInfo.com--The likes of Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya and -Chaminda Vaas- aren't a part of the current squad, but all of them played their part in Sri Lanka's ... - Date : Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:36:09 GMT+00:00
'Real test starts now' - Deccan Herald Tweet this news
Deccan Herald--That's precisely why I admire pace bowlers from sub-continent, right from Kapil paaji to Imran Khan, Srinath, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis -Chaminda Vaas- and so ... - Date : Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:06:03 GMT+00:00
Preview of FP t20 Quarter-Final: Somerset v Northamptonshire - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Northamptonshire's surprise package has been -Chaminda Vaas-, who has suddenly come of age with the bat. Vaas, for the uninitiated, has been Sri Lanka's best ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:09:27 GMT+00:00
Lanka learn to live without a legend - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express---Chaminda Vaas-, next on the list of Sri Lanka's wicket-takers in Tests has 355 wickets in his career. Even this does not present the complete picture. ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:39:38 GMT+00:00
Sanath Jayasuriya is to replace Chaminda Vaas at Winchmore Hill cricket festival - Enfield & Haringey Independent Tweet this news
Enfield & Haringey Independent---Chaminda Vaas- has cancelled his special guest appearance at the Festival of Cricket at Winchmore Hill Cricket Club, this Sunday. ... - Date : Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:56:38 GMT+00:00
Vaas and Bandara bag English T-20 contracts - Daily Mirror Tweet this news
Daily Mirror--Sri Lankan discards -Chaminda Vaas- and Malinga Bandara left for England on Saturday to represent Northants and Kent respectively in their domestic T-20 ... - Date : Mon, 24 May 2010 20:59:33 GMT+00:00
Vaas for Northamptonshire, Sanath for Worcester - Lanka Times Tweet this news
Lanka Times--While left arm paceman -Chaminda Vaas- will represent Northamptonshire in the upcoming English county season all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who has been the ... - Date : Sat, 22 May 2010 06:03:23 GMT+00:00

Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIsFCLA
Matches111322202392
Runs3,0892,0255,5252,903
Batting average24.3213.6825.6916.12
100s/50s1/130/14/240/6
Top score100*50*13476*
Balls bowled23,43815,77537,22218,652
Wickets355400683479
Bowling average29.5827.5324.9827.07
5 wickets in innings124274
10 wickets in match2n/a3n/a
Best bowling7/718/197/548/19
Catches/stumpings31/ -60/ -57/ -79/ -

Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 100* 97 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2007

Test Half Centuries :
Runs Match Against Venue Year
[1] 51 6 New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand 1995
[2] 57 15 New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand 1997
[3] 53* 35 Pakistan Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2000
[4] 54 41 South Africa Galle, Sri Lanka 2000
[5] 74* 56 Zimbabwe Colombo, Sri Lanka 2001
[6] 72* 57 Zimbabwe Kandy, Sri Lanka 2002
[7] 68* 73 Australia Kandy, Sri Lanka 2004
[8] 69 79 South Africa Galle, Sri Lanka 2004
[9] 65 88 Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka 2005
[10] 50* 91 England Lord's, England 2006
[11] 64 94 South Africa Colombo, Sri Lanka 2006
[12] 90 102 England Galle, Sri Lanka 2007
[13] 54* 103 West Indies Providence, West Indies 2008

ODI Half Centuries :
Runs Match Against Venue Year
[1] 50* 157 Pakistan Sharjah, UAE 2001

ODI Half Centuries :
Batting Bowling
Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season
Tests 100* Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Colombo (SSC) 2007 7-71 Sri Lanka v West Indies Colombo (SSC) 2001
ODI 50* Sri Lanka v Pakistan Sharjah 2001 8-19 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 2001
T20I 21 Sri Lanka v Australia Cape Town 2007 2-14 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Johannesburg 2007
FC 134 Colts v Burgher Colombo (SSC) 2004 7-54 Western Province v Southern Province Colombo (RPS) 1999
LA 76* Colts v Nondescripts Colombo (SSC) 2009 8-19 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 2001
T20 73 Northamptonshire v Durham Northampton 2010 3-16 Northamptonshire v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 2010

Test Cricketers who have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets

Chaminda Vaas (SL) * Ian Botham (ENG) * Imran Khan (PAK) * Kapil Dev (IND) * Richard Hadlee (NZ) * Shane Warne (AUS) * Shaun Pollock (SA) * Daniel Vettori (NZ)

Sri Lanka squad 1996 Cricket World Cup (1st Title)

Ranatunga (c), Atapattu, Chandana, De Silva, Dharmasena, Gurusinha, Kaluwitharana (wk), Jayasuriya, Mahanama, Muralitharan, Pushpakumara, Tillakaratne, Vaas, Wickramasinghe
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 1999 Cricket World Cup

Ranatunga (c), Muralitharan, Atapattu, Jayawardene, Mahanama, Tillakaratne, Kaluwitharana (wk), Vaas, De Silva, Wickramasinghe, Kalpage, Chandana, Upashantha, Hathurusingha, Jayasuriya
Coach : Dias

Sri Lanka squad 2003 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists

Jayasuriya (c), Atapattu, Jayawardene, Sangakkara (wk), De Silva, Arnold, Mubarak, Tillakaratne, Muralitharan, Vaas, Fernando, Gunaratne, Gunawardene, Nissanka, Buddhika
Coach : Whatmore

Sri Lanka squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up

Jayawardene (c), Atapattu, Jayasuriya, Tharanga, Sangakkara, Dilshan, Arnold, Silva, Maharoof, Vaas, Fernando, Malinga, Kulasekara, Muralitharan, Bandara
Coach : Moody

Deccan Chargers

2 . Suman 7 . Harris 8 . Gibbs 9 . RP Singh 12 . H Singh 18 . Gilchrist (c) 19 . Laxman 22 . Vaas 24 . Roach 26 . Yadav 30 . Ojha 36 . Rao 44 . Bilakhia 45 . RG Sharma 50 . Smith 59 . Teja 63 . Symonds 70 . R Sharma 99 . A Singh — . Marsh — . Mishra — . Reddy — . Sumanth
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