Chaminda Vaas

A past student of the prestigious St. Joseph's College in Colombo, he made his debut for the Sri Lankan cricket team in 1994 and is their most successful fast bowler ever, having taken 300 Test wickets (achieved the feat on 12 December, 2005). Vaas has also taken over three hunded one-day international wickets including two hat tricks, against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh; the first of which was in the middle of a devastating spell of eight for 19, the best bowling figures in one-day internationals and the latter of this being the infamous hat-trick of wickets in the first three balls of the game. He has also taken over 300 test wickets and led Sri Lanka to their first away test wins against New Zealand in Napier 1994, taking 5-47 in the first innings and 5-43 in the second

Chaminda is also a useful batsman down the order, and has reached 2000 Test runs including 10 Test half-centuries. As a fieldsman, he is noted for his strong arm.

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.

Chaminda Vaas is one of only a handful of players to take over 300 ODI wickets.

Reference

• [Player Profile: ] from Cricinfo

Bowlers who have taken 300 ODI wickets
Chaminda Vaas (SL) | Anil Kumble (IND) | Javagal Srinath (IND) | Shaun Pollock (SA) | Glenn McGrath (AUS)

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